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by Joe R
26 Mar 2023, 04:42
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: Full Frame Focus Exposure Time By Filter
Replies: 6
Views: 126

Re: Full Frame Focus Exposure Time By Filter

Hello Again. I was able to do some testing last night but ran into problems. I picked up an Ipolar and wanted to see how it performed using Sequence Generator and PhD2 as this is what I’ve used for several years. Needless to say the Ipolar did a very good job. When I switched to AA8 all seemed to go...
by Joe R
18 Mar 2023, 03:51
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: Full Frame Focus Exposure Time By Filter
Replies: 6
Views: 126

Re: Full Frame Focus Exposure Time By Filter

Dunmunro,

Thanks for the replay. Great idea and will try it tomorrow. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Thanks Again

Joe
by Joe R
15 Mar 2023, 01:37
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: Full Frame Focus Exposure Time By Filter
Replies: 6
Views: 126

Full Frame Focus Exposure Time By Filter

All, I’m really liking AA8, especially when moving along the learning curve quickly! I ran into another dilemma and looking for a solution. I have an 8 position filter wheel with LRGB and narrow band filters. When auto-focusing I’ve been using 3 seconds exposures for the LRGB filters and 30 seconds ...
by Joe R
15 Mar 2023, 01:19
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: Preset Focuser Position By Filter
Replies: 2
Views: 100

Re: Preset Focuser Position By Filter

Iver, Thanks for the advice. I figured out what I was looking for. In the sequence window, off to the far right, I entered the initial focus position for each filter and selected focus from this position option (click on the “…” to the right on the sequence window and the options pop up) which puts ...
by Joe R
14 Mar 2023, 02:58
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: Preset Focuser Position By Filter
Replies: 2
Views: 100

Preset Focuser Position By Filter

Hello. I’m planning to go 100% AA8 for imaging this weekend and need help setting up filter focus positions for full frame auto focusing. Is there a way to enter the “starting position”, or step count where the filters should focus, from which auto focus run will start from? Also, I’m using a TAK FS...