kmmathews wrote:Would you mid devulging you camera settings the (txt file). I have the ASI 174 MC and I haven't been sucessful with deeps sky images. High gain setting bring out the hotpixels.
You need to create a dark frame (use the same exposure times as your actual images, but with the telescope covered up) - take ~100 frame (or longer) recording this way, and use Autostakkert to generate an averaged dark frame.
This works quite well at eliminating the hot pixels as long as they're not completely overexposed.
Here is the .txt:
FireCapture v2.4 Settings
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Observer=Bart Declercq
Location=Denderhoutem
Scope=OrionOptics UK 30cm F/4.8
Camera=ZWO ASI174MM
Filter=G
Profile=Star
Filename=Star_2015_07_19_23_14_06_G.avi
Date=2015_07_19
Start=23_14_06.628
Mid=23_24_07.508
End=23_34_08.389
Start(UT)=23_14_06.628
Mid(UT)=23_24_07.508
End(UT)=23_34_08.389
Duration=1201.761s
Date_format=yyyy_MM_dd
Time_format=HH_mm_ss
LT=UT
Frames captured=235
File type=AVI
Extended AVI mode=true
Compressed AVI=false
Binning=no
Bit depth=8bit
ROI=1936x1216
ROI(Offset)=0x0
FPS (avg.)=0
Shutter=5.00s
Gain=350
HighSpeed=off
SoftwareGain=41 (off)
Gamma=50 (off)
AutoExposure=off
Brightness=100
USBTraffic=75
Histogramm(min)=8
Histogramm(max)=255
Histogramm=100%
Noise(avg.deviation)=5.78
Limit=1200 Seconds
