M17. Swan Nebula
Mangaged more data in O11 ans S11 to add to my HA.
Maybe three hours all up(over three nights because of cloud and problems with balance and low batteries) but the data was not flash due to moisture in the air, having the scope on too small a mount.
Triplet 115 mm, zwo mono, heq5 unguided, Deep Sky Stacker, Startools, Photoshop and Gimp.time spent fixing the egg stars that I did not notice in my Stacking...great experience. The colour was dictated by what looked ok rather than try and meet any preconception.
Still learning the ropes.
I was going to use my auto guide because I purchased a new usb cable but because of cloud threat I did not..lucky because it is clear that the heq 5 mount does not like the 115mm it is just too much for it...I had to adjust the counter weights by about an inch after an hour and a half...it would have sent me nuts if it was auto guide... some eggs got through but it was maddening to go inside all running well and come out to find trails and having to rebalance and no way auto guide could have managed I expect...still got 90 seconds unguided when it was balanced ok.
alex
Still learning mapping LRGB in Startools but most effort went on getting something from the poor data.
Alex
Last edited by xelasnave; 03-07-2020 at 07:09 PM.
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