Pyxis Rotator Issues with 2.5.2.5
Ok, I will do some new tests and find the device logs
View ArticleWhat software to use for stitching mosaic images?
Another video showing how to use Pixinsight to merge a mosaic. (Although if I read your post correctly you're looking for an easy way to make it happen. I don't think there is one of those.) Karl...
View ArticleGuider Never Reports "Settled"
hopefully ken or jared can look at it - i really can't remember now what happened in my system when i saw this. many times if SGP gets into a bad state i end up shutting down, sometimes even...
View ArticleWhat software to use for stitching mosaic images?
also - there's almost no way for PI to fail if you use the ImageSolver/MosaicByCoordinates/GradientsMergeMosaic flow. in this method a mosaic can be made even if the overlap between panes is zero (or...
View ArticleFailed flip - need help disgnosing
Two nights in a row now, my meridian flip has failed. I'm not sure I understand why. Seems like the mount flipped properly but I think it looks like PHD2 has trouble with the guide camera after the...
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Plate solving problem
good morning Jared, I have used one of the fits i have that was solved with Astrotilla and drag and dropped it in SGp, it was solved in 137 seconds. i am not sure where to find my pixel / arcseconds...
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Autofocus - first point out-of-line with others
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. Based on past experiences with this motorized focuser, live-view DSLR and bahtinov mask, my "feel" for the backlash would probably be about 200, but perhaps I...
View ArticleObservatory Dome "Sync" button
Thanks for the detailed response and insight. I understand the nature of the EQ geometry especially when pointing near meridian or zenith etc. (ie. dome azimuth offset from OTA azimuth) I think some...
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Telescope failed to perform meridian flip
Ken: telescope logs Here you are the Celestron ASCOM log (via Dropbox, too big to uppload here) https://www.dropbox.com/s/wqy8np6so25roqk/ASCOM.Celestron.2136.184960.txt.zip?dl=0Let me know if you...
View ArticleWhat software to use for stitching mosaic images?
You can use PS photomerge after you stretch your images. It is pretty good. PI always gives me some type of gradient issue between the two images. It is really frustrating.
View ArticleShutter release signal
They're worried about integration between focusing/plate solving/pier flips mostly. I think if we accepted that the secondary camera would lose a few frames, it would be fairly easy to implement. I'm...
View ArticleWhat software to use for stitching mosaic images?
GMM does help with that, but you have to have good SNR in each panel and remove any LP gradients beforehand. it probably helps to use dnaLinearFit to get the panel brightnesses similar before...
View ArticleIs anyone managing to do meridian flips with EQMOD?
Peter, in the EQMOD configuration dialog box, try checking "Strict Conformance" in the ASCOM Options section. Chris can tell you definitively, but I believe that corrected another small problem...
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Observatory Dome "Sync" button
@dnube As I am not familiar with Foster Systems I can't be very specific about how to set things up. The only two things I would be confident about: 1) Trying to mesh AstroMC & SGP for controlling...
View ArticleTelescope failed to perform meridian flip
Thanks, it took a bit of chasing but having the time helped a lot. The position, sidereal time and pointing state are all consistent and I can see that the mount has tracked past the meridian about 5...
View ArticleWhat software to use for stitching mosaic images?
Thank you för the video Karl. By automation I ment that I don´t need to align manually as I have tried before. That did not work out very well. :-/
View ArticleWhat software to use for stitching mosaic images?
Thank you all for giving me advise. I have downloaded PI trial and MSICE. PI looks to have a steap learning curve but I will follow the videos. Thank youMats
View ArticleShutter release signal
Wel for ccd's it's not an easy endeavour, for DSLRS when you limit yourself to same exposure time or shorter you don't loose frames ... if you go longer on slave camera's then you drop dither and are...
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