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by admin
Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:37 pm
Forum: What's New
Topic: New Feature : Dark Frame Scaling
Replies: 0
Views: 55

New Feature : Dark Frame Scaling

Hi folks, once again, a collaboration with @borodog (Mike) has helped forge a new SharpCap feature :) Dark frame scaling is designed to help in situations where the dark frames in use don't exactly match the conditions for the light frames. The most obvious reason this might happen is if you are usi...
by admin
Mon Nov 04, 2024 2:24 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Goto catalog : mount stay black in step waiting to settle
Replies: 10
Views: 348

Re: Goto catalog : mount stay black in step waiting to settle

Hi, the issue with the wrong target being centered does sound very much like the ASCOM driver for the mount ignoring the second GOTO movement request (but without raising an error). SharpCap assumes that the mount has done what it was told to do (unless an error is raised), so doesn't currently chec...
by admin
Mon Nov 04, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Dithering Causing Dropped Frames
Replies: 2
Views: 56

Re: Dithering Causing Dropped Frames

Hi Don, live stacking is supposed to ignore frames that are captured while the mount is dithering to avoid trailed star images getting into the stack, so if there is any error here it's that somehow the frames captured while dithering *are* being stacked. Having the filter brightness option turned o...
by admin
Mon Nov 04, 2024 2:02 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Touptek Filter Wheel totally random
Replies: 1
Views: 45

Re: Touptek Filter Wheel totally random

Hi, can you just confirm which exact version of SharpCap you are using? There is an issue in versions up to and including 4.1.12693 where SharpCap was sending the position to the filter wheel twice and the ToupTek filter wheel code did not behave well in that situation. It should be fixed in newer v...
by admin
Mon Nov 04, 2024 1:58 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Strange colors in my live stack image ?
Replies: 12
Views: 530

Re: Strange colors in my live stack image ?

Hi,

glad to hear that it is all sorted now - clear skies!

Robin
by admin
Mon Nov 04, 2024 1:55 pm
Forum: Solar and Lunar Imaging
Topic: Need help with visualizing the sun :-)
Replies: 3
Views: 112

Re: Need help with visualizing the sun :-)

Hi, just to add a few things... 1) The calculated field of view for your setup (485 camera, 8" SCT) is about 0.3 by 0.18 degrees - that's considerably less than the diameter of the sun (0.5 degrees). Adding a typical 0.67x reducer to the setup will increase the field of view 0.47x0.26 degrees -...
by admin
Mon Nov 04, 2024 1:46 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: SharpCap doesn't start
Replies: 10
Views: 433

Re: SharpCap doesn't start

Hi, apart from trial-and-error (or trying another PC), it's tricky - I suppose we could try to capture a list of the DLLs loaded into the SharpCap.exe process and see if there is anything in the list that looks unusual (ie not normal Microsoft/Windows stuff, not stuff that SharpCap itself wants). We...
by admin
Mon Nov 04, 2024 1:37 pm
Forum: Live Stacking
Topic: Beginner Questions
Replies: 22
Views: 4808

Re: Beginner Questions

Hi, Ah, OK, I understand now. That's actually deliberate as the settings in the right hand most tab apply to auto saving on closing or pressing the clear button only. The 'save and reset every <X> minutes' function saves in all formats. I don't want to change that behaviour as there will almost cert...
by admin
Sat Nov 02, 2024 3:46 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Strange colors in my live stack image ?
Replies: 12
Views: 530

Re: Strange colors in my live stack image ?

Hi, can I just check that your dark frames are being captured with exactly the same settings as the light frames? The obvious settings are exposure and gain, but offset and colour balance settings should also be the same. In particular, if the dark frames used a different offset then that will lead ...
by admin
Sat Nov 02, 2024 3:44 pm
Forum: How do I?
Topic: Straight reticle
Replies: 2
Views: 130

Re: Straight reticle

Hi,

if you click on the image with the right mouse button you can adjust the orienation of the cross hair reticule from 45 degrees to any angle you like. You can also use this right button technique to adjust other reticules (see https://docs.sharpcap.co.uk/4.1/#Reticules)

cheers,

Robin