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Here is one of my camera settings. The only thing I can tink of That I might have tried,but failed to think of, was trying to stack not applying a Dark Frame. But I doubt that would be my problem. [ZWO ASI178MC] Debayer Preview=On Pan=0 Tilt=0 Output Format=PNG files (*.png) Binning=1 Capture Area=3...

I use a Celestron SKYPRODIGY 130 Computerized Telescope. Focal length of 650mm and a focal ratio of 5. It has been an inexpensive and satisfactory way for me to get introduced to astrophotography. My camera is a ZWO ASI 178MC. I did a lot of reading on the forum but can't find any problem reported l...

Thanks Robin. So it is credible that my problem was that the camera was not plugged in. Ok, I hope our correspondence will help some others avoid frustration.
Live and learn,,, Carl

My son's visit seems to have straightened things out. I say seems because I still think something is loose here. He got rid of the extra icons easily but he thinks somehow I did something that brought them onboard, I did not. Here is the really loose part: He demonstrated that I needed to have the c...

Thank you Robin. My son will make his monthly 200 mile R/R trip here this coming weekend. He is my computer Guardian. He has told me that he understands the directions you have given me and I'm happy that he will undertake to go through every step to straighten out this problem. This having multiple...

Thanks Robin. I will forward this to my son who helps me a LOT on computer stuff and see if he encourages me to try this before his next planned visit about 2 weeks from now. Also, I should have mentioned in my first email that all SharpCap icons are saying SharpCap 3.2, the latest version. The numb...

When I first turn on my computer I see I have three SharpCap 3 icons (symbols ?). Any one of them will get things started but none of them allow me to call up my only camera, a ZWO ASI 178C. It is now missing from the listing for what ever cameras I might use. How ever I can still call up the SharpC...

Dave thanks for the attention you have put into my problem. Went out about a week ago and things worked as they should. However the artifact (I can't call it a hot pixel) shows up as before. But it is fainter and looks scattered as it did in its early Life. Looking at pictures with and without dark ...

PS Dave: I have put a paper reminder on my scope to click on HIGHLIGHT DETECTED STARS. Not only if I have trouble stacking m-44 (it too has a good number of stars) but if I find SharpCap will stack one star, like it did several knights ago, or even more unbelievable no stars at all. If it stacks wit...

Dave, I just finished running that 4 step process you recommended yesterday. I got the same results as I did last night. The picture with out the dark frame used had at least a thousand or two pixels showing up all over the screen. But what disappoints me is the picture taken with the dark frame had...