Acquisition Best Practices

This newer addition to our beginner series will help you get optimum results acquiring your imaging data. We’ll look at imaging strategies that will make the best use of your equipment, given the realities of your imaging conditions. Some of the topics we'll cover include:

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• Optimizing image scale

• Camera readout mode, gain, and offset settings

• Choosing an exposure lengths

• Acquiring calibration frames:  how, how many, how often?

• Monochrome Strategies:  RRR-GGG-BBB vs RGB-RGB-RGB

• Mosaics- one pane each night vs all frames each night

• Acquiring RGB stars for Narrowband images

• Focusing: how, how often?

• Rotators- to rotate or not?

• Guiding – how good is good enough?

WHAT YOU’LL GET

 

Attendees of this workshop will receive the following: 

• Image files that are used in the virtual workshop

• Updated process icon set to use on your own data

• An opportunity to win a door prize from our generous sponsors

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Unlimited Access $35.00 USD