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I am using AA9 and all the latest drivers from Starlight Xpress and the latest Ascom platform. (I just installed a new pc;-) If I connect to Ascom I can take 1 image and then the Camera plugin crashes and I can't take a second image! I have a feeling that the problem is connected to the usb drivers...

Dear all, I made a new topic because the problem is narrowed down... My Starlight Xpress SXV-814 is giving black images on a new pc. I have installed all the new drivers etc. I did all thew things I could find, turned off power management on usb, allowed camera in windows defender, tried different ...

I'm not sure where to ask this. I use this script for automated target acquisition and I'm trying to add automated meridian flips to the script and/or have AA9 control the meridian flip via the telescope control meridian flip interface. However when I have tested using the telescope control meridian...

If I use Ascom it hangs after 1 image, so no..... I use the Starlight drivers and the ones from AstroArt I was helping a friend setup an ASI2600duo and we had to modify the Camera Control->setup->Options window to ensure proper function: https://www.astroart-forum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=984 ...

AA9 SP3 and the ASI 2600duo For proper function of imaging and guider camera it is mandatory to open the Camera Control->setup->Options window and ensure that both of these ASCOM boxes are checked: aapoptions.jpg otherwise the imaging or guiding cameras will hang when trying to autoguide and image s...

I'm not sure where to ask this. I use a script for automated target acquisition: https://www.astroart-forum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=725#p3049 and I'm trying to add automated meridian flips to the script and/or have AA9 control the meridian flip via the telescope control meridian flip interface...

Are you using ASCOM? if so you can use the ASCOM diagnostics to try and track down the error.

NGC 1579 from last night; a night of good seeing! 10in SCT at F8 via a Starizona LF SCT reducer, ASI071 MC Pro camera, 53 x 5min ( 4hrs 25min) subs, ASI178 MM guide camera, on a CEM120 mount. All aspects of image acquisition, centring, autofocus and OAG autoguiding, starting with the mount parked, w...

fabdev wrote: ↑

20 Jan 2026, 18:13

Hello, maybe this could improve the process:
1) before Erosion consider softening the mask ("Smooth" button).
2) sometimes Deconvolution works better after DDP, so as step "3" instead of "1".
Fabio.

Thanks, I'll give those suggestion a try.

This is a work in progress but I wanted to share my attempts to remove the unwanted RGB flares from the bright stars in this image of the Rosette Nebula centred on NGC 2239; 79 x 5min subs using my 10in F5 (via a Starizona LF SCT reducer) and an ASI071 MC Pro (OSC) camera on a CEM60 mount: processin...

Fabio, still a bit confused. Am I correct thinking the sequence (at startup) is as follows: 1. use telescope goto to go to a position 2. use camera control to make an image 3. use tools/plate solve to solve 4. got back to telescope and sync 5. use exposure+center to really find the required star If...

NGC 3735 (lower left) / Arp 329 (galaxy chain, upper right) from last night. 10in SCT at F8 via a Starizona LF SCT reducer, ASI071 MC Pro camera, 67 x 5min ( 5hrs 35min ) subs on a CEM120 mount. All aspects of image acquisition, centring, autofocus and autoguiding, starting with the mount parked, wa...