Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  M 38  ·  NGC 1912
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M38 - 20230320 - Equinox 2, altazastro
M38 - 20230320 - Equinox 2
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M38 - 20230320 - Equinox 2

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M38 - 20230320 - Equinox 2, altazastro
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M38 - 20230320 - Equinox 2

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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I have improved the collimation of my Equinox 2 Smart Telescope, albeit it still is not perfect at the borders.
I have also find out that keeping the gain low you can get some color out of the stars even without the FITS files ... yes, not a great discovery!
Unfortunately "mid sized" stars continue to look ugly and a bit "squared": that is due to spikes starting to "come out" but not enough as in more bright stars (which looks aesthetically good), while dimmer stars have no such problem.
I binned 2x2 the final image in order to make the stars look a bit better.

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M38 - 20230320 - Equinox 2, altazastro