AstronomyUkraine Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 This is my image of M51. Eventually it will be a HaLRGB image, this is just a quickly processed RGB image. I have the Ha data, just need a few more hours of Lum data to complete it. Brian 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBolt Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Wow another stunner! Can't wait to see it when it's finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, PeterBolt said: Wow another stunner! Can't wait to see it when it's finished. Thanks Peter. Got around 3 hours of lum data. Hope to get 10 hours, and I have two days of clear weather forecast at the weekend, and no moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBolt Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I'm still having to wait. It's a shame seeing as we have just had a run of clear nights... trying to think of a way of moving my scope to the front of the house... but then I can't see Polaris and won't be able to use Sharpcap for my polar alignment. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 39 minutes ago, PeterBolt said: I'm still having to wait. It's a shame seeing as we have just had a run of clear nights... trying to think of a way of moving my scope to the front of the house... but then I can't see Polaris and won't be able to use Sharpcap for my polar alignment. Any ideas? You could try the drift alignment tool in PHD2. As long as you are roughly pointing towards Polaris when starting drift alignment, you should get decent alignment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBolt Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Ok thanks, I will take a look 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 Just now, PeterBolt said: Ok thanks, I will take a look 👍 Here is a guide to drift alignment in PHD2. https://sites.google.com/site/openphdguiding/phd2-drift-alignment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBolt Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 That's excellent thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 minute ago, PeterBolt said: That's excellent thank you Let us know if it is successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBolt Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I will do cheers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Stunning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 9 hours ago, MarkAR said: Stunning. Thanks Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazAstro Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 That's looking nice ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazAstro Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 15 hours ago, PeterBolt said: I'm still having to wait. It's a shame seeing as we have just had a run of clear nights... trying to think of a way of moving my scope to the front of the house... but then I can't see Polaris and won't be able to use Sharpcap for my polar alignment. Any ideas? Hi Peter, if you're guiding and not trying too long a sub length the ASPA feature on the AVX might do for a reasonable polar alignment ... run it twice and see how it works out maybe ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBolt Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, GazAstro said: Hi Peter, if you're guiding and not trying too long a sub length the ASPA feature on the AVX might do for a reasonable polar alignment ... run it twice and see how it works out maybe ? Thanks yes I should give it another try. The last time my basic alignment wasn't good enough and the star disappeared from view and it took me ages to get it back 🙈 Since then I have been using Shapcap which is so fast. Edited April 7, 2021 by PeterBolt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob-c Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 That looks nice. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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