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- Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:57 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Nifty Way to Star Align Skywatcher Mounts
- Replies: 1
- Views: 107
Nifty Way to Star Align Skywatcher Mounts
Hello All, This may be old news to most of you but just in case there are those out there who are slower to find out about things than me, I would like to let everyone know about a nifty Sharpcap script that I discovered recently that will automatically star align Skywatcher mounts in a manner simil...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:28 pm
- Forum: ZWO Cameras
- Topic: ZWO 1600MM Issues
- Replies: 5
- Views: 284
Re: ZWO 1600MM Issues
That would be my guess. Do you have the box "Automatically restore last used camera settings" under the General tab, unchecked. If so, check it to save your settings.
Best, Bill
Best, Bill
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:42 pm
- Forum: ZWO Cameras
- Topic: ZWO 1600MM Issues
- Replies: 5
- Views: 284
Re: ZWO 1600MM Issues
YEAH!! Worked! Nice piece of information that I didn't know about. Will definitely store that bit knowledge away in case something like this comes up again. Thanks a bunch!
Best, Bill
Best, Bill
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:08 pm
- Forum: ZWO Cameras
- Topic: ZWO 1600MM Issues
- Replies: 5
- Views: 284
ZWO 1600MM Issues
Hello All, I have been using a ZWO 1600MM pro cooled camera and lately it will not display images. Sharpcap picks it up fine and I can turn the cooler on and off and the aux USB ports work fine. Sharpcap also indicates that frames are being taken. All I get, however, is a black screen even when I sh...
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 1:04 pm
- Forum: Feature Suggestions
- Topic: Stored Focuser Positions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5485
Re: Stored Focuser Positions
Have you tried the new plate solver routine in Sharpcap? You don't have to know the focal length in order to use it and as long as you have a FOV of 0.5 degrees (0.25 degrees with additional star data) you should have no trouble doing a successful plate solve. Also, I think you will find that Sharpc...
- Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:21 pm
- Forum: Feature Suggestions
- Topic: Stored Focuser Positions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5485
Re: Stored Focuser Positions
Not sure what you mean by changing the focal length since that is a fixed number which is characteristic of your telescope. In answer to your question, I will assume that you want to do an autofocus after you get near to your desired focuser position. In that case, assuming that your nominal focus p...
- Tue Nov 14, 2023 7:08 pm
- Forum: Feature Suggestions
- Topic: Stored Focuser Positions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5485
Re: Stored Focuser Positions
Another thing you could do is use the sequencer to make a simple script like: SEQUENCE FOCUSER MOVE TO 12345 END SEQUENCE You would create a number of similar scripts, one for each optical setup, and name them appropriately (e.g ASI678+barlow). Then when you change the optics you simply go to the se...
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 1:18 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Polar Align Prevents Proper Plate Solve and Sync
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2609
Re: Polar Align Prevents Proper Plate Solve and Sync
Have never gotten any kind of response. Someone please respond. Thank you.
Bill
Bill
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 3:15 pm
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Polar Align Prevents Proper Plate Solve and Sync
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2609
Polar Align Prevents Proper Plate Solve and Sync
Hi Robin, I think this is a bug, but if I am misunderstanding something please forgive me. I have an Orion EQ-G mount (which I think is equivalent to a Skywatcher HEQ5 mount). What I am encountering is this: 1) I setup the telescope and power on. 2) Perform a "Good" polar alignment and set...
- Sat Sep 02, 2023 10:35 pm
- Forum: Feature Suggestions
- Topic: Deep Sky Mosaic
- Replies: 1
- Views: 405
Deep Sky Mosaic
Hi Robin, I have been playing around with Sharpcap's lunar and solar mosaic options for a while. They are a lot of fun and very useful when your optics don't allow for a full view of the sun or moon. It seems like it would be possible to extend these routines to deep sky targets. The user would simp...