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this is done too simple. just forget to switch off you tracker when doing a milkyway timelapse and you end up with this...

I have the 2inch tripod which is very good for the money I'd say. berlebach should be better which I used as well but no testing aside. people with 1.5" seem satisfied though. for the cem40 they ...

sure CN is well known. I usually prefer experiences from known sources like guys in here. I got the cem25. total pe 50 arcsec, not too great, otherwise pretty good, got it for testing and ...

hi, does anyone have experiences with this new mount? Thinking about this or the cem60. should take 15kg for AP. Could be a problem for the cem40 even though they claim 18kg as limit. the PE is ...

great bargain!

thx David! looks pretty much good really. I compared it to my 400 f/2.8, which is better open wide, but not so much. The upper right corner indicates a bit field curvature or sensor tilt?! just a ...

david, how us the 300 ais at f/2.8 in the corners fullframe? some folks say you need f/4 or even f/5.6 for good stars...

it is a details of an unprocessed result of starnet++. but when I overlay the starimage with the nonstar-image of starnet in PS it is ok since the wholes are filled. I actually found it to be ...

Hi, looks nice! as I understood it is the size of the square in which starnet++ computes, so higher number means something else. I tried a few times saw no difference, but it might be due to each ...

use a ir cut filter and adjust wb in post

which filter does it have? is it full speectrum or ir cut? do you take raw pics?

Hi Rudy, tried yours as well, works fast and fine. Worst thing was finding the right german translation for the intrinsic logic of the wording is not the same. More iterations are quite crude. I ...

thank you again Rudy. It is one of favourite nebula. Maybe that is the reason and Namibia has great skies...

very kind of you Rudy. yes lots of power hard and soft behind. your way is great and good tutorial! working thru my Namibia data here first serious attempts...

that is the best thing when like using sliders you can play thru all settings back and forth many times and iteratively get to your likings. This I do not want to miss anymore. With PI I do about ...

Hi Rudy, went a different way: process in APP, starshape in PI 2 iterations (advantage I can adjust difts if existing), then adding starnet++: just APP reducing starsize with PI 1 iteration 2nd it. ...

Hi, I am playing around with my data from June to train my intuition: I used modified Nikon cameras (D810a and D800EA) with STC dual narrowband and without. Here is a typical sequence: normal ...

Hi Rudy, Thanx! Will give that also a try, am using Pixinsight and starnet++ for this, but another alternative is greatly appreciated! PI is not easy actually and starnet++ just kills all stars:-P

Frenchie, how good is the Nikon 500 PF for astrophotograhie fully open? Are the any corner artefacts like with the 300 PF?

Hi rick, yes, APP has crazy filenames but like this you got all steps in them. mabula will be expanding a lot due to great success, so there will be a lot to expect. I can understand your view, I ...