It was a strange and really not a perfect evening for astrophotography. My HEQ5 seems to have a slight backlash again. I was still able to capture some lights, but at the cost of poorer than usual guiding performance with something arount 1″.
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Technical overview
| Telescope | Vixen VISAC VC200L |
| Focal Length | 1800mm |
| Erecting Lense | – |
| Camera | CANON EOS R(a) |
| Guiding Equipment | Pegasus Astro Indigo OAG |
| Guiding Camera | QHY 5-III-462C |
| Mount | Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro, Belt and Hypertuned |
| Photography Date | 05/01/2024 |
| Exposure-Time Lights | 60x300s |
| Correction frames | FLATS, BIASES, DARKS |
| Sensitivity | ISO 1600 |
| Processing Date | 05/02/2024 |
| Software Stack | EKOS/INDI, PixInsight, Affinity Photo |
| Capture Place | Koblenz, Germany |