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by Jean-Francois
Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:35 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation
Replies: 27
Views: 2007

Re: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation

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...
by Jean-Francois
Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:02 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation
Replies: 27
Views: 2007

Re: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation

Robin, !!! URGENT !!! Please delete the file "Test_version_1.5.zip" from my preceding message. I wanted do a test, so I download it again for installing on my computer. My Defender antivirus gives a virus warning and delete the file after download. I will generate a new file and upload aga...
by Jean-Francois
Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:59 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation
Replies: 27
Views: 2007

Re: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation

Hello Hiroyuki, OK, it seems that is all fine. From your question " I tested it without starting the simulation camera, but was it correct? " No, that is absolute not correct ! ... you need an image ! ... the script perform a Plate Solve. No image => no Plate Solve ... and you will have pr...
by Jean-Francois
Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:17 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation
Replies: 27
Views: 2007

Re: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation

Hello Hiroyuki, We are may be 12 hours apart ... it does not simplify the communication. One question to other user of my script ... around 15 downloads of the 1.4 version and 4 downloads of the test version ... Do you have similar problems ? Can you give me a feedback ? Hiroyuki, please try the fol...
by Jean-Francois
Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:53 pm
Forum: Deep Sky Imaging
Topic: Horsehead Nebula and Lunt LS60 THa
Replies: 4
Views: 134

Re: Horsehead Nebula and Lunt LS60 THa

Hello Carl, The first question is ... is the Horsehead an emission nebula or a reflective nebula ? Other question ... can you dismount the etalon filter ? If the etalon is fixed ... then you will have the light at the Ha wavelength, but in addition thousand of other lines. The contrast will be very ...
by Jean-Francois
Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:59 pm
Forum: Deep Sky Imaging
Topic: Horsehead Nebula and Lunt LS60 THa
Replies: 4
Views: 134

Re: Horsehead Nebula and Lunt LS60 THa

Hello, If the Ha etalon stays in place then you will have the following ... here 3 images (with my Lunt 50 mm filter) and a spectrometer: - Sun spectrum (centred to the Ha line) - Sun spectrum after placing the Lunt 50 etalon in front of the spectrometer (without blocking filter, the image a little ...
by Jean-Francois
Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:47 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation
Replies: 27
Views: 2007

Re: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation

Hello, The "one second" difference is more than annoying ... it works a little, but not completely. But that makes a big difference for the test of the string. One time is OK, other time it produces an error. I was thinking to add a function in the UCQC4_read.exe program ... If you open a ...
by Jean-Francois
Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:49 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation
Replies: 27
Views: 2007

Re: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation

Hello Hiroyuki, That is odd. For testing ... I did 2 times the following ... I download the ZIP from the SharpCap forum. I unzip it and then copy the UCAC4_read.exe in my script directory. And then I did the sequence of the preceding message and I have 'Sat Apr 13 13:48:47 2024'. It exist 3 "ge...
by Jean-Francois
Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:13 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation
Replies: 27
Views: 2007

Re: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation

Hello Hiroyuki, We are 2 steps further ... only 1 or 2 steps more :-) Please check that you have the "UCAC4_read.exe" program from this message: https://forums.sharpcap.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=42146#p42146 If you check the time (right click on the file in Explorer) ... the date shall be Satu...
by Jean-Francois
Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:02 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation
Replies: 27
Views: 2007

Re: Show UCAC4 stars in the Deep Sky Annotation

oups ... It is from "z001" not from "z002".