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by merlin66
27 Dec 2021, 20:57
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: Plate solving in AA8
Replies: 15
Views: 4220

Re: Plate solving in AA8

Dave,
Good to hear about your journey...and your current situation.
Your rotating top looks like the "OctoDome" I used way back in the 1980's. Worked well for me.
by merlin66
14 Nov 2021, 23:21
Forum: General
Topic: Sky Background
Replies: 4
Views: 1560

Re: Sky Background

Morten,
I'd assume that the minor (0.45%) improvement is due to the improved SNR with the stack.
by merlin66
04 May 2021, 06:06
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: Controling two Canon DSLR's simultaneously
Replies: 9
Views: 4275

Re: Controling two Canon DSLR's simultaneously

Ok, by setting up one instance of AA7 to #1 camera (1000D), and opening a second instance of AA7 to #2 camera (450D) it is possible to control the cameras independently and have them both simultaneously exposing!!!!
Look forward to the first real trials....
by merlin66
04 May 2021, 01:49
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: Controling two Canon DSLR's simultaneously
Replies: 9
Views: 4275

Re: Controling two Canon DSLR's simultaneously

This is an old thread..... I'm setting up two Canon DSLR's for spectroscopy. One, the 450D with a 85mm prime lens for wide field, and a 1000D on the ED80 for single star spectra. As mentioned previously you can use two instances of AA7 to control the cameras. I don't understand the camera selection ...
by merlin66
12 Apr 2021, 00:52
Forum: Image processing and analysis
Topic: MILES Search Spreadsheet
Replies: 3
Views: 1856

Re: MILES Search Spreadsheet

Patrick,
Which spreadsheet are you discussing?
I use the Miles (and Pickles) database in BASS Project for my spectrography.
Have you looked at:
http://research.iac.es/proyecto/miles/p ... s-seds.php
by merlin66
05 Dec 2020, 15:51
Forum: Image processing and analysis
Topic: focus on emissionline by calibration spectrograph
Replies: 1
Views: 1161

Re: focus on emissionline by calibration spectrograph

Erik,
The focus routine already does this.
Check the Astroart Guide (F1) within Astroart and search on Focuser/ "Autofocus"
by merlin66
05 Sep 2020, 22:29
Forum: General
Topic: Astroart 7.0 SP5
Replies: 5
Views: 3256

Re: Astroart 7.0 SP5

Thanks Fabio.
Your ongoing support to the amateur community is appreciated.
Stay safe.
by merlin66
09 Aug 2020, 22:41
Forum: General
Topic: UCAC5 - Any users?
Replies: 1
Views: 1559

UCAC5 - Any users?

I use UCAC4 but just noticed that UCAC5 was issued back in 2017.
It's not even mentioned on the UCAC website!
https://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astromet ... -prod/ucac
Has anyone tried it yet??
by merlin66
09 Aug 2020, 22:33
Forum: Image processing and analysis
Topic: removing the bright sun from an image
Replies: 6
Views: 3148

Re: removing the bright sun from an image

Glad to be able to help.
by merlin66
09 Aug 2020, 22:32
Forum: Image processing and analysis
Topic: plate solve failure
Replies: 6
Views: 3468

Re: plate solve failure

All's well that ends well.
by merlin66
04 Aug 2020, 06:06
Forum: Image processing and analysis
Topic: plate solve failure
Replies: 6
Views: 3468

Re: plate solve failure

I had similar problems... I received this sample script from one of the members (Iver): Maybe this will help. This is a script I run after a goto , it takes an image, solves it, syncs the scope to the image and then centers the target. raTar = Telescope.RA deTar = Telescope.DEC Camera.Binning(1) Cam...
by merlin66
03 Aug 2020, 23:59
Forum: Image processing and analysis
Topic: removing the bright sun from an image
Replies: 6
Views: 3148

Re: removing the bright sun from an image

Conrad/ Fabio,
There's an even easier way...
I use Sylvain's CORONO software.
http://sweiller.free.fr/Softwares/Corono/corono.html