I managed to get 4.5 hr of luminance during Astrofest in between the power black-outs and a recalcitrant EQMOD fault. Didnt get as much colour data as I wanted with the QHY8 but there you go. Thought the power faults had blown the qhy8 but it appeared that it was only able to corrupt the drivers during a download - thanks for the tip Paul (1Ponders) as it saved my sanity
10"SCT with f6.3FR and QSI and QHY8 cameras 10 min integrations.
Love the detail the QSI583 can get.
Comments welcome.
Well the colours are a bit iffy but mate the res is pretty good and those streamers are pretty clear in your version too, nice work...I think a slightly wider field is necessary to make them more obvious to the eye...Fred will be jealous
So that's what you were trying to do! Wow Allan, it keeps making me turn my head on the side. That is a great shot. I keep waiting to see a bit more brightness between the clouds but the shot just hangs there. Love it. I'd love to see a higher res.
I'm glad to help Allan, especially seeing the results. Cheers
Neat little combo the two cameras, does a nice job, you could give a little more on the exposure ie lift it a stop or so, at least for the galaxy, you may have to redo the background if it goes a bit noisy, but a clever bit of layering will fix that.
I'm impressed, it may be the path I head down, except I may get the qhy9 it's a lot cheaper, same chip, don't know how much difference there is between them though.
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So that's what you were trying to do! Wow Allan, it keeps making me turn my head on the side. That is a great shot. I keep waiting to see a bit more brightness between the clouds but the shot just hangs there. Love it. I'd love to see a higher res. 
