May Astro with new camera and ASIair 4K

[@OlliesSpace]

Nice work Steve cracking little camera the 533

[@stevemiller3128]

Thank you, only been able to use it twice so far (weather) on the C8 it has a tiny field of view so I will need to do a few mosaics and still use my camera lenses for wider images. I am pretty impressed with the Centauris A shot which is hopefully a sign of things to come.

[@KJRitch]

Not guiding? Just using a lot of short exposures? Any filter? What software are you using? Which mount? I have a C8 SCT also with Starizona reducer and Celestron OAG on an AVX mount. Still new to this hobby. I'll have to check out your targets. Did you have to do mosaics for all those DSO targets? I'm primarily imaging galaxies in the northern hemisphere. I'm learning processing on Siril. Saw your other video on Teddy and your 2019 video on Charlie. We had a Shin-Tzu for a little over 17 years before we had to say goodbye to Sophie in 2020. We haven't gotten a new puppy. We still miss her.

[@stevemiller3128]

Hi “K” No guiding yet that will be the next purchase probably, as I have purchased most of this stuff in the last 6 months a bit at a time. Started with the HEQ5Pro mount and a second hand C6 with my Lumix GH6 and then G9M2. Next was the C8 and soon the ASIair Plus the Dew ring heater and dew cover and ASI533 camera. Followed by the focuser and special mount for the C8. So with no guiding I am doing 30 or 60 second exposures but to my surprise the mount on its own seems to be fine for at least an hour or so before it needs re centering. With the 6.3 reducer it is running on 1286mm so pretty tight framing. Nearly all single shots I did the mosaic Carina one by eye with the G9 and it worked out well, as I have only had two sessions with the new gear not had a successful mosaic yet as cloud and perhaps poor focus stopped the plate solve part way through. Once I can work out the best overlap and have everything working will try mosaics on things like the lagoon and eagle nebula. No filter yet either as we have pretty clear sky here but it is on the radar. Love my little dog he is on my lap asleep as I type this, delayed getting another dog when Charle died but glad I didn’t wait too long as Teddy is a perfect little companion. Clear sky’s Steve

[@KJRitch]

You’re a lot further along than me. I haven’t tried mosaics.I wish I got the HEQ5 instead of the AVX. I have an ASIAir and it has some issues with the AVX. Switched over to NINA. Guiding is being difficult with the AVX using PHD2. I’ve settled down to PPec algorithm for RA. My AVX has a lot of DEC baclklash. I spent the day adjusting the worm gear and motor gears of the DEC axis. Sometimes I get to take images instead of piddling around with NINA, plate solving issues, PHD2. Don’t forget to add Teddy to some of your future videos. Thanks.

[@stevemiller3128]

@@KJRitch Managed a 9 panel mosaic last night (that worked and became a pano) but with a full moon the result was not much good but proved the system worked. Did a couple of live stacks of about 150 x 30 seconds and the tracking was adiquite, quite happy with them. I need to get some Teddy stuff up on line.

[@KJRitch]

I guess the panels are imaged in ASIAIR. What do you use to process them to a pano after moving them off the ASIAir? Mosaics are one way of getting around the higher focal length. Maybe when M31 is up at a reasonable hour later in August I'll be ready to try a mosaic with my C8. Cheaper than purchasing Hyperstar.

[@stevemiller3128]

@@KJRitch I initially did a mosaic by eye six panels from memory with the G9m2 and that worked beautifully. That was from jpegs each 25MP which is easier to assemble as you can see the image. With the ASIair it is from Fits and after stacking there is still not much to see until after Affinity Photo does its thing to assemble the Pano. Affinity also does the stacking and final stretching etc. To equal just one shot from the G9 I need almost 3 x 2 with a 25% overlap. So I plan on using the camera lenses 200, 280 and 400 for wide shots. It all worked beautifully last night except for the clouds wind and Moon but the system did a great job.