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- Thu Aug 17, 2023 4:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Questions for Robin-: The Collimation Feature
- Replies: 3
- Views: 409
Re: Questions for Robin-: The Collimation Feature
Thank you Robin for your response and providing clarification in regards to the use of this feature. This information is very helpful in moving forward with trying to acheive collimation with my RC8. In my situation, I found a machinist on a local forum who developed a decoupler for the RC style sco...
- Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Questions for Robin-: The Collimation Feature
- Replies: 3
- Views: 409
Questions for Robin-: The Collimation Feature
I recently purchased an RC8 to compliment my 80mm Triplet. I was in the field last night working on fine-tuning the new scope and trained it on M31 as a target for testing purposes. Being a typical refractor imager I never explored the collimation feature of SharpCap until now. This feature is noted...
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: SharpCap Gain
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1013
Re: SharpCap Gain
Thank you Robin- this information really helped me to better understand my Altair equipment and SharpCap functions.
Kind regards,
Brian
Kind regards,
Brian
- Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: SharpCap Gain
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1013
SharpCap Gain
I have been trying to expand my understanding the concept of Gain. My imaging camera is the Altair Astro 26C. In SharpCap, it appears the defulat Gain is 100. I have the following questions: I have attempted to set the Gain lower than 100, but any attempts always reverts back to the default value of...
- Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:23 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Capture area different than image size Incident
- Replies: 2
- Views: 771
Re: Capture area different than image size Incident
I went back and on closer inspection it appears this was indeed a user error. Instead of selecting the AA26C profile, I had selected the AA26C(2.0) profile which inlcuded a smaller resolution.
Thank you for your help.
Best Brian
Thank you for your help.
Best Brian
- Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:20 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Pegasus FocubeCube V2 Error Message- failed to connect
- Replies: 4
- Views: 897
Re: Pegasus FocubeCube V2 Error Message- failed to connect
Hi Robin- After reading the SharpCap manual a few times I was finally able to resolve the error issue with the FocusCube. Due to the constant clouds here in the USA, I have spent the past few days fine tuning my SharpCap settings. Which leads me to this question- Is there a way to use my current ima...
- Sun Mar 12, 2023 8:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Pegasus FocubeCube V2 Error Message- failed to connect
- Replies: 4
- Views: 897
Re: Pegasus FocubeCube V2 Error Message- failed to connect
Hi Robin- Attached are two screen shots- the error message that I recieve regarding the focuscube and how I currently have it setup in SharpCap. I am not sure if this is note worthy- Whenever I disconnect and then reconnect my AA26C camera, the focuscube error pops up. I downloaded and updated the m...
- Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Capture area different than image size Incident
- Replies: 2
- Views: 771
Capture area different than image size Incident
I was looking through the forum because I recently went out and spent four hours capturing on capturing data on NGC 1893. I got home and was reviewing my data and found the image resolution was havled. My camera is the Alatir Astro 26C. I saw this was an issue from another post with the SVbony camer...
- Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Pegasus FocubeCube V2 Error Message- failed to connect
- Replies: 4
- Views: 897
Pegasus FocubeCube V2 Error Message- failed to connect
I have been struggling for sometime now to try and figure out how to 1) connect SharpCap with the Pegagsus FocusCube and 2) trying to better understand how to setup and use the auto-focus function in the program. So far, any attempts I have made results in the Error message- failed to connect. Any a...
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: SharpCap Settings Question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 294
SharpCap Settings Question
I use PixInsight for processing my images. My question is under SharpCap General Settings navigating to the Saving tabs where Preferred Still Format> Should I select the option for FITS or TIF? Does one file format improve the image quality in anyay. My camera is the Altair Astro 26C.