Centaurus

[spearo (Frank)]

Hi
Centaurus cropped
cheers
frank

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

You're into it like a man possessed Ezystyles....whoops spearo..... you're pumping out nearly as many as that DSI Demon.

Another good shot Frank. Is it just a single image or a stack?

Have you looked at DSLR Focus, as you focus looks just a tad off.

[spearo (Frank)]

Paul,
HAHA
yes it's becoming a bit of an obsession...especially as , to me, since i'm starting from such a poor level of performance, any shot that looks a bit better than the last one fuels me up to work at it some more ...much to the chagrin of the girfriend i think...(thankfully clouds have moved in tonight...)

most if not all my shots are single shots unless I state otherwise on the pic label. I havent scraped up enough $ for a laptop yet hence no DSLR focus, no guiding etc...
i just use ahartman mask and try my best

I've also learned the other day (thanks JohnG) that I need to refocus throughout the night which I hadnt been doing before)

its a steep learning curve for me
frank

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Something else to think about is when you focus using the live preview screen, turn it off for 15 sec or so to allow the camera to cool a bit before taking your shot. You may find you get less noise.

He's pretty helpful tha JohnG fella

[RB (Andrew)]

A very beautiful shot there Frank.
Just curious- why aren't you using live focus on the 20Da?

[spearo (Frank)]

Paul, absolutely about JohnG, and I knew about the delay re 15sec and try to do so.
Andrew, I use the live view, both settings for focussing with a hartmann mask,
but I'm still sometimes off a bit
frank