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Paul,
Great effort for such short integration
Pity about the clouds rolling in
Well done !!
My recommendations for next time -
Double check your focus , this image does look a bit out focus
Drop your ISO to 1600 or 800 reduce brightness ( noise ) from that DSLR
Capture as many subs as you can ( the more the better)
Increase your subs times to 45sec or 60 sec unguided as long as stars are not trailing ( eggy or oval )
Take darks after your light frames ( same focus , same exposure time , same ISO as your subs ( just pop the cap on the end of the scope ) take at least 20 darks
Purchase Startools v1.7 and do some real processing with this powerful software. ( I can provide assistance with using this software )
So happy my old HEQ5 is up and running again ( she was a great mount and still is )
PHD2 Guiding is your next hurdle which I’m sure you will master without to many issues
All the best
Cheers
Martin
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