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Hi Wei Xing, my 500D IR moded cam olso produced excessively red images, so i tried to used Auto white balance in the Nebulosity2 software, but image turn out excessively Blue now (see attached), not sure how to solve this, as i am relatively new in this field & still experimenting. n.b. i find t...

Hi friend, good data, may be can bring up the intensity & brightness, then do a Gaussian blur, it will look a bit brighter like this, tks. n.b. (seek ur pemission herin to re-process as an eg. only)

Fantastic shots my friend, okay, as i still have forbia after killing 1 450 D digital cam, need to rest a while 1st

This cam i bought it on line, has not remove the IR-Cut filter but is still very sensitive, i did some 10 mag objects, although not very nice, but it worked, post it here, hope people wont faint, (cos i used paint brush tools to remove noise) The object is ngc 4565 (not 4562) , shooting them at dar...

Hi my friedn yltansg,

Okay, i will try your recommendation, start off with lower agc first & see, guess this is the area where i got most of the hot pixel from, high agc, thanks, happy AP_ing & clear sky..

Hi my friend yltansg, i also used a SCB-2000 Cam but found that yours is much quieter & nicer. May i know is the cam or technique difference ? i have got quite a bit of noise dots, try to use dark frame but often turn out like gun shots holes. May i know your capture settings ? i use Astrovideo ...

Thanks Kelvin, yes - i need some help & guidance on the EOS modification. i. how to eliminate dust from the sensor ? It seems to always attract some when exposed in free air. ii. cold finger installation to sensor, is it slightly easier than the filter mod ? i had eventually killed the 450-D by ...

Thanks bro, for releasing the nice 500D cam to me, my 450D mod program did not turn out well, lol.

Shots taken with: Canon 500D Filter Mod. Vixen GPD2 Mount un-guided but polar aligned with digital level meter for the Y - aix. But for Z - axis using 25mm eyepiece, centre it to RigelKent by djusting the mount AZ knobs only - not scope. (Mechanical method in place of Drift method) Exposure: both im...

Thanks Kelvin for sharing this super delicate mod & help in resolving some of the tough issues before we have ask ...