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Just a plain star field.- do look large.

Just a plain star field @ 500mm this is 16 shots @ 5 min each. We finally managed to find the problem with the program . This come from the seconds night of guiding with a good sized moon shedding light,
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homaris said:

Fantàstica. Congratulations!
4 years ago

Steve Paxton replied to homaris:

Thank you it is great to have thing working as they should, now just a moon less night.
4 years ago

neira-Dan said:

oui , un champ immense d'étoiles
4 years ago ( translate )

Steve Paxton replied to neira-Dan:

And the point at 5 min they are all round normally straight up with out guiding they would not be at all only close to 60 seconds . many thanks.
4 years ago

tiabunna said:

Well done, Steve, all the work has paid off.
4 years ago

Steve Paxton replied to tiabunna:

Thanks it has been a long road and I had me wondering did I make the right choice more than once. It even had the Guru on the computer scratching his head as well.

Much like wide field and working on the Milky Way same does apply here I started at 10 min then worked down each min checking mostly the edges as the Center was round. 5 min is ok this shot is not cropped but full size but if I was going to crop I would use 6 min. much like a single Milky Way shot wide field is 20 sec but I can do the Bows at 25 as all the edges are taken out in the overlaps.

so It is a case of give me a dark cloud less night I will enjoy and next year will be very full.
4 years ago

Peter_Private_Box said:

Hi Steve

A very nice picture, and I am amazed at the clear skies you get!

Best Wishes, a nice weekend, and stay safe!!
Peter
4 years ago

Steve Paxton replied to Peter_Private_Box:

Peter

This clear of clouds BUT not the moon so no detail but the B/W of the night but just what I needed to test out the set up at last. Tomorrow is the last test the program that does it all set it and go to bed. You can be sure I will not be going to bed standing over it all the way.

If this all works "AS IT SHOULD" then it is all the planning for the next year of targets and possibles to use the mount to the full.

I hope I can do some justice to deep space as a lowly DSLR user and lens as apposed to big rigs..

I can only say stay tuned just how this turns out over the next few months. I hope its all been worth so far the hiccups...
4 years ago

Herb Riddle said:

Up to your usual standards my friend. A deep journey into outer-space for us again. Glad that the equipment is working something like and I am not only talking about your own brain :)

Take care, Herb
4 years ago

Steve Paxton replied to Herb Riddle:

A nice shot that really show just what this is capable of,now its get a dark night and cloud free. the only thing that has worked consistently is the camera and the brain, the computer has a mind of its own. may be Ai is already here and it just does not want to work any more.
4 years ago