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Hello Carlo, The Deep Sky Annotation tool allows to paste a text line from the clipboard. Search how to format this line and then you can paste the coordinate of any objects to the Deep Sky Annotation tool. Do you see my script for the UCAC4 stars catalogues ? If not ... then search in the forum &qu...

Hello Robin, Thanks for the information. I downloaded the dll and copy it in the SharpCap folder. It works a little bit better. The continuous double exposure disappears ... but not for the first image after a change from Live to Still mode. But, I remark a strange behaviour ... Can you confirm it w...

Hello, Yesterday evening I did other tests with a different computer (fist test was with W11, yesterday with W10) and with different cameras (second QHY174, QHY268 and old QHY5-II). The QHY268 or the QHY5-II was working correctly in Live and Still mode and both modes with the Live Stack. It was not ...

Hello, I can confirm one thing with the version 4.1.12100 and the long time after the capture of one image. It was yesterday evening not possible to use the Live Stack. I wanted to image with 20 s per exposure. But, SharpCap was adding another 20 to 25 seconds after the 20 s exposure. I tested with ...

Hello,

Yes, finally !

I will prepare the update and send it tomorrow.

Regards,
Jean-Francois

Hello, I search a little bit deeper ... I found the "^" character. Add a line in the script: UCAC4_script_path = UCAC4_script_path.Replace(" ", "^ ") # Test UCAC4_read.exe progam, if exists and which version if os.path.exists(UCAC4_script_path + "\\UCAC4_read.exe&q...

Hello Hiroyuki, Maybe the best news of the day ... I think that I found the reason of the problem. In fact .. all is working properly ... except that you have a blank in your directory :-) I remark that you saved the script in a subfolder of "SharpCap Captures" ... that is the error. The r...

Hello Hiroyuki, In the case that something is wrong with the "z001" file. I search in the internet a description for the download of the UCAC4 catalogue ... I found this: https://forums.dc3.com/showthread.php?4694-Downloading-and-Using-PinPoint-Reference-Catalogs-(Updated-Oct-2023) If you ...

Hello Hiroyuki, OK, the UCAC4_read.exe works ... at least it shows the version. For the UCAC4 catalogue ... it must be the original version (I mentioned it several times). I use the C-code from the DVD to read the binary data from the files. The UCAC4 catalogue is used by other planetarium software....

Hello Hiroyuki, Oh nooooo ! what is now next ? You can do the following (as song as your antivirus does not delete the file after a warning that he found a virus). Open a DOS window and then change the root directory to the location of the UCAC4_read.exe file. Start the UCAC4_read program with the p...