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by Dunmunro
05 Jan 2022, 14:48
Forum: General
Topic: Feature request:AA6 focus algorithm with FF focus.
Replies: 2
Views: 1054

Re: Feature request:AA6 focus algorithm with FF focus.

Hi, the "AA6 method" cannot be used on multiple stars at a time, but there is no need for it: the method "Small disc" is actually the same thing, even more precise. I suggest to compare in the focus window the "AA6 method" and "Small disc", they are very similar. Fabio. Thanks, I'll compare them to...
by Dunmunro
04 Jan 2022, 19:00
Forum: General
Topic: Feature request:AA6 focus algorithm with FF focus.
Replies: 2
Views: 1054

Feature request:AA6 focus algorithm with FF focus.

Feature request: AA6 focus algorithm with FF focus.

Would this be possible? I find the AA6 focus algorithm the most accurate, but it's not available for FF AutoFocus.

thanks
by Dunmunro
23 Dec 2021, 20:46
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: Plate solving in AA8
Replies: 15
Views: 4497

Re: Plate solving in AA8

I started out in astro imaging, when I retired in 2002. The first project was to build a roll-off-roof observatory, and after the first winter I added a warm room :) . The RoR obsy worked fine, unless it was very windy, which caused problems with the 12" SCT on a fork mount. So in 2008, I built an ...
by Dunmunro
22 Dec 2021, 15:42
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: Plate solving in AA8
Replies: 15
Views: 4497

Re: Plate solving in AA8

Thanks for your input guys, it is much appreciated. I will continue investigating AA8's Plate Solving function, indoors while this cloud persists. I don't want to be wasting imaging opportunities on it, while I have a very effective Sharpcap/All Sky Plate Solver combination to use. As I said earlie...
by Dunmunro
22 Dec 2021, 08:10
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: Plate solving in AA8
Replies: 15
Views: 4497

Re: Plate solving in AA8

Now that I have got AA8 'talking' remotely (Ethernet) to my setup, I thought it would nice to run everything, i.e. Capture, Guiding, and Plate Solving in a single package. I am currently using Sharpcap with PHD2 for capture/guiding, and AA8 for processing. As I am currently stuck under a blanket of...
by Dunmunro
21 Dec 2021, 02:11
Forum: Images, research, events
Topic: Starnet++ usage example
Replies: 3
Views: 1644

Re: Starnet++ usage example

Awesome!
by Dunmunro
20 Dec 2021, 17:25
Forum: Images, research, events
Topic: Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1) from Dec 6 2021
Replies: 0
Views: 1665

Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1) from Dec 6 2021

This is an animation of Leonard created using Astroart 8's (AA8) animated blink tool. The individual frames were all colour decoded, flat fielded, hot pixel filtered and dark subtracted by AA8's preprocessing tool by using the 'keep all files open' option during the generation of a stacked image. I ...
by Dunmunro
20 Dec 2021, 15:37
Forum: Images, research, events
Topic: 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Replies: 0
Views: 1714

67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

This is an animation of 67P created using Astroart 8's (AA8) animated blink tool. The individual frames were all colour decoded, flat fielded, hot pixel filtered and dark subtracted by AA8's preprocessing tool by using the 'save all files' option during the generation of a stacked image centred on t...
by Dunmunro
19 Dec 2021, 20:40
Forum: Instrumentation
Topic: AA8 failure to connect to camera
Replies: 19
Views: 4184

Re: AA8 failure to connect to camera

( Install AA8 on the remote computer and then control it remotely from your workstation using Chrome Remote Desktop. It's a free install, that is cross platform and win version and takes about 30 seconds to setup. Maybe not relevant) Also the cameras should show up in the USB devices list on the min...
by Dunmunro
14 Dec 2021, 09:17
Forum: Images, research, events
Topic: Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1)
Replies: 2
Views: 1553

Re: Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1)

Nice, is it possible to make both the comet and the stars stacket as with DSS Inside AA8 ? See the previous post about NGC7380. I think the way to do it is too remove the stars from the sub exposures with the Starnet plug-in, stack the comet, then add the stars back in, after masking out the comet ...
by Dunmunro
09 Dec 2021, 19:38
Forum: General
Topic: Astroart 7 SP6
Replies: 5
Views: 3202

Re: Astroart 7 SP6

fabdev wrote:
08 Dec 2021, 17:29
Hi, maybe in AA7 it was enabled the option "Binning software 2x2" in the Camera Options (Options / Images / Format) ?
Maybe a similar option is enabled in the Orion Starshoot ASCOM driver ?
Yes! The software binning option was checked. Problem solved.
by Dunmunro
08 Dec 2021, 19:13
Forum: Images, research, events
Topic: Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1)
Replies: 2
Views: 1553

Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1)

Dec 06 2021. 10in SCT @ F5 on a CEM60 with an Orion Starshoot Pro V2 (APSC sensor). 26 x 30sec subframes manually stacked in AA8. I autoguided on the comet core.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/dAGAdEtyqDsGX7Ut7