Hi All
New to AP, I have a skyguider pro and have been using plate solving to find targets.
I had fantastic success with this technique to find and image M83 but last night when trying to find the lagoon nebula things went sour.
Initially I was using 'All sky plate solver'
The equipment is GT81 with x0.8 flattener and D5300
The correct settings for this is 383mm focal length and 3.83um pixel size
Both of these images were captured with the same set up (different nights). One image solves and the other does not.
So does anyone have any advice. Are large saturated stars throwing things off? shorter exposure?
Somewhere near lagoon
https://photos.app.goo.gl/5Jy2wUMeFQ6YPDvc9
M83
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Dn92v2xeXiNJLd2e8