Herrhausen wrote:

wvreeven wrote: Please read again what I wrote

I had pulled from GIT earlier today so my version didn't have the button anymore...

Great idea, Jasem. Thanks!

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Please read again what I wrote First go to the Alignment tab and click options there:

Enable verbose logging by clicking on Options to the lower right in the Alignment tab and perform plate solving. It should report the FOV.


Clear skies, Wouter

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It is in an unexpected place. When you go to the Astrometry tab and then click options in the lower right, there you can enable it.

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Well, it would save time which can be used for imaging. On the other hand I usually only image one object per night so I have at most two of these moments (when I start and after meridian flip). So I don’t really mind.

FYI I don’t have a fixed setup and I put it in the backyard when I want to image and take it down next morning. So every time I image I have to do a polar alignment and create the mount model. Since the sequence starts only after end of dusk I don’t want to waste time building a mount model.

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I never build a mount model. I simply rely on plate solving to slew to my targets.

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WOW fantastic! Especially the processing. I have rarely seen such a stunning pic of this nebula. Very nice how the intensity in the (much brighter) centers matches the faint outer regions!!!

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The details usually are in our signatures

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I created this two panel mosaic in September from Southern France. These are 36 x 5 minutes on North America and 22 x 5 minutes on the Pelican with my Canon EOS 700D/WO ZS 71 combi.

Thanks!

Actually I am trying to move away from PI for stacking. Recently I bought a license for Astro Pixel Processor (APP) which has a much simpler workflow than PI and superb results. I didn't use it this time since it gave bad results because of the flats. But I made a North America and Pelican mosaic that I will post here next and I used APP for stacking and then PI for post-processing since I don't have PhotoShop.

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I used a modded Canon EOS 700D and a WilliamOptics ZS71 ED on a HEQ5 with belt mod to take this pic of M 33. I wanted to take 60 images of 3 minutes each but due to DSLR connection problems (not a complaint, just a statement) I only got 22. Plus my flats were taken wrong (my bad, I used a too short exposure) so I had to retake tonight them which introduced some artifacts in the background because I already moved the telescope with the camera attached though I didn't touch the focuser. Thus I needed to suppress the background a lot leading to some haze around the bright stars due to the mask used.

Nevertheless it is a result that I am very content with, to say the least. All stacking and post-processing was done in PixInsight.


Cheers, Wouter

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