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Gain and Exposure Time

ZWO ASI6200MC Pro CMOS Beginner
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Antonio Jose Paris avatar
Antonio Jose Paris avatar
Looking to solicit what gain and exposure times you are using for the ASI6200MC Pro. This is my first dedicated camera and sill trying to use it.
Dustin Enfinger avatar
Dustin Enfinger avatar
A year and a half and no answers...  Wow.

I've been running the ASI6200MC with a Celestron C11 Edge HD with the designated F/7 reducer (FL 1,960mm) with GAIN set to 100, OFFSET set to 50, and TEMP set to -10°C.


Here are two images taken with the settings listed above and 30s exposures (integration time listed next to object name below):


Horsehead (2h 35m) 




Orion (55m)


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Nick Large avatar
Nick Large avatar
@Dustin  Thanks for posting. After 4 years of DSLR-Astrophotography. I've decided to jump into the dedicated astrocam world and I just received my ASI2600MC Pro last week and was having the same questions as @Antonio had 18 months ago (I'm guessing he figured it out on his own).