As you can see in the attached image, I often find myself in a situation where, at the start—before running “get polar align”—the tilt angle correctly matches the 44° of my latitude. But when I perform the polar alignment, I often get readings that deviate from this. It almost seems as though the angle indicated by the vertical arrow is at odds with the axis tilt angle. For example, in the photo, the vertical alignment is 0.0°, but the angle is 46° instead of 44°. Note that I have always used “refresh deviation” every time, as I know that these numbers otherwise depend on the internal gyroscope and not on plate solving.Thanks a lot for any hint!

Probably a silly question. Are the frames that are discarded during the app's stacking (enhancing) process still saved in the xxx_sub folder? So that I can review them later and possibly decide to reuse some of them with Siril postprocessing?

Before updating to version 3.2 of the app, I didn't do much testing with Auto DBE, but it seems to have been more effective than after the update. I'm not really sure if DBE is even doing anything, at least with the S30. I activate it during the capture process and also when editing the stacked photo, but it doesn't seem to do much. Does anyone know anything about this?

I am fairly new to astrophotography and have a Seestar S30 pro that I have been using for a couple of months and really like it. So I've been thinking of building a rig that would compliment the Seestar. I'm really interested in the SCBONY MK 127 and am wondering if anyone is using it and what they think. Also trying to decide on a mount. I'd love to get a harmonic mount but they are so expensive. Any advice is appreciated.

This is my second approach to NGC 7000, the North America Nebula, and probably one of the most demanding and rewarding projects I have processed so far.The idea behind this image started with curiosity: could I push the Seestar setup further by combining its internal LP/Hα-OIII data with external Askar Colour Magic C1 and C2 dual-band filters?After a lot of research online, I found many opinions suggesting that using the Askar C1 and C2 filters with this kind of setup would be unrealistic, difficult, or simply not worth it. In theory, it was almost an utopia.So I decided to test it myself.The result is this image.It required many hours of capture, several stacking tests, careful registration between different masters, gradient correction, spectral/flux calibration, channel recombination and a lot of trial and error. The hardest part was making the data from different filters work together naturally without destroying the signal or creating an artificial look.Integration detailsTotal integration time:24h 40m 50sSeestar LP / Hα-OIII: 741 frames Mixed exposures of 20s, 30s and 60s8h 15m 50sAskar Colour Magic C1 / Hα-OIII: 242 frames × 60s4h 02mAskar Colour Magic C2 / OIII-SII: 743 frames × 60s12h 23mThe final image is a combination of the Seestar LP/Hα-OIII data, the Askar C1 Hα/OIII signal and a recombined Askar C2 OIII/SII master, used to bring more separation, depth and structure to the nebula.This project took a lot of dedication, research and experimentation, but it also proved something important to me: sometimes the only way to know if something works is to try it yourself.Clear skies,João Palhota

After weeks and weeks of cloudy nights, I can finally pull out the telescopes again 🙏 I never thought this day would come 🥹