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I am setting up my Heq5 pro with a Skywatcher 130PDS. With my current setup I only have 300 degrees of unobstructed rotation on the declination access, the final 30 degrees in both directions are obstructed by the camara hitting the mount. Would this cause any problems with a meridian flip. I will be using the setup with the Asiair Plus and as far as I know cannot set any rotati...

I've always wanted to have some automation when doing RC collimation. I was too lazy to code it myself (and Python is not my thing anyway, I do C/C++), so over the last 1-2 years I tried the AI (vibe) coding for this. In the past, it always failed miserably, with either AI being too dumb, and perhaps me not thinking through the details. But I think I succeeded today....

Imagers, I'm curious your opinions and experience on what's the point at adding more frames to your stack is just not worth the time? When I first started, I used to just put the percentage to stack as the upper 50% of quality, because I read it somewhere. My strategy is usual to do up 1000 to 1500 frames or the upper 25%, whichever is smaller, and I've been having p...

Why are so many people using the term "dark flat"? From a purely linguistic point of view, "flat dark" seems like the much more logical name. In English compound nouns, the last word is usually the core noun you're talking about: a schoolmaster is a master, a coffee cup is a cup, and a garden hose is a hose. Following that pattern, a flat dark is a dark frame intende...

Hi all, With the current price sale on the SV545, Cuiv's discount code and some SVbony points, I have the opportunity to purchase the scope for about 340EUR. From what I read online and watched on YouTube, this scope is a no brainer. I was scouting the market for a wide field scope for some time now for my IMX571 (APS-C) camera and this feels...