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#1
I know your question has already been answered, but I thought I'd share my thoughts on tricks to use with it.
Note, I haven't had ML long, and am waiting for the opportunity to try this myself, but I think it'll work.

So, Besides 1:1 crop, there are cases where something else could be useful. For instance since 640 by X is the smallest resolution you can choose. Using something like 5:1 will crop the image down to 640x128. For planetary images that only take a small portion of the frame, this will help keep the buffer from overflowing and  in theory reduce overall file size by 5x.

To plan your framing. I use Stellarium, with it you can simulate the FOV your camera and telescope can produce. I can tell you that with my 1000mm F/5 scope, using 640x128 (5:1 crop) I can easily fit the bright Jupiter and the 4 dimmer Galilean moons in one frame. Coupled with HDR video, I think I can simultaneously capture properly exposed frames and compose them in post.

To config Stellarium the 600D sensor has these attributes.
Resolution: 5184*3456
Chip Width: 22.3
Chip Height: 14.9
Pixel width and height: 4.3
From there adjust resolution and chip size proportionally for custom crops.
You will also have to configure your telescope specs, eyepieces and barlows.

Enjoy.
#2
Feature Requests / Interval Movie Recording
January 03, 2016, 02:17:15 AM
I would like to see a new movie / RAW movie setting akin to the intervalometer to take video clips of set lengths at set intervals.
For example record for X seconds starting every Y seconds or minutes, when X<Y.
In other words to record a 60 second clip every 3 minutes. Start recording, after 60 seconds it automatically stops, waits 120 seconds and begins recording another clip 3 minutes after the start of the sequence, and so on until triggered or programmed to stop after so many shots.

Edit: Clarifying the phrasing.
#3
Interesting. Unfortunately that is a bit beyond me. Also I may be going about this the wrong way as it appears the intervalometer will only trigger stills while in movie mode not recordings.
#4
I am trying to setup the intervalometer to work in movie mode while shooting RAW video. For example I would like to take video clips 30 to 60 seconds long, and each clip starting 5 minutes apart. Is there a way to setup the recording start and stop with a long delay between clips?