QHY10 gain and offset settings someone know how to do it?
After much trial and error. The recommended setup seems a bit hit and miss. Fortunately I found this link which explain why and how to setup the camera in detail....
View ArticleGood Night System information display
Just installed the beta server, will try it tonite and see if the messages get longer on the app. UPDATE: Yes, the GNS beta server does display more status text. Not sure what the limit might be but...
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Plate solving window
PeterF: It is a shame that we cannot simply slew the mount to object with Ctr 1 in stellarium and then have a fetch button to get the co-ordinates from ASCOM. This is what AstroTortilla does. Perhaps...
View ArticleFlip working but not sync confirm
Have you followed the advice on CN for configuring it to flip? What driver are you using?
View ArticleEnvironment setting using OpenWeatherMap
When I set this option in SGP, the reading for "Cloud Cover" seems to be completely wrong. Specifically, when the sky was completely overcast, the Cloud Cover was stated to be "0%". Now the reading is...
View ArticlePS2 solve error no longer displayed
@Lawrence OK, well... there is no smoking gun in the logs, but this is what I think happened: Sequence is running and attempting to center on a target Sequence fails to plate solve with PS2 and...
View ArticleSGP not changing focus after going through autofocus run
Last night I went back to the default setting of having smart focus enabled. A couple times when smart focus took over and it kept adding exposures on top of the 7 I had set, the stars were so far out...
View ArticleFlip working but not sync confirm
If you check the log, you"ll see that the flip is occurring. It's the slew after the flip (to confirm the plate solve image) that causes the mount to stop tracking. This then prevents the centering...
View ArticleMerdian Flip failed to flip
@hfjacinto Thanks for the report. I was able to recreate the issue with the steps you provided and this is fixed (in the next beta release). That said, are you sure this is related to the original...
View ArticleEnvironment setting using OpenWeatherMap
If this is an error it would be in the ASCOM driver for OpenWeather and not SGPro. SGPro just reads the data and throws it on the screen. It is likely that neither app has a bug though... the accuracy...
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SGP not changing focus after going through autofocus run
JameeDon: How many times will smart focus add an exposure when the previous didn't have any stars detected? SGPro does not anlyze previous frames in order to determine what to do next, but the AF...
View ArticleMerdian Flip failed to flip
Hi Ken, I don't honestly remember everything I did. I know I did something because I got driver error messages on Sunday night. Was it this sequence? I'm not sure. On Saturday I did an imaging run and...
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Flip working but not sync confirm
Yea, I'm often at places I can't check the log files. Sorry about that. Problems using pier flip option of SGP with 10Micron Mount Well, I see the image resolution is poor, but you should get the...
View ArticleSGP not changing focus after going through autofocus run
I watched an autofocus run last night and noticed the same thing as Jamee. Autofocus completed and I had two green lines that intersected just to the left of the lowest point in the curve. SGP did not...
View ArticleMeridian Flip failure
I've finally had time to check the beta that Ray sent me and am very glad to report that is has solved the meridian flip issue I was having. Great support by Ray! Gabe
View ArticleSGP not changing focus after going through autofocus run
Here is a couple of autofocus runs I just did. The first set the focus well to the right of the intersection of the two green lines but the second run seemed to use the intersection. I will say that...
View ArticlePlate Solve Stopped working
I have been using 2.5.2.1 for a week or two now. Since I have Pinpoint, I am using that and pointed it to the USNO V2 data folder on a hybrid drive that I have. It worked fine for maybe 6 nights or so...
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Image history shows stars at "0"
I tried searching for this on the forums, but I couldn't find anything quite like my issue. Notice the stars says "0" for the last few images. 0017 was the last one sub from the previous night. So it...
View ArticleSGP 5.2.1 no dither after first frame
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View ArticleDither Every "X" Frame- (Improvement Suggestion)
I've used the new Beta for several image sessions and the dither every "x" feature is a HUGE improvement particularly for short exposure capture. One way that this can be more useful, would be if you...
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