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by Wayne Hawley
09 Dec 2023, 19:54
Forum: Image processing and analysis
Topic: Automating stacking and reduction in sets of 5 images
Replies: 2
Views: 791

Automating stacking and reduction in sets of 5 images

I take say 300 images of an object and want to increase the SNR by stacking them in sets of 5, I know I can do this manually in preprocessing by changing the set each time but is there a way to automate it so that it will grab five images, align, dark and flat correct them and save that image then d...
by Wayne Hawley
05 Jul 2022, 18:34
Forum: Image processing and analysis
Topic: Image after Plate solving
Replies: 0
Views: 1159

Image after Plate solving

After using either the find co-ordinates option in AA7 or the Plate Sole option in AA* the FITS image becomes mostly black with only a few brighter objects visible, if I open the FITS image in other software eg CCDCiel it appears normal. Does anyone else get this behaviour?
by Wayne Hawley
31 Dec 2020, 17:17
Forum: Scripts
Topic: Default directory and asteroid target list
Replies: 4
Views: 2803

Re: Default directory and asteroid target list

Many thanks,

I will give these a try, it’s great that there is a way to pick things up from MPCOrb..

Wayne
by Wayne Hawley
30 Dec 2020, 19:14
Forum: Scripts
Topic: Default directory and asteroid target list
Replies: 4
Views: 2803

Default directory and asteroid target list

I’m trying to save images to a new directory that I create in the script using the date$() and create.directory functions. It creates the directory fine But I cannot see how to select this as the default directory to save the images into or how to automatically write the new directory into the save....
by Wayne Hawley
01 Nov 2020, 22:52
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: ZWO ASI120MM ASCOM
Replies: 2
Views: 1651

ZWO ASI120MM ASCOM

I cannot get this camera to work on my Windows Vista laptop it does not appear under the ASCOM camera chooser section of the Camera Control menu option nor does it appear as a selectable option in the Non ASCOM cameras. It does work on this laptop with both SharpCap and PHD2 so it’s not a hardware o...
by Wayne Hawley
14 Aug 2020, 20:32
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: ZWO mini filter wheel
Replies: 3
Views: 2403

Re: ZWO mini filter wheel

That was exactly the problem Iver thanks, I should have played a little longer before I posted the issue.
by Wayne Hawley
14 Aug 2020, 20:30
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: ZWO mini filter wheel
Replies: 3
Views: 2403

Re: ZWO mini filter wheel

I’ve now worked out what I was doing wrong
by Wayne Hawley
14 Aug 2020, 15:48
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: ZWO mini filter wheel
Replies: 3
Views: 2403

ZWO mini filter wheel

I’ve got the filter wheel working correctly using SharpCap but it does not drive to the correct filter when using sequencer in AstroArt 7, what am I doing wrong?
by Wayne Hawley
11 Apr 2020, 22:48
Forum: General
Topic: MPCOrb objects not showing on Star Atlas
Replies: 1
Views: 1805

MPCOrb objects not showing on Star Atlas

I've downloaded both the Comet.els and MPCORB.DAT into the same folder, comets show up on Star atlas but not asteroids, I have tried several times and shutdown and rebooted the laptop but am not having any success, suggestions would be most welcome..