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New camera, back to the beginning with 47 Tuc
So, I rapidly got the irrits with the old Canon I was using and lashed out on a ZWO ASI294 MC Pro OSC camera. After two nights of false starts for clouds, mount and software issues I got a bit of data last night on 47 Tuc
Target: 47 Tuc (Obviously)
Cam: ASI294MC Pro
Scope: Celestron C925 with a 0.63 reducer.
Subs from 5 to 60 seconds (Cant recall total integration time)
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and (Rough, the only kind I am capable of) processed in GIMP.
Loads of issues to work through yet, some saturated stars, stars not really round and tight (Combination most likely of guiding, mount issues, focus, collimation etc) and the processing is a bit rugged.
All the same, a promising start for the new cam. Now I need to disassemble my mount and work out why the RA axis is not behaving, it has a clutch issue where the clutch appears to be locked up, you cant readily move the RA axis by hand, the motor is running and the worm turning, but the axis is not moving. Some tolerance jiggling to be done I think, obviously something is fouling and locking the axis up but the clutch is not driving it.
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