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I've upgraded one of my imaging setups [ 10in SCT at F8 with a Starizona LF SCT reducer, OAG with ASi178mm guide camera, CEM120 mount] from an APSC Orion Starshoot Pro V1 camera to an APSC ASI1071 MC Pro camera. I am happy to report that AA8 64bit SP5 + ASCOM 2.73 works as expected with the 64bit ca...

I'm doing my best at trying to use a paramount MEII controlled by AA8 via The Sky X. I have The correct ASCOM Sky for telescope control where I have deactivated synchronise. What I would like to know is the correct settings for TSX and start up procedure. I start up AA with the control settings suc...

fabdev wrote: ↑

22 Mar 2024, 00:08

Thanks, may you send me or post a sample image?
Actually it would be possible to deconvolve differently all parts of the image, for example if coma is present. Every corner of the image will be different.
Fabio.

I could email you a sample fits image.

I was thinking about how to implement more effective deconvolution that would work better for images that have a large variation in the PSF from the centre to the edge of the sensor. A simple way would be to automatically create a series of circular masks. with the inner mask covering about 25% diam...

This is 33 x 15min subs (8.25 hours) taken through a 10in SCT at F8 using an Orion Star Shoot Pro V1 atop a CEM120 mount. Autoguided, autofocused, and processed in AA8 SP5. Flat fielded, DF subtracted. processing history: 14:00:40 Remove gradient adaptive sub. 80 13:57:53 DDP 90 30 0 25 50 1.45 20 1...

Jones-Emberson 1 (PK 164+31.1) is a 14th magnitude planetary nebula in Lynx. This image is the result of a Sigma-Sum stack of 36 x 900sec subframes (9 hours integration time), taken by an Orion Starshoot Pro V2 APSC CCD camera through a Meade 10in F6.3 SCT @ F5 via a Starizona .75X SCT reducer on a ...

Hi, I am at the very beginning of my leaning curve about scripts. So, I have a number of questions ... I would like to shift a set of images (image-1.fit, image-2.fit, image-3.fit, ..., image-i.fit) by a given shift (X, Y)(i), the value of each shift (X,Y) dependant on the image number i. I know ho...

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 The green channels are combined, but I think this is a function of the debayering process itself.

I recently tried doing a goto to the Sun but got an error message. Sorry I cannot quote the message since it has been to many days back it was something about format if I remember correctly. Is there a way to do a GOTO to the Sun or is this a safety issue to prevent accidently looking at the Sun? I...

I am curious to know whether others have plans similar to mine. My next telescope setup will use an alt-az mount. While until recently the combination of an alt-az mount and a rotator was the province of very large professional telescopes, it is increasingly available for small telescopes, and thes...

Are there any members who are using AstroArt xx via The Sky X to control Software Bisque paramount GEM. I am doing this with AA8 and I have the necessary ASCOM Sky X driver from software Bisque. I think I'm having some problems using the AA8's goto - image -plate solve and synch on camera image, re...

Thanks!