Ansvr Blind Plate Solve fails
Hi Jared and Andy, Here is one of the original CFA FIT light/sub frames of M8.https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5x6FEKl--kBX1NtbndOdmJmaUU&usp=drive_web#list Canon 60Da DSLRImage Size: 5196...
View ArticleQHY12 one shot color CCD takes only mono subs
The color is there but you use a processing program - not SGP - to bring it out. You can stack the images in a free program like Deep Sky Stacker and then process that image in a processing program...
View ArticleQHY12 one shot color CCD takes only mono subs
I think most of us experienced this same problem when we first started taking astro-images. The process you are looking for is called de-Bayering. On color cameras each pixel has a filter (Red, Green...
View ArticleNative SGP interface to SmartLock?
I just wanted to add my name to the list of peole using the ONAG and the focuslock software. I'm using it in real-time with my Edge 800, FR, moving the primary mirror. I've done careful analysis of...
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Native SGP interface to SmartLock?
astrowimp: The down side is that Focuslock does not inteface with SGP for filter offsets. While my Astrodon fliters are supposed to be parfocal they are not perfect. Hopefully SGP and focuslock can...
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Jared has a valid point, you're probably not going to be able to do direct real time focusing when filters are in use. I think we will have to manually characterize any filter offsets, store those in...
View ArticleQHY12 one shot color CCD takes only mono subs
I am just beginning to use a new camera that has cooling, a ZWO ASI174MC Cool, which is also a colour camera. My first image had no colour. I found out that in Deep Sky Stacker (DSS) has a section to...
View ArticleNative SGP interface to SmartLock?
Jared, the answer is that I currently do not do my offsets. I've set it up so that Lum is always spot on. The B, G, and Ha channels suffer (R is parfocal). Given that I'm doing LHaRGB combinations and...
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Ansvr Blind Plate Solve fails
Hi Martin, Thanks for uploading the original FITS image. On my machine I found that it did not solve using the default ansvr settings. However, it did solve in about 30 seconds when I set the...
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Thank you Andy, I will try that now and let you know. Regards Martin
View ArticleAnsvr Blind Plate Solve fails
Hi Andy, Thank you, I can confirm that FIT & CR2 now solve locally with the Downsample factor set to 2, so that is a huge relief. Maybe it is something worth looking into at some point in future....
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To state an obvious point, the need for filter offsets depends on whether the filters are in front of both the main and guide camera or just the main camera.
View ArticleNative SGP interface to SmartLock?
DesertSky,Given the way the ONAG is set up and the way it works best filter offsets are almost always required if the filters are not parfocal. Check out the documentation....
View ArticleNative SGP interface to SmartLock?
Sorry I missed the source of confusion. Hopefully I can clarify (sometimes I fail). 1. When you set up the ONAG you make the guider parfocal to the camera/ filterwheel combination. Usually using the...
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How to control the pan roof and judge power-off?
Continuing the discussion from How to control the pan roof and judge power-off?: I wrote a SafetyHub ASCOM driver, it can be connected to 3 Safety equipment. 2 currently in use: UPS ASCOM driver (I...
View ArticleWhy are some frames being written as duplicates and others skipped?
When I generate sequences of frames, the filenames on disk are either randomly skipping or duplicating. It does this for both fn and fz frame number extensions. There is no pattern and it is...
View ArticleCanon CR2 vs FITS file size
Does anyone know why the FITS file size is double that of the CR2 - but has the same pixel depth? Is CR2 losslessly compressed?
View ArticleCanon CR2 vs FITS file size
yes, i believe canon uses lossless compression in the CR2 file... as far as i can remember. rob
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