standard configuration to record the moon

[raurgo]

Hi!
I just started with Sharcap, yesterday I shot my first images and it was a disaster. Can someone tell me standard recording parameters:
exposure:
revenue:
offset:
bin:
and any other information that helps me.
(I'm coming from FireCapture and it differs a lot).
thank you

[Menno555]

Hi and welcome

There aren't any real "standard" settings, it depends a lot on what equipment you are using. Can you share that?
And could you also share the settings that you used?

Menno

[raurgo]

Hi Menno.
Use the default ones.
I am using SkyWatcher SC 150/1800 ZWO ASI462MC.
I have deleted the files. I can't provide the setup I used.
raurgo

[raurgo]

Hi.
Sorry, I found a record of the recording:
[ZWO ASI462MC]
FrameType=Light
#Debairing
Debayer Preview=Force RGGB
#Vista previa de la imagen
Pan=0
#Inclinación
Tilt=0
#Formato de salida
Output Format=SER file (*.ser)
Binning=1
#Área de captura
Capture Area=1936x1096
#Espacio de color
Colour Space=RAW16
#Temperatura actual
Temperature=32,2
#Modo de alta velocidad
High Speed Mode=Off
Turbo USB=100
#Reflejar
Flip=None
#Frecuencia de cuadro
Frame Rate Limit=Maximum
# Ganar (Gain)
Gain=163(Auto)
#Exposición
Exposure=14,5940ms(Auto)
#Sello de tiempo
Timestamp Frames=Off
#Balance de blancos (B)
White Bal (B)=63
#Balance de blancos (R)
White Bal (R)=49
#Offset
Brightness=0
Auto Exp Max Gain=300
Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000
Auto Exp Target Brightness=100
Mono Bin=On
#Ancho del sendero
Trail Width=3
#Longitud mínima del sendero
Minimum Trail Length=100
#Sensibilidad de detección de rastros
Trail Detection Sensitivity=9
#Eliminar rastros de satélite
Remove Satellite Trails=Off
#Alineación de fondo
Background Subtraction=Off
#Seguimiento de la deriva planetaria
Planet/Disk Stabilization=Off
#Umbral de bandas
Banding Threshold=10
#Supresión de bandas
Banding Suppression=0
#Dividir por Flat
Apply Flat=None
#Sensibilidad de píxel caliente
Hot Pixel Sensitivity=5
# Restar Dark
Subtract Dark=None
#Pantalla negativa
NegativeDisplay=0
#Mostrar punto negro
Display Black Point=0
#Mostrar punto de tono medio
Display MidTone Point=0,5
#Mostrar punto blanco
Display White Point=1
#Revista
Notes=
TimeStamp=2023-04-25T19:54:31.1286210Z
SharpCapVersion=4.0.9545.0
StartCapture=2023-04-25T19:54:31.1087092Z
MidCapture=2023-04-25T19:54:35.0297092Z
EndCapture=2023-04-25T19:54:38.9503346Z
Duration=7,842s
FrameCount=500
ActualFrameRate=63,7623fps
TimeZone=+2,00

[admin]

Hi,

what exactly made the images a disaster? Was it too dark? Too bright and washed out? Blurry? Lack of contrast? Without knowing that it's hard to make specific recommendations.

One thing I did notice was that you had auto exposure turned on. Sometimes the amount of contrast between the bright surface of the moon and the dark background can confuse autoexposure, so it may be best to switch to manual exposure and then adjust it yourself, as you are then in charge of the adjustments and making sure you get the desired results.

cheers,

Robin

[raurgo]

Hi Robin,
The problem is my lack of knowledge of sharcap, I come from firecapture where there are standard values for the moon, jupiter...
Yesterday I tried it again and it worked fine for me, I managed to record in good conditions and images (for the second day).
Thank you.

[admin]

Hi,

ok, glad to hear that you got it sorted. I am actually working on a new autoexposure feature for SharpCap that should auto-set exposure and gain for solar system targets (once you have the target in view). I think that may help when it is ready to use.

cheers,

Robin