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Hello, I have no QHY-533 camera, but several other camera from QHY. It is a bad, very bad idea from QHY to change the image size between the Still mode and the Video mode. Some detectors have the pre-scan region and QHY decides to show the pre-scan in one mode and not in the other. So it is maybe th...

Hello Szumi, In "normal" use of SharpCap ... no, PHD2 does not receive a command to stop the guiding if you move the telescope from SharpCap (or perform a GOTO to Target). I forget fast each time to stop or pause PHD2 before changing the object in SharpCap and then PHD2 lost the star. Robi...

Hello Robin,

I propose a third situation ... with a script.
Or it is maybe already available from a script. If yes, how ?

Regards,
Jean-Francois

Hello Robin, Concerning the objects list and type in the "GOTO to Target" and "Annotation", can you please do a small modification ? Some custom object lists have a very large number of different types. For example for the stars colour types in the PPM catalogue. For star type &q...

Hello Kay, 1) For the alignment stars ... if you know the name of one alignment star, then you can search the star with the name. Or do you mean that you wish to have the Meade/Skywatcher/Celestron alignment stars list in the Object Type list selection ? I guess that you can create a list yourself, ...

Hello, Yes you can connect any M42 objective to any camera with M42 interface. What you need is to search the back-focus of the Takumar objective (if full format objective, it should be near 44 mm). And then to have a look in the datasheet of your camera. The rest is easy ... you do a subtraction. A...

Hello, I did last august a test with an AM5 mount and SharpCap. I used my Python capture script (for the sun observation with a spectrometer). I found a problem (it is maybe solved today) ... the tracking in RA was disabled during a movement in DEC with the ASCOM driver. And the tracking in RA was r...

Hello Harold, It exists an ASCOM driver for some Lumenera camera ... here: http://stellarjourney.com/diffusing-huzzah.php?r=site/software_lumenera In the past, I tested the free version with my Skynyx2-1 camera. It was working. But today, when I try again, it is not more working. Note that the ASCOM...

Hello JP, Yes, I have the same with my QHY cameras. I always switch to Still-mode for exposure above 10 or 20s. I have the same, when I change something, then I need to wait at least 1 sometimes 2 frames until the changes are complete. With several minutes exposure, it is really a pain to stay in Li...

Hello Robin, I had a long answer ... but, again when I wanted to "submit", then the webpage change to the login ... and all my text was lost. Normally I "copy" before doing "Preview" or "Submit" ... this time not. Yes, it should be possible to convert the R co...