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Hi, well done on your first image! My technique for flat frames when capturing solar images is to use translucent plastic over the front of the telescope to diffuse the light from the sun. One option is the plastic inner bag from a breakfast cereal packet, which is often translucent. Another is that...

Hi, the amount of the error sounds consistent with J2000 co-ordinates being sent to the mount when actually it works in JNOW co-ordinates. SharpCap asks the mount which co-ordinate system it uses, but some ASCOM drivers report the wrong setting. This can lead to SharpCap not applying the required co...

Hi, OK, I can shed some light on some of the issues... 1) Controls vanishing briefly after focus scans - SharpCap 4.1 puts the camera into still mode for focus scans if the exposure is above about 2s - this helps avoid frames being captured during focuser moves and speeds up the scan, but can mean a...

Ah, OK, that makes even more sense then I think... The glitched frames are the ones when the camera is responding to the ROI change - I suspect if you move the ROI area around manually you will see the same thing happening from time to time. I'm not sure that there is anything to be done here - depe...

Hi, that is very weird - I will pass this question on to SVBony to see if they have any ideas, since I've run out of them! As a workaround, copying a copy of SVBCamera.dll from an older version of Sharpcap may help, but if you do that, run Sharpcap direct from the .exe file in the install folder. Us...

Hi,

I thought I had fixed this one, but maybe I didn't get it right - I will check again.

cheers,

Robin

Hi Gene, the first suggestion for this problem is to set the 'Force Still Mode' option in the controls on the right to on. This ought to help with the missing first frame problem, which tends to be an issue with some QHY cameras when used in long exposures in live mode. I have raised this issue with...

Hi, the difference between J2000 and JNOW should not put you off target by more than about 8 minutes of arc, so if you are ending up a degree or more off then J2000/JNOW is not the whole of the problem. Some things that occur to me are 1) Do you have the option to solve/sync turned on in SharpCap? I...

Hi,

good to hear you got it sorted!

cheers,

Robin

Hi, unfortunately it's really the details of how the ASCOM driver code implements the time read/set operation that is key here, not the settings. I have a celestron mount and handset I can test with CPWI to see if it reports PC time or mount time, and whether setting the time via ASCOM has any effec...