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Old 17-04-2017, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by lazjen View Post
I can give you one bit of feedback so far - processing is taking longer than image collection. Just doing the basic integration (no drizzle integration) of the last channel now - so probably about 5 hrs+ integrating.

Since I generally have no real problem with guiding, I'm considering switching to gain 0 and doing 90 - 120 sec subs just to cut down on the number of images and speed up the integration process. And if I keep with the same dithering process I mentioned previously, the time lost to dithering will be a lot less overall. Refocus time applies either way, so no changes there.
Probably wouldn't drop below Gain 75 otherwise you'll start running into some other issues. The reason for this is that the chip only outputs 12-bits while at Gain 0 it is approaching 13-bits of dynamic range. At Gain ~75 it is capturing 12-bits of information.
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