My hardware consists of an Orion StarShoot G3 Deep Space Color Imaging camera connected to an Orion ShortTube 80mm telescope as my autoguider. Other incidentals, I use an Orion ED80 refactor telescope, a Canon Rebel T3i (600D) camera, an Orion Sirius EQ-G mount, and Backyard EOS for camera control. The G3 is not inherently designed for use as an autoguider and took some research, a few calls to Orion tech support, and lots of trials in order to get it work.
A few things to be aware of:
1) The G3 requires a guide scope with a larger aperture than
the 50 mm standard guidescope size on the StarShoot Autoguider (you also need
to order a RJ12 cable to connect the G3 to the mount).
2) The G3 Firmware driver has to be up
to date, if not, contact Orion and they can help with that.
3) When using PHD2 Guiding, the G3 is not
a selection on the Camera icon, you must select ASCOM (Late) Camera and then
the G3 appears as a selection.
4) But wait,
there’s more, you also must select On-camera under the Mount tab at the top of
the page. The rest of the set up should
be how you would normally set up PHD2 Guiding. If not, call Orion.
Also, I am new to using most of the software. With this in mind my original stacking, Image 3, was done off of jpeg files as DSS was not stacking the raw files correctly. Later I discovered I had to convert the raw images using Digital Photo Professional (Canon software) to TIFF files and then stack them. The images below are of M31 - Andromeda Galaxy (M32 and M110, satellite galaxies of Andromeda are also visible).
Results:
Image 1
Image 2 is a 100s exposure of Andromeda after the autoguider tracking was synchronized using PHD2 Guiding. This took approximately five minutes.
Image 2
Image 3 consists of six 100s exposures of Andromeda stacked using Deep Sky Stacker (DSS).
Image 3
Image 4 and Image 5 are after processing Image 3 using Photoshop.
Image 6 is after processing the six original raw images in DSS. Prior to using DSS I had to convert the Canon specific raw images into TIFF format. Apparently DSS has trouble converting certain Canon raw images. Notice the galaxy is flipped when the raw images were stacked. Final processing was done in Photoshop.
Image Details:
Image 1
Post Processing: None
Image 2
Post Processing: None
Image 3
Post Processing: DSS
Image 4
Post Processing: DSS, Photoshop
Image 5
Post Processing: DSS, Photoshop
Image 6
Post Processing: DSS, Photoshop
Image 4
Image 5
Image 6 is after processing the six original raw images in DSS. Prior to using DSS I had to convert the Canon specific raw images into TIFF format. Apparently DSS has trouble converting certain Canon raw images. Notice the galaxy is flipped when the raw images were stacked. Final processing was done in Photoshop.
Image 6
Image Details:
Image 1
M31 - Andromeda
Location: Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 7/24/15 00:58 AM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: Orion Short Tube 80mm, Orion StarShoot G3
Focal Length: 600mm (lens)
f/7.5
Exposure: 1-100s (1m 40s total)
ISO: 1600
ISO: 1600
Image 2
M31 - Andromeda
Location: Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 7/24/15 01:12 AM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: Orion Short Tube 80mm, Orion StarShoot G3
Focal Length: 600mm (lens)
f/7.5
Exposure: 1-100s (1m 40s total)
ISO: 1600
ISO: 1600
Image 3
M31 - Andromeda
Location: Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 7/24/15 01:12 AM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: Orion Short Tube 80mm, Orion StarShoot G3
Focal Length: 600mm (lens)
f/7.5
Exposure: 6-100s (10m total)
ISO: 1600
ISO: 1600
Image 4
M31 - Andromeda
Location: Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 7/24/15 01:12 AM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: Orion Short Tube 80mm, Orion StarShoot G3
Focal Length: 600mm (lens)
f/7.5
Exposure: 6-100s (10m total)
ISO: 1600
ISO: 1600
Image 5
M31 - Andromeda
Location: Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 7/24/15 01:12 AM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: Orion Short Tube 80mm, Orion StarShoot G3
Focal Length: 600mm (lens)
f/7.5
Exposure: 6-100s (10m total)
ISO: 1600
ISO: 1600
Image 6
M31 - Andromeda
Location: Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 7/24/15 01:12 AM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: Orion Short Tube 80mm, Orion StarShoot G3
Focal Length: 600mm (lens)
f/7.5
Exposure: 6-100s (10m total)
ISO: 1600
ISO: 1600
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