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Hi..The wide field was an Explore Scientific ED 80 with flattener..

Nice! Which instrument is the wide field one?

...Lagoon was plagued with dew problems. Star cloud went smoothly. Lagoon on 8" and Cloud on 3"ED. Critiques desired.
Charles

Thanks for the response. I am in a world of joy with this hobby and Astroart. Self reply here: Venturing off into masking to achieve more in blue lobe..So now I have started to "doctor" my work I suppose..

Very nice "photographic" colors! It reminds me the film photos of the 90's

Hello to any one out there.. Spent last night with high temps and humidity trying the Trifid Nebula. LRGB for a couple hours of data. From zenith to setting behind the trees, I watched less than average tracking and was amazed to see decent results. Pretty satisfied in AA merge tool to get the color...

Slightly cropped..Effort to maintain star color as near the target as possible. AA processing only. No flats, no biases. Submitted for anyone's critique/input.
thx
Charles

Andrew,

Thanks for the info. I would like to know more about this software.
Maybe you can email me.

John

Hi, I'm 18 months late here, but I run an SQM-LU, and read it it using my own little program written in Interactive Data Language (IDL), he language of professional Astronomy. Here's how I connect to the COM port:- SQM_h=COMM_OPEN(SQM_COM,$ BAUD = 9600 ,$ DATA = 8,$ MODE = 3, $ PARITY = 'N',$ STOP =...

Hi I can confirm the following script works based on the SP3 pre-release CRET$ = Serial.Connect(6,115200) if CRET$ = True Then Message ("Port 6 Connected.") else Message ("Port 6 NOT Connected.") endif Serial.Send("rx" + chr(13)) Pause(1) r$ = Serial.Receive$() Print(r$) Serial.Disconnect() Print("E...

Fabio - yes I would be interested in the prerelease and will contact you by private message. Can I add that I have taken another tack which does not negate my interest in the port connection route; this involves reading a text file. I will post my script when I fine tune it - but basically it takes ...

Yes, the option has been added to scripts today. It will be released with the Service Pack 3 next autumn. To receive a prerelease please contact me by email.
Fabio.