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by admin
Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:23 pm
Forum: Solar and Lunar Imaging
Topic: Scap keeps saving flats as fits.......want tiffs
Replies: 3
Views: 119

Re: Scap keeps saving flats as fits.......want tiffs

Hi,

check the 'Saving Settings' tab in the main SharpCap settings and set the preferred still file format there to TIFF. That preferred format gets used in some circumstances where there is no direct choice of file format available (capturing flat frames, etc).

cheers,

Robin
by admin
Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:21 pm
Forum: Feature Suggestions
Topic: Corona Mosaics
Replies: 1
Views: 57

Re: Corona Mosaics

Hi, there is already an option to add a safety margin around the edge of the disc to ensure that no areas are lost if the alignment is a bit off. This can currently be increased to 500 pixels, which might be enough for your purposes (depending on pixel size/focal length/etc). If you think 500 pixels...
by admin
Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: FPS & Refresh Rate Requirements
Replies: 1
Views: 96

Re: FPS & Refresh Rate Requirements

Hi, if you can hit 60fps then that will be fine - SharpCap usually limits the display update to roughly 30fps anyway. It's worth noting that you should test with real, changing images, since remote desktop copes a lot better with a stable image than it does with one updating at high speed. Noisy ima...
by admin
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:30 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Polar Alignment 4.1 64 bit bug
Replies: 6
Views: 181

Re: Polar Alignment 4.1 64 bit bug

Hi Randy, thanks for sending over the correct log so quickly. That reveals that the very likely cause of the issue was a bad plate solve on the image once the mount had been rotated. From the log Info 20:32:52.993482 #17 First frame solved : Solved=True, Pos=RA=13:54:57.1,Dec=+89:23:58, ViewRotation...
by admin
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:59 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Polar Alignment 4.1 64 bit bug
Replies: 6
Views: 181

Re: Polar Alignment 4.1 64 bit bug

Hi Randy, sorry to hear it misbehaved for you. This isn't something I had expected as I have deliberately waited about 6 months after the initial release of SharpCap 4.1 before sending out the auto-update invite to 4.0 users recently... The idea was that any serious problems should have surfaced and...
by admin
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:47 pm
Forum: Polar Alignment
Topic: Sharpsolve data for Polar alignment?
Replies: 1
Views: 99

Re: Sharpsolve data for Polar alignment?

Hi Steve, right now it doesn't use the SharpSolve data - the main reason is that there is another blocking issue with going further than about 6-7 degrees from the pole. Once you get that far out, you can no longer ignore the curvature of the celestial co-ordinate system, meaning that the calculatio...
by admin
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:43 pm
Forum: Feature Suggestions
Topic: Alnitak Flip-Flat
Replies: 16
Views: 449

Re: Alnitak Flip-Flat

Hi,

Ah, it's a cover calibrator driver. SharpCap doesn't support those yet, but I should be able to add support in the future. Right now I have a busy month coming up with an Astro show to attend and a talk to give, but after that I will have a look at adding support.

cheers,

Robin
by admin
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: Point Grey Cameras
Topic: Does SharpCap support the following FLRI Blackfly camera?
Replies: 1
Views: 81

Re: Does SharpCap support the following FLRI Blackfly camera?

Hi, it should support Blackfly cameras, but I have never had that particular model to test. Spinnaker SDK cameras are not supported. If you have the camera already, the best thing to do is try it. You will need to install the 'flycapture' software to get the right driver support for the cameras, and...
by admin
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:39 pm
Forum: How do I?
Topic: ZWO EAF
Replies: 1
Views: 104

Re: ZWO EAF

Hi, if you are seeing nothing to choose except 'None' then you probably need to install the following software * Ascom Platform version 6.6SP2 - https://ascom-standards.org/Downloads/Index.htm * ZWO EAF ASCOM Driver - https://www.zwoastro.com/software/ Once both of those are installed (and you have ...
by admin
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:37 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Nifty Way to Star Align Skywatcher Mounts
Replies: 1
Views: 90

Re: Nifty Way to Star Align Skywatcher Mounts

Hi Bill, thanks for sharing - there was a previous discussion on here about that script a few months back, but at that point it worked on SharpCap 4.0 and was broken on SharpCap 4.1 because of some changes in SharpCap 4.1 python. That now looks to have been fixed (there are multiple versions in the ...