M20 Trifid

 Posted: Sep 27th, 2024
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Technical Info
Telescope/Lens: 6" F4 полусамосборный ньютон
Camera: Player One Uranus-C Pro (IMX585)
Mount: ZWO AM5
Guide Scope: Внеосевой
Guide Camera: Player One Sedna-M (IMX178)
Software: N.I.N.A, SiriL, StarNet++, GraXpert
Accessories: корректор комы Sharpstar 2" 0.95; автофокусеры
Exposure:
113 x 180" ISO/Gain: 0 - фильтр Antlia ALP-T
Orange zoneLight Pollution:
 Hosta Sochi, Russia
 Sep 13th, 2024
5 h 39 m
1006
Collected bit by bit over 6 nights, but oxygen never appeared...
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You shouldn't be shooting with this camera and this filter at 0 gain. You need to set it to 210 or a bit higher, where the step is on the graph. With this filter, 5-minute exposures are fine; you won't overexpose.
27 Sep, 2024 Reply
Urmasx Replied to Oleg Novoselov
Possibly. The step is at 180 or 181, if the graphs are to be believed.
The object was low on the horizon. Conditions were so-so. The guide periodically lost stars, so I didn't risk 5-minute exposures.
27 Sep, 2024 Reply
We go to the player's website, look at the graphs... We see that Gain 1 matches the HGG mode, and this gain is 210. Noise drops from 7.5 to 1. The full well capacity, of course, also drops to 4200, but the dynamic range hardly changes. Therefore, the advice is to shoot almost everything in this mode. Just if the object is very bright, use a shorter exposure. I would even shoot galaxies in this mode; the key here is to avoid overexposing the stars.
28 Sep, 2024 Reply
Urmasx Replied to Oleg Novoselov
So that's what it is.
The graphs from the seller and on the player websites don't match.
It's planned to shoot at a gain of 210. But what offset is needed? In ASIAIR, there simply isn't such a setting...
28 Sep, 2024 Reply
Oleg Novoselov Replied to Urmasx
Regarding offset calibration, close the optical scope and take the shortest exposure possible (enter 00 in NINA) and monitor the minimum values. If it continues to show 16, you are about to clip the dark areas; increase the offset until you see the "min" around 80-100 (or higher) and stabilizes at that level. Just keep taking offset frames and take more than a few to see if fewer than 16 pixels are clipped.
28 Sep, 2024 Reply
Oleg Novoselov Replied to Urmasx
Regarding offset calibration, close the optical scope and take the shortest exposure possible (enter 00 in NINA) and monitor the minimum values. If it continues to show 16, you are about to clip the dark areas; increase the offset until you see the "min" value around 80–100 (or higher) and stabilizes at that level. Just keep taking offset frames and take more than a few to see if fewer than 16 pixels are clipped.
28 Sep, 2024 Reply
Urmasx Replied to Oleg Novoselov
Do I need to perform this operation with the refrigerator turned on?
28 Sep, 2024 Reply
Oleg Novoselov Replied to Urmasx
So, at what temperature do you usually shoot?
28 Sep, 2024 Reply
Urmasx Replied to Oleg Novoselov
Thank you. I'll give it a try when the time comes.
28 Sep, 2024 Reply

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