AllSky cameras (round 2)

[admin]

Hi Peter,

I'm guessing that is a link to an all-sky aurora capture (sadly the link doesn't work for me - just says 'this content isn't available at the moment'). I'd suggest trying your link from another browser where you aren't logged into facebook - you can then see the problem and tinker with the post privacy settings in facebook until you have it fixed.

The show last night was absolutely stunning - I have been waiting to see a naked eye aurora for 30+ years, and then we get one that isn't just a glow on the horizon but visible all the way to the zenith.

I will be posting some pictures in a moment over in the gallery.

cheers,

Robin

[PeterNH]

Thanks Robin
Yes, sorry about that, should work now as I have changed privacy settings for that post.

Great gallery already!

(Thanks for tip about using different browser, not logged in,to test "social visibility" etc - will use that from now)

[admin]

Hi Peter,

yep, link all working now - a really good video, well done! Now all we need is to have a *proper* meteor storm - that would be an all-sky video worth having

cheers,

Robin

[PeterNH]

Thanks. Yes, meteor shower would be great!

Also, so happy I wasn’t tempted into a more sensitive mono camera. I love the star colours on a “normal” night, although still experimenting with gain - it’s a compromise I think.

Also, relieved it was all on last night - haven’t been checking for a few days, and I’ve been a bit scared to go into bios for “wake on power” etc. (we get short power cuts quite often).

[Tiago Ferreira]

I do allsky to watch and if i see something interesting i'll go back to the recorded fits files to replay and analyze. My goal isn't video time lapse. In a different software i can limit the size of the folder where the fits are saved so it deletes the older ones to keep the size i chose. How can i do something similar with sharpcap without having to monitor the folder size manually? As i'm only interested in the latest captured fits it would be awesome to have the older ones deleted from disk as they're redundant after a while. Thanks

[admin]

Hi,

unfortunately there is no functionality in SharpCap to auto-delete old capture files - in fact I would be very unlikely to add anything like that as it could be a serious issue if set up and then forgotten.

There are various ways to use built in Windows functionality like batch files or powershell to automatically delete files - probably the best way would be to set up a script to delete files older than a specific number of days, and then have that script run every time the computer starts or at regular intervals. Just be very careful to make sure it only deletes what it is supposed to, and is restricted to the right folder!

cheers,

Robin