Astroart Forum

Hello, at the Astroart web site: https://www.msb-astroart.com/ some plugins have been updated (ASCOM and Starlight-Xpress), for the incoming Astroart 8 SP3, which will be released in January. The 64 bit version of SP3 will support native 64 bit plugins for camera control. If you are already using th...

Hi, everything about plate solving and astrometry is J2000.

If your telescope needs to work in JNow, then enable the options "JNow" both in the Goto and in the Center page of the telescope window. Probably in the future it will remain only one option for JNow, currently that is just a duplication.

Hello Patrick,
1) Slit mode now stars with RA,DE+,DE- pulses disabled.
2) It's possible to enable all them at once clicking the "Enable" label.
Fabio.

Hello, 1) With only 4 stars there's the risk of a false positive. However if the field of view is small, or for some other reason it's not possible to get consistently more stars, there's no choice. The number of stars is different from the Plate Solve window because the Centre window usually works ...

Hello, Astroart 8 SP2, released last month, included an option to correct non-linear optical distortions for image stacking. Distortions can be an issue with some optics when the field of view is higher than 0.5 - 1 degrees. Astroart 8 SP3 (to be released next year) now supports optical distortions ...

Hi Newell, for technical support from me please contact at: https://www.msb-astroart.com/support.htm
This forum is a community, to share knowledge and experience. Maybe someone will reply, but it's not guaranteed.
Thanks, Fabio.

Hello, try this procedure for the new keyboard shortcuts of AA8 SP2, using the numeric keypad: 1) Open a big image. 2) Press 5 on the numeric keypad to maximize. 3) Press * on the numeric keypad for the automatic zoom 3b) Press F11 if you prefer a black border, then F11 again to disable. 4) Open oth...

Hello, all images in all slots should be unprocessed RAW, or "master" versions of RAW (so simply stacked). Light images will be debayered by the options, flats will be "luminance-debayered" automatically. It's possible to use already debayered Lights and Flats, but that is not optimal since it becom...

Hello, here are some examples with the new script commands of AA8 SP2: HourAngle(ra, longitude, [jd]) Calculates the hour angle (in hours, positive if West) sub TestHourAngle(ra,lon) h = HourAngle(ra,lon,JD) if h > 0 then print h ; "Object at West of meridian" else print h ; "Object at East of merid...

Hello, I did not understand well the question, by the way flat fields and master flat fields works best when not debayered, just put them into the "Flats" box of Preprocessing, where they will be automatically corrected. To verify the correct RGGB pattern for a new camera, a real image is recommende...

Hi, the option to have a color palette for the guide window was available also in AA7, it's inside Camera Panel / Options / Image / Visualization of focus-guide frames / Palette. The default should still be grayscale.

Hello, I confirm, all that options are only for the main camera, not the guide camera.
About the guide exposure time, the maximum duration is 9 seconds, if you want to try a version with a longer limit, please write me by PM or email.
Fabio.