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Hi,
I'm just looking to get into Astrophotography, I've literally just bought my first refractor telescope, I still need to get an EQ GoTo mount but, that's another day. I've been watching various Youtube videos on the subject of Astrophotography and looking at various articles on the internet, and am keen to try and automate the whole process as much as possible so my question to the group is:

Do any of the popular astrophotography software/apps support full control of camera parameters for the Pentax K1, or do people just set up and use the cameras internal functions for setting the number of frames to be taken and stacking?

Any help or advice would be appreciated.
regards,
Peter Parker

I use an MGEN II for dithering, autoguiding, and intervalometer control. I use live view and a bhatinov mask for focusing. Regardless of how you do it you will need to use an intervalometer.

Where did you get the MGEN from? I can't find a US distributor for it. How much did it cost?

MGEN is very expensive. I would recommend you buy a real astro cam or just use a $20 intervalometer on your K-1 until you're ready for the astro cam - although you won't be able to dither until then.