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by pjwack
Fri May 18, 2018 4:41 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Plans for SharpCap 3.2
Replies: 25
Views: 15043

Re: Plans for SharpCap 3.2

These are all good adds for livestacking. -would echo the ability for better control the histogram curves -a gradient removal tool would be useful (although finer control over the histogram curves might largely solve for basic viewing purposes) -having a zoom view of the histogram -maybe an alert wh...
by pjwack
Wed May 02, 2018 1:59 pm
Forum: Live Stacking
Topic: Re-Centering
Replies: 2
Views: 1985

Re: Re-Centering

-it's a zwo asi224mc. so the FOV with reducer is .44 degrees.
-i use the smart brain, so exposure varies according to light pollution, but,
2-4 seconds is the range... so when re-centering, some patience is required.
by pjwack
Thu Apr 26, 2018 12:49 pm
Forum: Live Stacking
Topic: Re-Centering
Replies: 2
Views: 1985

Re-Centering

I thought I'd share a technique I've been using to get longer stacking times. By way of background, I have a Celestron 5se on a wedge and generally do a simple polar alignment (center on polaris). So, given the set-up/equipment, i can get about 5 to 10 minutes before the drift gets too bad. So.. -I ...
by pjwack
Thu Mar 08, 2018 2:49 pm
Forum: ZWO Cameras
Topic: ZWO ASI color 224 default brightness and R/B levels
Replies: 4
Views: 3453

Re: ZWO ASI color 224 default brightness and R/B levels

yes- thanks. What is default for brightness?
Generally, I've found the RGB default to be better for brighter objects, but, otherwise needs adjustment.
by pjwack
Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:30 pm
Forum: ZWO Cameras
Topic: ZWO ASI color 224 default brightness and R/B levels
Replies: 4
Views: 3453

ZWO ASI color 224 default brightness and R/B levels

Hi- I've had read in other forums that the the default setting for brightness=100= no gain and the Default WRed =55 WBlue 99 ( where 50= 0% gain). 1. Does this match your data? 2. Does Smart Brain adjust these settings? 3. Do you have any recommendation regarding if/how to adjust the brightness once...
by pjwack
Mon Feb 19, 2018 3:57 pm
Forum: Live Stacking
Topic: Digital Gain
Replies: 1
Views: 1575

Digital Gain

HI-
I have read where increasing the digital gain can effect the alignment accuracy.
Does this mean that it's potentially harder to find alignment and/or that the stacked image will be negatively effected?
thanks
by pjwack
Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:07 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Recognizing ASI224MC camera
Replies: 5
Views: 2102

Re: Recognizing ASI224MC camera

I actually got USB 3.0 to work by re-installing the parallels toolbox.
by pjwack
Thu Feb 08, 2018 2:59 am
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Recognizing ASI224MC camera
Replies: 5
Views: 2102

Re: Recognizing ASI224MC camera

Thanks. Indeed, using USB 2.0.both Sharpcap and Nebulosity connected,
so I presume a virtual machine issue arose.
by pjwack
Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:00 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Recognizing ASI224MC camera
Replies: 5
Views: 2102

Re: Recognizing ASI224MC camera

-Same result with 3.0 -I tried Nebulosity and had same problem -Camera connects fine with with astrolive, so i'm suspecting the issue might be with either (a) using Parallels or (b) Zwo windows driver. A bit strange in that there were no Windows or Parallels updates over 2/05 to 2/06 when the it sto...