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I still have an older version Sharpcap installed on my old computer. I'll check which version it is and if it's a later version than 4.1.11961, I'll reinstall it with the version that Robin is suggesting. I'll even try V3 and see if the issue is still there.

-Gene

My luck Robin, I have to end up having one of those problematic cameras! If it might help, I will also be more than happy to let QHY know about the problem. Perhaps they might pay more attention about it if this issue came from one of their customers as well. I suspect though that they will probably...

Thank-you very much Robin, Sorry if this might be a common issue with QHY cameras that I didn't know about. It's been really annoying and it's one of the reasons why I bought a new computer for my observing (not that I don't regret doing it any way). I hope that QHY will come up with a fix to the pr...

Robin, I'm having a problem when I start a live stack where the first image never displays and I have to wait for the second one. In an effort to better explain the problem, on the bottom right corner of the screen, which says "Frame", it tells how far along the exposure is going until it'...

Thanks Robin,

I'll completely uninstall ASTAP and reinstall it.

Clear skies,
-Gene

Hello, I'm trying to set up ASTAP, and I downloaded the D50 database for in the ASTAP directory. In the configuration tab, Sharpcap asks for the path to the database, and there are two options where it looks for it automatically and manually. In both modes it finds (or I direct it manually) to the f...

I have a QHY 168c, and I'm trying to determine which value I should use for the digital gain. In reading some of the forums, Dr. Glover states that it should not be used while imaging and is only meant as a tool to find stars. By not using it, I would assume that its value should be set to "1&q...

Thanks Robin,

Your reply helped a lot. I was able to convert the 32-bit images into 16-bit and view / process them in SharpCap with Deep Sky Stacker. Saving in 16-bit always works, so I'll be more careful to save them in that format.

-Gene

Hello, In my last observing session, I went and saved my live stacked image as a raw 32 bit image and when I went to view it at a later time, I got a big mess: The camera that I'm using is a QHY168c with a 14bit ADC. I guess that I should store it as a 16-bit which always works fine, but I didn't pa...

Hi Robin,

Changing the mode to 16 bit fixed the problem.
Many thanks!
-Gene