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by umasscrew39
Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:39 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Running Two Instances on the Same Laptop
Replies: 9
Views: 1252

Re: Running Two Instances on the Same Laptop

ahhhh.....great!

Thanks so much, Robin.
by umasscrew39
Thu Aug 10, 2023 2:30 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Running Two Instances on the Same Laptop
Replies: 9
Views: 1252

Re: Running Two Instances on the Same Laptop

One more question: I display live viewing on a wall monitor. I assume I can only do that with one instance as the second instance would have to be minimized. Is that correct?
by umasscrew39
Wed Aug 09, 2023 7:25 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Running Two Instances on the Same Laptop
Replies: 9
Views: 1252

Re: Running Two Instances on the Same Laptop

Thanks so much for the helpful information, Jean-Francois and Robin. I greatly appreciate it. I have no need to dither in this case as I will be using the two scopes to do solar live viewing.

Thanks again to you both,
Bruce
by umasscrew39
Tue Aug 08, 2023 7:12 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Running Two Instances on the Same Laptop
Replies: 9
Views: 1252

Running Two Instances on the Same Laptop

I believe this topic may have come up in the past but I would like to revisit it for my particular situation. I am planning on running two scopes simultaneously on the same mount but with two different model cameras controlled by a laptop. I want to do live viewing and save the data. Can this be don...
by umasscrew39
Fri Aug 04, 2023 3:26 pm
Forum: Solar and Lunar Imaging
Topic: Solar Workflow
Replies: 5
Views: 5342

Re: Solar Workflow

I want to circle back on this subject. I will be using a ZWO ASI432MM solar/planetary camera on a ZWO AM5 mount to capture the 2024 solar eclipse. I can do either single shots or a delay time video with a low frame rate. I am thinking of trying the later but am curious if others have tried this with...
by umasscrew39
Sun May 21, 2023 1:24 am
Forum: Solar and Lunar Imaging
Topic: Solar Workflow
Replies: 5
Views: 5342

Re: Solar Workflow

Hi Robin Yes- I’ve been trying other techniques in my observatory the past 3 years but I still use SC for lunar imaging and polar alignment- in which SC is still the best in my opinion and I have tried many methods. Indeed, of course you are correct in the live stacking for the eclipse being impossi...
by umasscrew39
Fri May 19, 2023 8:42 pm
Forum: Solar and Lunar Imaging
Topic: Solar Workflow
Replies: 5
Views: 5342

Solar Workflow

I am planning to take pictures of the eclipse next year as I did back in 2017. However, this time, the idea is to do live stacking as well for folks to see it on a monitor. I have a portable Askar 300 FRA scope setup to use with solar filters, but I need to practice with SharpCap after a few years a...
by umasscrew39
Sat Oct 15, 2022 5:00 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Full Moon
Replies: 5
Views: 610

Re: Full Moon

Bruce That turned out well with the Ha filter - one way of taming the brightness at full moon. Some craters plus the rays from Tycho and Copernicus captured. I did some experimental processing of lunar data using PixInsight, details here https://forums.sharpcap.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=5636 Dave Very ...
by umasscrew39
Fri Oct 14, 2022 6:12 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Full Moon
Replies: 5
Views: 610

Re: Full Moon

Thanks, Menno!! Here is the silly answer to your very good question. I had just finished shooting a narrowband deep sky object and my 5-position filter wheel is bolted to my optical train in my observatory that is over 8 ft above the observatory floor. So, to change filters is a big ordeal. It was s...
by umasscrew39
Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:14 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Full Moon
Replies: 5
Views: 610

Full Moon

It's been a very long time since I attempted a lunar or planetary image, as I mostly do deep sky objects nowadays. However, we had a beautiful full moon the other night, so I swung my scope towards it just to see if I could get a nice capture. Using my deep sky setup, I wasn't sure how well it would...