M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy. (Dan Miller)

M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy.

Sorry for the multiplex uploads in one day. I just wasn't happy with my first edit. And to be truthful, still am not. But time to put the keyboard down.
M101 - Pinwheel
Equipment:
   Image Camera:       Modified Canon T3i
   Image Lens:           Canon EF 300mm f4 L IS USM
   Session Computer:   Lenova Think pad for session control
   Guide Camnera:       ZWO ASI120MM-S 1.2 MP CMOS
   Guide Scope:       ZWO 30mm f/4 Mini
   Mount:               Advanced GT

Software:
   N.I.N.A. using Advanced Sequence, TPPA, and Hocus Focus
   PHD2 for guiding
   ASTAP for plate solving
   ASCOM Drivers
   Pixinsighht

Image Sessions:
   2023/04/18
       Notes on session:   3 hours wasted because I couldn't get a good framing out of mount. After factory reset,
                           centered target. Beleive because I have been disconnecting handset when tear down. Also used
                           the coordinates from notebook at scope.
                           Don't know what my problem was last time I tried to use this lens, focused great. Taped
                           focus ring after acquiring focus.
       Moon:               Waning Gibbous 1.5%
       Bortle:               4
       Seeing:               Clear skies had it as clear, but they also had a warning about smoke.
                           Looking at the HFR, it looks pretty good in the beginning.
       Focus:               Pretty much thhe best I have ever got
       Polar Alignment:   Slightly over 4 minutes
       Guiding:           Good
       Dither:               Every 5
       Meridian Flip:       No problewm
       Exposure           180s after Hocus focus
       Focal Length:       300
       ISO:               800
       Lighths:           71
       Bias:
       Dark:
       Flats:

   2023/04/19
       Notes on session:   Issues framing. 3 degrees off again on dec. Got irked and just figured out
                           difference and had scope slew to new dec position. Had issues in the beginning
                           but got guiding down to RMS 1.69. Another windows update bit me again. Think
                           that may have been parr of problem. Will monitor. If get another night, will
                           try to track down issue.
       Moon:               Waning Gibbous .2%
       Bortle:               4
       Seeing:               Marked as clear, but think it was worse than last night
       Focus:               HFR was not as good as last night, but still 3.?
       Polar Alignment:
       Guiding:           Good
       Dither:               Every 5
       Meridian Flip:       After flip, was off by 2 degrees. Corrected by modifying coordinates to center then slewing
                           to frame center. Removed Center on drift from sequence. Guiding again was really good
       Exposure
       Focal Length:       300
       ISO:               800
       Lighths:           102
       Bias:
       Dark:
       Flats:
   2023/04/20
       Notes on session:   Just did a factory reset at the very beginning. Didn't feel like fighting the battles. Perfect
                           framing
       Moon:               New Moon
       Bortle:               4
       Seeing:               Marked as clear, but think it was worse than last night
       Focus:               hfr in mid 2's, or mid 3's
       Polar Alignment:   3.?
       Guiding:           Good
       Dither:               Every 5
       Meridian Flip:       Slept through it, worked
       Exposure           180s
       Focal Length:       300
       ISO:               800
       Lighths:           139
       Bias:               50
       Dark:               40
       Flats:               75

Three Night totals:
       Lights:               312 Counts for a night are off somewhere 15.6 hourss
       Bias               50
       Darks:               40
       Flats:               75

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	7584197
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	14h03m11s.52
RA (top/left)	14h07m26s.90
RA (top/right)	14h06m36s.38
RA (bottom/right)	13h58m46s.70
RA (bottom/left)	13h59m55s.42

Dec (center)	+54°20′12″.5
Dec (top/left)	+53°32′26″.4
Dec (top/right)	+55°13′23″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	+55°07′21″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	+53°26′48″.2

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