[Logieberra (Logan)]

Sorry for the delayed reply guys, busy with uni.

I had a fiddle with the settings Malcom, and she turned out about the same…

Thanks Wayne, I was REALLY pleased when registax finished doing it's thing. This was the first time that the program has work for me (user error). A great feeling.

Trevor, I failed to mention that I'm using a Powermate 5x barlow... Should I stack it on my Meade 2x APO barlow, or use a spacer?

I'm pretty sure that my collimation is spot on, I'm using Catseye gear. But there's always room to improve I'm sure.

I leave the scope outside for an hour+ and run a small cpu fan against the primary (the skywatcher mirror cell is machined to accept a small fan with 4x mounting screws).

One problem that I do have:

I'm not polar aligning my mount in the backyard. It's a very rough SOUTHERN alignment and that's it, so Jupiter is speeding out of the FOV.

Registax doesn't seem to like a planet that moves about the FOV, especially if it comes near the edges. Is this correct?

When I process this footage - the centre weighted alignment box does not stay in one place and slides across the planet.

Looks like I really need to do better polar alignments right? (The way it's running at the moment, it's more like a dob setup, with small corrections to the EQ6 to keep Jup in the FOV - annoying - and it introduces vibrations to the system).

Thx guys,

Logie.