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Originally Posted by Stephane
Hi Martin, thanks for the feedback. I will have a good look at the spider vane. Should be a reasonably easy fix. The night I took the shots, it was indeed about 25 degrees (got bitten to death by mosquitoes - added mosquito repellent to my shopping list). I used 20 darks, 20 flats, 40 biases, but still very noisy. Either my camera does not like the heat, or I am not doing my darks properly, or both…
Guiding was again fabulous at total < 0.6. I haven’t changed any settings, but it looks like it’s improving from one night to the next.
Seeing conditions were okay, on the humid side though. ISO was set at 800. I have since seen your message re 100 or 200 and will try that next time.
I am currently studying denoise techniques on Youtube and will see if they make any difference. From what I’ve seen so far though, is that they make only incremental improvements and that calibration frames are by far the best way for reducing noise. It will be interesting to see if noise is reduced on cooler nights.
Thanks again,
Stéphane
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Stephane,
Sounds like NINA is giving you trouble with that DSLR
Maybe give Backyard Nikon a trial or APT a trial
I know NINA does everything but I’ve found using different software for specific applications works really well too.
As far as I’m concerned BYEOS is the easiest most comprehensive frame focus and capture software for DSLR’s ( I’m sure Back yard Nikon would be similar ) They are not the complete package , capture stack and process etc.... but hey the work well , never had an issue in 4 years with my Canon 600D ( I still use my Canon for planetary imaging , see attached images ) Does NINA do planetary with the DSLR ?
Attached are my notes on SNR and Noise etc.. for your info
Cheers
Martin