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Thanks, Richard,

I know, I've pushed the HDR a bit too far, hence the accentuated green color. I'll redo it and if that's not gonna work, I'll upload the stack.

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Thank you very much, Rowland! About dithering, I didn't even know what it was until a week ago. I'm going to start using it, especially now that I've also got auto guiding equipment (orion 80mm short tube, orion star shooter auto guider and an orion x-y guide star finder) and I can use PHD2 to do th...

i thought so as well (i've seen a 75min exposure which looked superb). i'll shoot some flat frames (i've got some dust on the sensor since the filter has been replaced anyway). i've noticed i can't get any other colors to pop up since i've added the baader filter on my camera. is there something i s...

With a ton of light pollution and the moon high in the sky in two consecutive nights (the first set was shot with a very poor drift alignment) 1st night 36 light frames of 60sec@iso1600 50 dark frames 2nd night 71 light frames of 120sec@iso1600 41 dark frames 50 bias frames Total exposure time: 2hrs...

I've already bought a Baader filter, today I'm taking my camera to have the IR filter replaced :) I've also ordered a CLS CCD clip-filter from Astronomik and I expect things to be different from now on. Wish me luck! EDIT: The "too green" comes from overusing HDR's Optimize Hard feature... I'll temp...

I assume everyone is tired of it, but for me this is a nice accomplishment. I know it could've been better but I didn't have a battery and I had to power everything from my car (mount, laptop, phone, leaving the engine running for aprox. 6 hrs... I've experienced issues with BackyardEOS disconnectin...

Thank you, Rowland. That's exactly what I was doing with my StarAdventurer mount but instead of taking long exposures, I was zooming at 10x the LiveView on my Canon and keeping an eye on the drift. I also own a PoleMaster which is awesome, I got a chance to test it this weekend and it worked like ma...

After a lot of help from Ivo (thanks a lot, Ivo, you're great!) with some shots I took with an unmodified Canon 70D and a StarAdventurer mount, I've decided to try my newly acquired skills with a new iOptron iEQ30-Pro mount and a TS ED Refractor. Living in a heavily light polluted city and unable to...