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Thaanks Robin, will give that a try when clear sky returns. Another observation when imaging objects like this and using LiveStack is that a Maximum stack option would be an advantage in SharpCap. the image below shows some frames from the same evening stacked in Deep Sky Stacker using the Maximum b...

Tonight I've been imaging the fast moving asteroid 7482, even though closest approach was yesterday it is still moving very fast. The new deep sky annotation is a joy to use - thanks Robin ! Wish list: ability to measure angular diatance distance on the livestack Livestack over 10 minutes. 30 sec ex...

Robin, Yes that's fine to post it on Facebook, I did upload it to the ZWO forum but there is so much goes on there it soon disappears. It's funny I was just thinking tonight - as I again did not have time to setup guiding before I needed to start imaging JWST - that for this sort of purpose SharpCap...

Robin, I'm imaging again tonight (at least until the mist rises off the river near me), I would still estimate it at Mag 15 from nearby stars. It is currently 1.14 million km away and that is 80% of the distance according to the NASA website - so I dont think it's going to change much and certainly ...

Tim, I think it will remain detectable long term once it is orbiting around L2. The images on the 2nd had the sunshield was deployed but not fully tensioned. I have observations from the 5th also which show variation in brightness - two glints off the shield lasting about 5 minutes each. Hopefully c...

For the past couple of weeks I've been imaging the JWST on its journey - but most nights have been wasted with cloud as usual. This animation from 2nd Jan shows frames taken two minutes apart and about 16 minutes in total. Estimated JWST magnitude from the nearby stars is Mag 15 Scope: 10" LX-2...

Robin,

I had not seen the LiveStack rename feature - yes seems to work well. But , of course, only if you spot your mistake in not setting the target before you finish the LiveStack

Highlightinging an empty target name box in StartCapture would be a good idea I think.

Thanks,
Mike

Robin, Sometime when starting an imaging session I forget to set a Target Name - this then makes a mess of my chosen save filenames & folders. Would you consider setting an (optional) warning if the user selects start capture or Live stack and the Target Name is blank ? Ideally the warning dialo...

I agree, all this stuff should be in the driver. I will try contacting the developer of the new Meade driver and describe the parking problems that I have - hopefully that will get resolved and then I can switch over.

Mike

Robin, Yes for the LX-200 classic the rate selection commands are R – Slew Rate Commands :RC# Set Slew rate to Centering rate (2nd slowest) Returns: Nothing :RG# Set Slew rate to Guiding Rate (slowest) Returns: Nothing :RM# Set Slew rate to Find Rate (2nd Fastest) Returns: Nothing :RS# Set Slew rate...