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ZWO ASI294 Pro Colour CMOS Camera

Started by The Thing, Jan 31, 2018, 17:07:12

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The Thing

Hi Everyone,

Finally got some subs with my new camera, but only 50 minutes worth. Now I am learning to process FITS files in Pixinsight. Shouldn't be any different to a DSLR should it. After all it's a one shot colour (OSC) camera with a bayered SONY sensor... In the meantime I ran the Pixinsight Basic CCD Parameters Script with some calibration files - Darks taken at -15C, Bias at -12C, Flats at 0C as the camera warmed up, all Unity Gain [120]). Probably should all be at the same temperature.

Here is the result. Not such a pretty picture but some really interesting numbers ;)


Carole

Have fun with the new camera Duncan, you'll find cooling will make a difference as you can do longer exposures.

Carole


MarkS

Exciting stuff!  Looking forward to your first image!

Mark

Fay

It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

The Thing

First image... The moon I posted was with this camera and I have 250x30s of the Flame and Horse head to process. Maybe I should do some pictures of clouds! It does short enough exposures:)