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- Mon May 27, 2024 1:47 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: SharpCap freezes when trying to connect to camera
- Replies: 5
- Views: 140
Re: SharpCap freezes when trying to connect to camera
Hi Mario, you shouldn't need any additional software for that camera - the SV105C is (I'm fairly sure) a simple USB camera that implements a thing called 'USB Video Class', meaning it should trigger default Microsoft supplied drivers to be used. I honestly can't see a good reason why the code would ...
- Mon May 27, 2024 1:37 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Smart Histogram Bug ?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 71
Re: Smart Histogram Bug ?
Hi, what camera are you using? Some cameras don't actually have a unity gain, in which case SharpCap will aim to get as close as possible -usually minimum gain. Minimum gain can also give the max dynamic range is some cases, particularly with cameras that do not have a cliff edge in the read noise g...
- Mon May 27, 2024 1:35 pm
- Forum: How do I?
- Topic: Focusing-Positive (Outward)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 51
Re: Focusing-Positive (Outward)
Hi, the only real way to be sure which direction the focuser moves for higher (or lower) values is to use the software to move the focuser (say from 20000 to 25000) and watch to see what happens. This is because when you mount the focus motor on your telescope, the direction of movement will depend ...
- Mon May 27, 2024 1:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: starting out in SharpCap (ASI294MC on a big dob)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 42
Re: starting out in SharpCap (ASI294MC on a big dob)
Hi Jon, long focal lengths always bring a challenge, but your FOV of about 0.8x0.55 should be sufficient for plate solving to work fairly reliably as long as you can get enough stars clearly visible (30+ ideally). This may require some tinkering with gain/exposure settings to get a reliable setup th...
- Mon May 27, 2024 1:13 pm
- Forum: What's New
- Topic: New Feature : Support for ASCOM Cover/Calibrator devices
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3158
Re: New Feature : Support for ASCOM Cover/Calibrator devices
Hi, thanks for posting the log I can see that the cover initially reports as closed, then at 09:23:32.466, SharpCap requests the cover to open. For about 15 seconds, SharpCap receives a 'Moving' state from the cover, until at 09:23:46.987 it starts reporting an error state. The error state then caus...
- Mon May 27, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: How do I?
- Topic: Using Pixinsight or Siril Photometric Color Corrections in SC Live Stack
- Replies: 5
- Views: 165
Re: Using Pixinsight or Siril Photometric Color Corrections in SC Live Stack
Hi, it would certainly be an interesting feature to have :) You are right about the white balance from stars - it picks unsaturated stars in the image and tries to make them white (on average). I suspect it should really try to make them slightly yellow/orange on average, since the dimmer, unsaturat...
- Mon May 27, 2024 12:59 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Solar Mosaic not working
- Replies: 2
- Views: 66
Re: Solar Mosaic not working
Hi, from the log, it looks like you clicked through a warning about the mount co-ordinates being a long way (58 degrees or so) from the sun position. That's certainly not going to help at all with the accuracy of the movements - really you should have the mount co-ordinates roughly correct to within...
- Mon May 27, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Performance issues
- Replies: 2
- Views: 67
Re: Performance issues
Hi, there's no option at the moment to lower the frame rate further than the automatic management. The performance screenshot above though is really useful, as it shows that the bulk of the time is going into the display update. It may be worth making sure that you have proper graphics drivers insta...
- Mon May 27, 2024 12:51 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Timelapse stops capturing images
- Replies: 5
- Views: 169
Re: Timelapse stops capturing images
Hi, yes, looks like the same problem as last time where SharpCap has decided not to save any more frames for a reason that we have to determine. I hope to get a new update out today/tomorrow which will have the extra logging to help determine what is going on. One thing I can see from that log is th...
- Mon May 27, 2024 12:42 pm
- Forum: How do I?
- Topic: Image quality while plate solving with a C14 & Starizona focal reducer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 284
Re: Image quality while plate solving with a C14 & Starizona focal reducer
Hi, I think a good test would be to try only connecting SharpCap to the mount and see if that works consistently. If it does then that would suggest that sharing the mount driver between different applications could be the cause of the problems with zero readouts for RA and Dec. In that case, I woul...