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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.

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.

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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 ? I'll check that. I thought I had reviewed all the binning options and there are no binning options in the Sta...

Hi. I think I found an error in AA7 SP6. I installed ASCOM 6.5 whilst installing the latest ASI ASCOM driver, but I don't know if that's relevant. Anyways I was having a problem with FF guiding in AA8 with an ASI120MM mini and the previous ASI ASCOM driver. So I closed AA8 and began using AA7 SP6, a...

I am finally back at my observatory and have been using AA8 under the stars with my CEM60 and CEM120 mounts. It is working well so far.

Thanks Iver. Thanks Dunmunro. I was going to upgrade to AA8 this weekend. I have read about the plate solving and centering and I have downloaded the ASCOM driver. I will eventually go that way but just a follow up question. If I continue to just use the Lodestar autoguider relays to control the sc...

Hi Everyone, I am looking for a little help. I presently have a Losmandy G11 with Gemini 1. Based on reviewing many of the posts, I am clearly underutilizing the capabilities of Astroart. Presently I connect my Lodestar autoguider input into the G1 autoguider port and just use the guide camera rela...

Im looking for advice on tracking. I go through what i think is the procedure, but the object motion and stars are trailed. This what i do ( in AA8 demo, and AA5 ): Open files (average), Align>Auto>Star pattern, Follow minor planet checked, sky motion= 2,2"/px, in PA 86 (manual entry from the MP Ep...

Hi Fabio, I've been using plate solving since you added it to AA. Could you please clarify where AA plate solve gets it's catalog data and where it's stored ? I added the GAIA catalog for AA 8, is it only used for the Star Atlas ? It may be a coincidence but since I added it AA now takes about 8 se...

Just to clarify: inside Astroart there are two different plate solve commands: 1) The command "Plate solve" which does not use the Star Atlas nor its catalogs. 2) The command "Reference stars automatic" from the Star Atlas, which uses the current star catalog. To make this work the star atlas must ...

The GSC is a subset of GAIA and is not included with AA8, AFAIK. Do I interpret what you say as that the GSC is a integral part of the GAIA file ? The GAIA catalog has far more stars, going to a deeper magnitude with more accurate astrometry, than the GSC and it therefore includes almost all the st...

Dave_S wrote: ↑

30 Oct 2021, 16:38

I have now installed the GAIA folder in C:/users/dave/documents/GAIA (comp), and can now see it in AA8 -Tools- Star Atlas.

I don't have the GSC anywhere.

The GSC is a subset of GAIA and is not included with AA8, AFAIK.