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Allan,
Imaging at that low altitude of 29 degrees is generally a waist of time if you want reasonable results , I don’t even DSO image below 35deg Alt as your trying to punch through so much atmosphere.
As far as cameras are concerned you use just about anything ( I use a crappy old Canon 600D with pixel size of 4.3uM ) but smaller pixels are preferable. Probably the most important thing to have is a focal ratio between f15 and f30 which you can achieve by using a Barlow or Powermate.
General rule of thumb to determine the “best focal ratio” of your image train for Lunar and Planetary imaging is -
Poor night of seeing 3.5 x pixel size of your camera
Average night of seeing 5 x pixel size of your camera
Good night of seeing 7 x pixel size of your camera
That’s great your using Autostakkert but most folk ( me included) only use it to stack only ( no sharpening etc.. )
We leave to fine tuning or post processing to Registax 6 which is excellent !!!
I’ll attach my procedures for both Autostakkert 3 and Registax 6 for you to have a look. Strongly recommend Registax 6 to finish off your image.
Also attached is some of my planetary work with my crappy old Canon 600D DSLR , 8” Newt and Televue Powermates
All the images were captured at 60 degrees Altitude or above !!
Hope all the above and attached is useful
Cheers
Martin
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