After capturing the North America Nebula, i pointed the scope to a random region high up in the sky, which was suggested in my astronomy software.
The bad thing is, there is a bug in the software: When you change target, all the images are named after the old target (NGC7000 in this case), so i have no idea which object i was recording.
EDIT: This is why the color balancing is not really good. If i knew the object code, i could correct colors automatically. I'm not really skilled at this.
I'm satisfied with the scope. Seems to be the perfect hobby for bear markets
Beautiful pics and I hope they have an update soon.
Would love to have a scope like that to gaze at the stars
No prob when i'm aware of the issue, but this was the first timer. I also never captured more than one target per night.
I can't really gaze at stars because of a minor optical error at the cornea of my eyes, and the fact that these nebulous structures and dim/distant stars only come out via long exposure times the eyes aren't capable of. It's the play with the tech and background that had me in the first place. Oh, and i like to stay in quiet environments, mostly at night. The difference is that i can control all of the imaging from inside the house/car via WiFi in winter, too.
Thanks a ton!
I discovered the ability to plate solve from images in my astronomy control system (Stellarmate) last night, but i was too tired and lazy to power it up.
Need to work a bit on mount stability soon, i want longer exposure times. Next year i will invest a more substantial sum into a solid and precise hardware base.
All in all, the current stuff is entry-level travel equipment, i'm already at 2/3 of load capacity at the weakest link of the chain
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