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- Tue May 21, 2024 12:51 pm
- Forum: SharpCap Beta Testing Forum
- Topic: Solar Mosaic - Feedback
- Replies: 10
- Views: 300
Re: Solar Mosaic - Feedback
Hi Geoff, one other thing that has cropped up in my testing and other feedback for the auto-alignment is that you need to make sure that the settings for RA/Dec backlash takeup are big enough. They default to 4 minutes of arc, but if your mount has backlash above that level (or even near it), then a...
- Tue May 21, 2024 12:46 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: 12 pane mosaics 20th May 2024 - Sun in Ha (coloured)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 35
Re: 12 pane mosaics 20th May 2024 - Sun in Ha (coloured)
Hi,
great images, and *so* close on the first two to getting the whole disk. The CaK treatment in the second post is very different and rather nice
cheers,
Robin
great images, and *so* close on the first two to getting the whole disk. The CaK treatment in the second post is very different and rather nice
cheers,
Robin
- Tue May 21, 2024 12:44 pm
- Forum: Feature Suggestions
- Topic: Polar Alignment
- Replies: 1
- Views: 24
Re: Polar Alignment
Hi, yes, there are tools that can give a faster result than drift alignment - search for 'Three point polar align'. One thing to be aware of is that may of these tools involve the mount making a GOTO movment to a star, then you correcting to center the star. That all works find if the initial GOTO i...
- Tue May 21, 2024 12:41 pm
- Forum: Polar Alignment
- Topic: Polar alignment with out polaris
- Replies: 1
- Views: 32
Re: Polar alignment with out polaris
Hi,
not currently, no, although with SharpCap now including a built in plate solving engine, it's something I might consider in the future. The other alternative is to buy a 'SharpCap' brand chainsaw
cheers,
Robin
not currently, no, although with SharpCap now including a built in plate solving engine, it's something I might consider in the future. The other alternative is to buy a 'SharpCap' brand chainsaw
cheers,
Robin
- Tue May 21, 2024 12:39 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Change to default save directory does not stick
- Replies: 1
- Views: 54
Re: Change to default save directory does not stick
Hi Mike, I suspect that SharpCap is testing the 'E:\' drive on startup and either finds it missing or cannot write to it for some reason - that causes SharpCap to reset the capture folder to the default as a way of avoiding being stuck when starting a capture without a valid folder to save it to. Ha...
- Tue May 21, 2024 12:33 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Solar Mosaic Tool changes tracking from solar to star
- Replies: 4
- Views: 103
Re: Solar Mosaic Tool changes tracking from solar to star
Hi Mike, Ok, I have no personal experience of the AP mounts, so not sure if they allow detailed setting of the movements rate. You can check by looking in the mount movement area in SharpCap on the right - see what options are available in the tracking rate dropdown to the right of the tracking on/o...
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:28 pm
- Forum: How do I?
- Topic: Ha Sun, flat field
- Replies: 2
- Views: 91
Re: Ha Sun, flat field
Hi, my approach is to fix a piece of transulcent plastic over the top of the telescope to diffuse the sunlight and take the flats that way. You could use the inner bag of a breakfast cereal packet (after cleaning it of the dust!) or some notebooks have a translucent cover over the front page which c...
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:26 pm
- Forum: SharpCap Beta Testing Forum
- Topic: Solar Mosaic - Feedback
- Replies: 10
- Views: 300
Re: Solar Mosaic - Feedback
Hi Geoff, sorry to hear of more missing parts - I am going to look at some ways to try to improve the auto-alignment accuracy (possibly add a second phase that measures over a larger movement distance once the current initial alignment has produced a roughly right result). I'm also very much in favo...
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Problem with livestacks - dark subtraction - in EEA
- Replies: 21
- Views: 940
Re: Problem with livestacks - dark subtraction - in EEA
Hi, did you by any chance use the latest update of SharpCap that allows you to set a hot/cold pixel correction level as well as using a dark frame? My goal with adding that ability was to address the sort of issue in this thread of 'rogue' hot pixels showing up in the light frames that are not in th...
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:15 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Can't get solar tracking
- Replies: 2
- Views: 86
Re: Can't get solar tracking
Hi John, yes, this is a limitation of the version of the Hubo ASCOM driver that you are using - it only allows tracking to be turned on or off, not the rate to be selected. I'm told that there is a new version available from Rainbox Astro that resolves this issue (see this thread : https://forums.sh...