Thanks Martin yes it gets a bit frustrating imaging night after night for very little data hopefully that is behind me now. Steve you have rung every bit out of the image while still looking natural good job. Brenden thanks for the lengthy reply, I replaced the ed80 with a old 400mm telephoto lens that was unused by removing the rear section and screwing on a eyepiece holder from a 2" diagonal. I made a pair of smaller mounting rings to reduce even more weight, focusing is easy by turning the front focus tube. These changes have allowed me to remove 1 counterweight, the tracking has improved to the point where I only lost 2, 5 min. subs in 3 hours
Yes the processing is endless , always learning something new.
Clear skies Ken