Great detail Tim. Very inspiring.
Cheers, Chris.
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- Tue May 14, 2024 8:44 am
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: High res "EEA" with SC autostacks + Blur Xt
- Replies: 4
- Views: 126
- Mon May 13, 2024 9:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Interaction between FWHM and frame brightness estimates
- Replies: 4
- Views: 114
Re: Interaction between FWHM and frame brightness estimates
Excellent. That sounds like a good strategy Robin.
It’s exciting using a platform where the developer is so responsive and improvements come at pace.
Cheers, Chris.
It’s exciting using a platform where the developer is so responsive and improvements come at pace.
Cheers, Chris.
- Mon May 13, 2024 10:18 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Interaction between FWHM and frame brightness estimates
- Replies: 4
- Views: 114
Re: Interaction between FWHM and frame brightness estimates
Hi Tim, Yes, I’ve seen that too, with FWHM often following Brightness downhill as thin clouds drift through while guiding is still hanging on. It also affects multi star focusing, I have found, where the final FWHM score may bounce around as the auto selection drops or adds stars as the focus varies...
- Sat May 11, 2024 11:44 am
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Problem with livestacks - dark subtraction - in EEA
- Replies: 19
- Views: 764
Re: Problem with livestacks - dark subtraction - in EEA
Hi Borodog, To answer your question about the number of dark frames, I have been using between 200-500 darks for a 294MC Pro, stacked, e.g. 200x60s or 500x30s, for about a year now, in order to minimise the statistical scatter contribution upon subtraction. So I don’t collect darks regularly, and I ...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 5:22 am
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: CPWI crash/restart leaves SharpCap half working
- Replies: 8
- Views: 480
Re: CPWI crash/restart leaves SharpCap half working
Hi Robin,
The Focuser is a little different. It still shows “Connected”, but when you click on a move button (e.g. negative 100) all the buttons become ghosted and nothing works.
I use the “CPWI Focuser”, so a failed mount could also set the Focuser “connected” false.
Cheers, Chris.
The Focuser is a little different. It still shows “Connected”, but when you click on a move button (e.g. negative 100) all the buttons become ghosted and nothing works.
I use the “CPWI Focuser”, so a failed mount could also set the Focuser “connected” false.
Cheers, Chris.
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:45 am
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: CPWI crash/restart leaves SharpCap half working
- Replies: 8
- Views: 480
Re: CPWI crash/restart leaves SharpCap half working
Hi Robin,
After the background process gives up on the mount, if it then alerted the foreground GUI code to uncheck the mount "connected" checkbox, that would be much clearer, and of course not respond to a goto.
Cheers, Chris.
After the background process gives up on the mount, if it then alerted the foreground GUI code to uncheck the mount "connected" checkbox, that would be much clearer, and of course not respond to a goto.
Cheers, Chris.
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:42 am
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: CPWI crash/restart leaves SharpCap half working
- Replies: 8
- Views: 480
Re: CPWI crash/restart leaves SharpCap half working
Hi Carlo, Do you use the StarSense autoalignment module? Cancelling an autoalignment will routinely cause CPWI to simply exit, in my experience. Other than that, I find CPWI very reliable. I now simply avoid this situation. However, it confuses SharpCap. Both the mount and focuser behave oddly. If t...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:37 am
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: CPWI crash/restart leaves SharpCap half working
- Replies: 8
- Views: 480
CPWI crash/restart leaves SharpCap half working
Hi Robin, CPWI has a couple of bugs that can make it crash (e.g. if you "cancel" midway though a StarSense auto-alignment). Its affect on SharpCap is interesting. After re-establishing CPWI control and restored calibration, SC seems to be (re)connected to the mount again. I can use the Dat...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: Feature Suggestions
- Topic: SharpCap support for dithering via Celestron SSAG
- Replies: 3
- Views: 608
Re: SharpCap support for dithering via Celestron SSAG
Hi Robin, Still trying to get some details from Celestron. However, there are some posts on CloudyNights that show CPWI has its own “PHD2 server” that can be enabled. I wonder if that would appear the same to SharpCap as the real PHD2 to accept dither commands. See for example: https://www.cloudynig...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:55 pm
- Forum: Feature Suggestions
- Topic: SharpCap support for dithering via Celestron SSAG
- Replies: 3
- Views: 608
SharpCap support for dithering via Celestron SSAG
Hi Robin, Are you planning to support dithering via CPWI for the Celestron StarSense Autoguider? Some applications, such as NINA appear to be going that way. If so, it makes a very simple compact system possible (e.g. RASA8, SSAG, good cooled camera, enabling auto-alignment, guided imaging integrate...