Miaplacidus - Beta Carinae - 9/1/2022 (Short test stack)
Three image stack - testing StellarMate automation. Slight coma in TL,BL, TR but not BL implies skewed focal plane.
DeepSkyStacker 4.2.6 Stacked 3 of 3 Images Gain 100 @ 30 Sec, 35 DARK Gain 100 @ 60 Sec, 35 BIAS Gain 100 @ 1/1000 Sec, 19 FLATS GAIN 100 @ 1/10000 Sec, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2022
Telescope - PowerNewt 200mm f/4 with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector (at 55mm backfocus) for F=800mm f/4.0, IDAS NB1 filter, QHY 268C CMOS camera field 68' x 101' , Ambient ~20C, Camera 0C.
StellarMate on RP-4B with Kstars/Ekos for EQMOD mount control, auto-focusing, plate solving and image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Ekos auto guiding software.
From 2022 Remote Control
