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by AndrewP
20 Jan 2024, 20:52
Forum: Image processing and analysis
Topic: Processing Seestar S50 images
Replies: 6
Views: 1525

Re: Processing Seestar S50 images

Hi Fabio They are fits images. No derotator, the system takes 10s images and stacks them. Works fine for elevations less than about 80 deg. You can download the individual 10s fits images to use in image processing software such as AA8. The images are also corrected for darks. I’ve done astrometry o...
by AndrewP
29 Dec 2023, 05:06
Forum: Image processing and analysis
Topic: Demosaic - extracting green channels
Replies: 2
Views: 786

Demosaic - extracting green channels

Hi

The command "Demosaic RGB" allows the user to extract a single colour channel. However for Bayer patterns with 2 green channels, does AA8 sum or average these two or just pick one?

Regards
Andrew
by AndrewP
07 Dec 2023, 02:50
Forum: Image processing and analysis
Topic: Processing Seestar S50 images
Replies: 6
Views: 1525

Re: Processing Seestar S50 images

Hi Fabio

They are raw FITS files. I’d just be interested to know what’s recommended to simply process the images to make them look pretty :D

Cheers
Andrew
by AndrewP
04 Dec 2023, 10:00
Forum: Image processing and analysis
Topic: Processing Seestar S50 images
Replies: 6
Views: 1525

Processing Seestar S50 images

Hi All

I was wondering whether anyone has used AA8 for processing images from Seestar S50. If so, do you have any helpful tips or main processing techniques that should be used to improve the image quality.

Regards
Andrew
by AndrewP
16 Oct 2023, 23:10
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: Plate solving parameters in Telescope control Centering
Replies: 9
Views: 2393

Re: Plate solving parameters in Telescope control Centering

Excellent, thanks Fabio. That’s exactly the process I follow. I was just unclear what catalogue the astrometry was based around but you’ve clarified that it’s the one used by the Star Atlas.

Andrew
by AndrewP
16 Oct 2023, 10:32
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: Plate solving parameters in Telescope control Centering
Replies: 9
Views: 2393

Re: Plate solving parameters in Telescope control Centering

Fabio, Thank you for your rapid and fulsome response - very clear now. If one does a GOTO using Jnow coordinates it makes sense to me to plate solve to Jnow coordinates during the Centre process. In fact after a GOTO using Jnow coordinates, if Jnow is not selected at the Centre page a warning is gi...
by AndrewP
22 Aug 2023, 06:59
Forum: Scripts
Topic: Script for plate solving
Replies: 1
Views: 787

Script for plate solving

Hi All Apologies if this has been raised before but is there an existing script (or is it relatively easy to develop one) to make AA8 plate solve multiple images of the same field opened and one time and then save these to the same directory as FIT files? I have a large number of photometry images t...
by AndrewP
23 Apr 2023, 07:57
Forum: Images, research, events
Topic: PNV J17224490-4137160 - Nova in Scorpius
Replies: 1
Views: 1563

PNV J17224490-4137160 - Nova in Scorpius

Hi All I was fortunate to discover this bright nova (https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-821) a few days ago and once again AstroArt 8 played a big part in that with the discovery and followup. What I find very useful (and somewhat surprising) is that performing astrometry on a 150 square deg f...
by AndrewP
04 Mar 2023, 15:52
Forum: Images, research, events
Topic: Nova Sgr 2023
Replies: 5
Views: 2138

Re: Nova Sgr 2023

I manually blink using AA8.
by AndrewP
23 Feb 2023, 11:04
Forum: Images, research, events
Topic: Nova Sgr 2023
Replies: 5
Views: 2138

Re: Nova Sgr 2023

Hi

No just a fixed tripod. The simpler the better!

Andrew
by AndrewP
22 Feb 2023, 07:11
Forum: Images, research, events
Topic: Nova Sgr 2023
Replies: 5
Views: 2138

Nova Sgr 2023

Hi I was lucky enough to co-discover Nova Sgr 2023 (https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-813) and I just like to say that AstroArt 8 played a big part in that. I use the blinking functionality to discover the transient and performed astrometry with AA8 to confirm the position. I use an 85mm lens...
by AndrewP
13 Jan 2023, 23:46
Forum: Image processing and analysis
Topic: Blink Full Screen negative mode
Replies: 1
Views: 1028

Blink Full Screen negative mode

Hi Fabio Can I make a suggestion for the next Service Pack. When in Blink Full Screen negative mode with the file names displayed, the text colour for the file names is too light a colour and it's hard to distinguish against the negative (white) background. It would be better if the text colour for ...