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If I understand you right: SC is mainly a very good capturing sw - and PI is one of the best processing sw. Try both and find out your best way. PI is not so easy at the beginning and has a steep learning curve, but at the end you will have excellent results (... depending also on your raw input). F...

Hi, Just tested with: SharpCapPro 4.0.8060 32bit (latest), QHY driver is 20.6.3.0, PC is Lenovo IdeaPad L340 AMD Ryzen3 3200 2.6GHz, 8GB memory, Win10 Home 21H1, Original QHY USB3 cable, with GPS-antenna, locked state, The fps listed is the SC shown one, no test regarding dropped frames The result y...

Hi Monika,

If you want to learn PixInsight I recommend 2), start in PI with the "Batch Preprocessing" script (BPP).

Cheers and good luck

Christian

Hi,

I've seen it too, but that's about it. Maybe, Robin, you can get a test model from QHY?

Cheers, Christian

Robin,

FYI, with sigma 50 I get 37 sources, solving occurs within about 90 sec.

Christian

Hi, I've downloaded your image from the url above: I see stars being not very sharp and a lot of hotpixels, the histogram seems to be left-side cut. My SC (ansvr) found > 10,000 sources - mainly hotpixels! (You can load an image into the Deep Sky Test Camera and solve it). After removing the hotpixe...

No issue here with 32bit pro under W7-64 and W10-64.

Christian

Due to other tasks (real astronomy) I cannot answer at the moment. Hope to be back soon.

Christian

YES.

The FITS header GPS_EXPU = DATE-OB2 - DATE-OBS is the real, GPS synchronized, exposure time. The SC set exposure time is EXPTIME. With the "real time" adjustment I brought GPS_EXPU agreeing with EXPTIME better than 1 µs.

Christian

Hi, Another add. I was interested in how exactly you can get GPS_EXPU in relation to the set exposure time (QHY's "1 µs-precision"). And indeed, I got it. With above settings (GPS Freq Stabilization=On) and with exposure time set to 125 ms I got a stable GPS_EXPU better than 1 µs, measured...