Here's another stack. I am going to try a de-rotation of images around this time and see if it gets me more. So far, I haven't seen much benefit. ...

I forgot about your stand alone guider setup, I understand now. You need a makeover! Dealing with just 6.5 or mag 7 stars must be tough!

Ron, thank you so much! Good to see you on the forum! Terri

Thanks Greg, I do like the galaxy, but it's suffering from the same smearing as the stars. But I did get descent color and exposure with the OSC. ...

You know Paul, for 40" of focal length you really do not need a very long guide scope. I'd replace that SCT guide scope with a short tube 60 to 80mm ...

Thanks Paul, i did a linear deconvolution to try to minimize the elongated stars. I also did a separate processing of stars and galaxy which helped p...

Tried fixing stars and think I made them worse.  NGC6946_small.jpg

Wow, this is excellent! Great shot! Terri

Nice image Peter! Great color. Terri

Hi Rick, I'm sure you can do an edit of your post and images can be deleted and re-added, or just add a new link. I was also just looking at the QHY...

Hi Rick, now I see the image. I have to click only on the '@0' part of the link to get it to show me the image. It's different than others but no...

I shot some images on 9/3, only this time I used the TEC140 with stacked extenders. I used a 2X Powermate stacked with a Televue 2x barlow to create...