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by Neil
Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:58 pm
Forum: ZWO Cameras
Topic: ZWO ASI178MM Sensor analysis.
Replies: 5
Views: 1316

Re: ZWO ASI178MM Sensor analysis.

Thanks Robin, once again. I'll keep your reply for future reference. Pondering this, I suddenly thought of the Quantum Mechanic's Double slit experiment, where light can behave as either a particle or a wave depending on whether or not it is being observed. So I started the run again, and went downs...
by Neil
Fri Apr 09, 2021 5:01 pm
Forum: ZWO Cameras
Topic: ZWO ASI178MM Sensor analysis.
Replies: 5
Views: 1316

Re: ZWO ASI178MM Sensor analysis.

Hi Björn, That's exactly what I have been doing, I have a flat-screen panel that I use for taking flats. When I start the sensor analysis it tells me too bright/dim and I adjust the lighting until the process starts, it then runs for a few minutes quite happily until it gets to a point where it says...
by Neil
Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:45 pm
Forum: ZWO Cameras
Topic: ZWO ASI178MM Sensor analysis.
Replies: 5
Views: 1316

ZWO ASI178MM Sensor analysis.

Hi, I have been trying to run a sensor analysis on my 178MM for a while now, and despite altering the brightness to suit the beginning of the process, towards the end it tells me to reduce the brightness because the minimum exposure has been reached. I have tried several methods of uniform lighting ...
by Neil
Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:01 pm
Forum: ZWO Cameras
Topic: ZWO ASI178MM
Replies: 1
Views: 1095

ZWO ASI178MM

Does anyone use Sharpcap with the above camera? If so, what are the optimum gain/exposure settings for LRGB and NB imaging? This camera seems a little unusual in that it doesn't have a Unity gain, and in Sharpcap there does not seem to be an option for setting offset.

Thanks,

Neil.
by Neil
Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:16 pm
Forum: Altair Cameras
Topic: MT9M034 not being recognised
Replies: 3
Views: 1757

Re: MT9M034 not being recognised

Yup, 3.0 works. I also had to drop PHD2 down a couple of levels to get that working.

Thanks again,

Neil.
by Neil
Fri Sep 04, 2020 4:05 pm
Forum: Altair Cameras
Topic: MT9M034 not being recognised
Replies: 3
Views: 1757

Re: MT9M034 not being recognised

Many Thanks Robin, I will give it a try.

Neil.
by Neil
Thu Sep 03, 2020 7:49 pm
Forum: Altair Cameras
Topic: MT9M034 not being recognised
Replies: 3
Views: 1757

MT9M034 not being recognised

Hello All, I have recently acquired a GPCAM MT9M034M that I cannot get to be recognised by either PHD2 nor Altair Capture. The only way I can get an image is by using the DirectShow option in Sharpcap, choosing DirectShow Cameras->AltairCam. My other two GPCAMs work fine, these are the AR0130M and t...
by Neil
Fri Aug 11, 2017 1:11 pm
Forum: How do I?
Topic: Testing plate-solving
Replies: 3
Views: 1862

Re: Testing plate-solving

Ok, I can load an image I have taken, and "All Sky Plate Solver" will solve it as being NGC6826, giving the RA and Dec as shown. All Sky Plate Solver.JPG Using the SharpCap I load the same image using Test Camera 1 (Deep Sky), then I slew the Simulated scope to near enough the same RA and ...
by Neil
Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:27 am
Forum: How do I?
Topic: Testing plate-solving
Replies: 3
Views: 1862

Testing plate-solving

Hi, I am dipping my toes into plate-solving using Sharpcap and the EQASCOM simulated mount (Currently downloading 20Gb of index files!). In order to test the system off-line, is it possible to load up an image to platesolve via the Sharpcap app instead of expecting Sharpcap to take a live image? I'm...
by Neil
Fri May 12, 2017 1:30 pm
Forum: Feature Suggestions
Topic: ZWO camera defaults
Replies: 2
Views: 1736

Re: ZWO camera defaults

+1 for this, I have asked about defaults for this camera elsewhere.