Newbie with ISA1600MC-cool

buster55

Hi ZWO Users, I'm taking up astrophotography after 20 year break to raise a family here in UK.

I have Celestron CGE 1400HD Pro in observatory and the camera is ZWO ISA1600MC-cooled. My laptop is Windows Vista and SharpCap and FireCap came with the camera for Planetary capture.

What is best SW for Planetary stacking/processing ?

What is best SW for DSO capture then stacking/processing ?

My scope is F11. How many frames and at what exposure time should I start for :-

- PLANETARY

- DSO e.g. M51

Sam@ZWO

for planetary imaging, you can use SharpCap or Firecapture

for Dso imaging, you can use SGP or Maxim-dl, nebulosity

more frames better for any target

buster55

many thanks Sam, I am now onto Nebulosity and it works on Mac!, which I would prefer.

do you use Nebulosity ? it says it works for DSO, could I use it for planetary ?

Sam@ZWO

nebulosity cannot be used for planetary imaging