Imaging the SMC: The Mosaic Continues...Part 3

[@derekbaker3279]

Aha! It was time to capture 47 Tuc.! Awesome! You've really captured a lot of the great details in & around the SMC! 👍👍

[@StevenMorrisPhotography]

47 Tuc is enormous when it’s alongside the SMC, I didn’t realise just how big the cluster was. So many cool details around the SMC, I can’t wait for it to be finished.

[@AlexN-Astro]

Incredibly impressive! :) thus far! Im totally itching to see the final result.

[@StevenMorrisPhotography]

As am I, can’t wait!

[@deep_space_dave]

You are a very patient man, an inspiration to all of us 🙂. Looking great! Can't wait to see the finished masterpiece!

[@StevenMorrisPhotography]

Ha ha not sure if I’m patient. Thanks mate, either can I.

[@LogansAstro]

I must say I found the synchronised dithering a bit hit and miss sometimes also when i wears using it. Will be interesting to see if anyone is doing synchronised imaging with any of the other softwares out there. CS

[@StevenMorrisPhotography]

NINA nightly seems to have fixed the sync system, it’s just a little unstable.

[@wiwibaguette6683]

I love ur vids soooo much! started watching 2 years ago and loved it since, got interested by the polar aligning vid where u showcased 2 celestrons on a single mount which was sooo cool! Saw this and for the first time I noticed u are in aus as well, don’t know which state u are in but I would love to hear where u are from, but anyways here in Sydney the light pollution is terrible, still trynna get as many nights as possible on imaging. Thanks for the vid bro

[@StevenMorrisPhotography]

Hey thanks so much for those kind words, glad to hear you enjoy the videos. I’m from South Australia so the light pollution isn’t as bad as Sydney. Hope you get some clear skies soon.

[@nikaxstrophotography]

It's coming along well mate I hope you can sort out the small issues, Is there a way to maybe add a delay of so many minutes before the next filter sequence to counteract any initial timing delay?

[@StevenMorrisPhotography]

Thanks mate, it’s coming together nicely. It looks like NINA nightly has a lot of fixes to do with multiple instances and syncing. I have been dry running it and it’s basically fixed every issue I’ve been having. It also has an automatic flats brightness command. So now I can set a fixed exposure and only shoot flats at that exposure length so no need to capture dark flats which can now be moved to a library rather than capturing on the night. Saves data and time.

[@southbronxny5727]

Looking great.....What cameras are those? 294?

[@StevenMorrisPhotography]

Correct, the are QHY 294M cameras used in 47MP mode giving me a great sampling rate.