IC1396

 Posted: May 19th, 2026
Technical Info
Telescope/Lens: Askar SQA55
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Duo + ZWO ASI294MM Pro
Mount: EQ6-R
Exposure:
250 x 180" ISO/Gain: 0 - ZWO ASI294MM PRO + Sii
150 x 180" ISO/Gain: 0 - ZWO ASI294MM PRO + Ha
250 x 180" ISO/Gain: 0 - ZWO ASI294MM PRO + Oiii
100 x 60" ISO/Gain: 0 - ZWO ASI2600MC Duo + RGB
 Barnaul, Russia
34 h 10 m
222
Resolution: 6000x4107 px
Scale: 11856 KB
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It turned out gorgeous, soft...
I’ve been reading your articles and see you decided to make a three-barrel setup from the 55. The main question is how to synchronize the shooting. I tried it myself in the N.I.N.A. plugin, but nothing useful came of it—either my hands are from the wrong place, or the plugin is buggy. I lost several nights and gave up. I shoot with the main telescope, and on the secondary one I just set a series to run until morning, then visually catch and discard all the blurs from movements and shifts.
20 May, 2026 Reply
Dmcl Replied to Oleg Novoselov
Oleg, thank you for your feedback. It's difficult to explain synchronization in text. For this, I used an External Script. In the archive, there is an example of sequences for two instances of Nina and the scripts used to perform the synchronization: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12B4hy81PaH_LfrW4Zpt5FIpnX_cf9YEg/view?usp=drive_link
20 May, 2026 Reply
Dmcl Replied to Oleg Novoselov
Only two trunks so far. But even with them, things have become more fun.
20 May, 2026 Reply
Dmcl Replied to Oleg Novoselov
By the way, to test the synchronization, you don't need to go out under the stars. I tested all of this on my home computer without connecting to any equipment.
20 May, 2026 Reply
Oleg Novoselov Replied to Dmcl
I looked at it, didn't understand anything, where to put all this to make it work.
20 May, 2026 Reply
Dmcl Replied to Oleg Novoselov
JSON files are sequences in N.I.N.A. VBS files are scripts that are called from these sequences. In N.I.N.A., click the Sequencer icon on the left, then click Advanced Sequencer, then click the load sequence button and select the JSON file.
20 May, 2026 Reply
Oleg Novoselov Replied to Dmcl
This worked. On the main telescope, select the primary file; on the secondary telescope, select the secondary file. I'll try it later this evening. Thanks, but I guess this isn't goodbye.
20 May, 2026 Reply
Dmcl Replied to Oleg Novoselov
I'm not sure if these are the working scripts, since the working ones are on the laptop that was used for control.
20 May, 2026 Reply
Oleg Novoselov Replied to Dmcl
No rush, you can upload the working ones — I want to close this topic for myself and shoot calmly.
20 May, 2026 Reply
Dmcl Replied to Oleg Novoselov
I recorded a video explaining how synchronization works: https://youtu.be/VRb5ediNotk
20 May, 2026 Reply
Oleg Novoselov Replied to Dmcl
Thank you, I'm studying it.
20 May, 2026 Reply
Dmcl Replied to Oleg Novoselov
Did it work?
22 May, 2026 Reply
Oleg Novoselov Replied to Dmcl
Unfortunately, no. It complains about the files and shows them in red after uploading.
22 May, 2026 Reply
Dmcl Replied to Oleg Novoselov
You need to reselect them along the path where they are located on your system.
22 May, 2026 Reply
Oleg Novoselov Replied to Dmcl
They still don't want to, they burn red.
22 May, 2026 Reply
Very cool.
28 May, 2026 Reply
Dmcl Replied to Sulik
Thank you.
28 May, 2026 Reply

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