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Hi all. Sorry in advance if this is a foolish question. I’m about to take my first attempt next week at Deep Sky Imaging. To say I’m a Newbie at this would be an understatement. With that in mind the Smart Histogram seems like a golden tool for me to determine optimum exposure time on my new rig. Ne...

Hi, yes, there's a 'Total stacking time' dropdown where you can choose a selection of lengths like 30min and 2hr and so on. However, that won't actually change the recommended exposure/gain settings - all it will do is alter the number of frames that are going to be captured and change the graph th...

Hi! Wondering if its possible to change the default parameter of 1 hour stacking time for the smart histogram. I am new to EAA and really want to use this tool however I am unsure if this default setting of 1 hour stack time will impact the image negatively if I stack for only 20-30 minutes on an im...

lol ha - I will keep expectations low but hopes high!

Wow that would be great! Thanks Mike looking forward to it!

It already has it ... sort of :) I always use the Circle Reticule for that. There is no active indication of how good or bad the collimation is, but you can adjust the circles radius (drag with right mouse button pressed) to divide it fitting the de-focused star. See this screenshot. The red lines ...

Hey would anybody know if using a Remote Desktop method to the mini PC that yields 60fps and 60Hz be sufficient for using sharpcap? I’m sure it’s fine for EAA (maybe not for focusing?) as the exposures are usually 10fps or higher but curious if this is insufficient for Planetary. Any insight would b...

Hey Robin, Just a thought - How about some type of collimation aid / tool for SCT's? Something similar to Metaguide or perhaps even far simpler like ability to display size adjustable rings on a defocused star to help determine center and if collimation is off? I already pay for the pro version of s...

Hi, event 41 is just the system rebooting after an unexpected shutdown - it confirms that the system crashed but doesn't tell us why. I had another thought about this though... It would be worth monitoring the CPU temperature while working in case a temperature spike is forcing the shutdown. It's a...

Hi, the immediate thing that comes to mind is : are you using the same power supply in both situations? Is the one being used outside powerful enough? It does sound like the computer is crashing when the CPU load goes up as SharpCap starts to process the image for focus detection. If the power supp...