Newbie question incoming.
Can one use livestack as a feed for polar align , i.e say a 10 frame stack being read by polar alignment routine to boost sensitivity of star detection and reduce noise?
Or alternatively, can one use a Non CMOS CCD e.g a QHY10 as a feed for polar alignment ( it takes around 15 secs to download each frame).
Thanks
Andy
Live stack and polar align
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Re: Live stack and polar align
Hi Andy,
the answer to question 1 is no - that isn't possible at the moment.
For question 2, if there is a faster way to get the frames (maybe using binning?) then it could work. One frame every 2-4 seconds seems to work well for polar aligning in terms of good detection of stars and reasonably fast feedback to the user. Have a play with the QHY camera and see if you can make it work - you only need a license for the very final adjustment stage of polar aligning and you will know if it works or not before that.
cheers,
Robin
the answer to question 1 is no - that isn't possible at the moment.
For question 2, if there is a faster way to get the frames (maybe using binning?) then it could work. One frame every 2-4 seconds seems to work well for polar aligning in terms of good detection of stars and reasonably fast feedback to the user. Have a play with the QHY camera and see if you can make it work - you only need a license for the very final adjustment stage of polar aligning and you will know if it works or not before that.
cheers,
Robin
Re: Live stack and polar align
Thanks Robin,
I’ll try that!
ive already bought a licence, software like this needs support,
£10 is a great deal for such a comprehensive piece of software.
I’ll try that!
ive already bought a licence, software like this needs support,
£10 is a great deal for such a comprehensive piece of software.
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Re: Live stack and polar align
I like your attitude
I did a fair bit of work to get the QHY CCD cameras working in SharpCap 3.1, so hopefully you will find it just works OK. Do report back if you have problems - I only have CMOS QHY cameras so I can't test myself...
cheers,
Robin
I did a fair bit of work to get the QHY CCD cameras working in SharpCap 3.1, so hopefully you will find it just works OK. Do report back if you have problems - I only have CMOS QHY cameras so I can't test myself...
cheers,
Robin