Starflyer

Thank you Grant.

Hi @Grant, I didn't book food when I originally booked our pitch, how do I book some meals now? Cheers, Ian

Do you have recovery options set? If you get a spell of cloud and you lose the guide star SGP can be set to attempt recovery every X minutes for a certain length of time, otherwise it will quit the sequence immediately I think. You can also use SGP's notification system to send you an alert when there's a problem. Cheers Ian

Thanks for this Grant.

Hi Alan, If it's working for you then feel free to ignore me 😃 But if you're getting a very flat bottom you may want to try increasing your step size slightly. I read somewhere that it's best to aim for a flat bottom, but with just two points, this gives you more data points on the slopes and gives a more accurate result. Cheers Ian

Hi Daz, I was always surprised at how cheap it was, IMO it's better than Maxim at a fraction of the price. If it keeps them in business and allows them to add more great features then I'm happy to pay a reasonable annual upgrade fee. It's changed the way I image (currently 40 hours into a project) and I really hope they're around for many years to come. Cheers Ian

@Grantany idea when we'll be able to see a pitch allocation map? Cheers, Ian

Hi Alan, SGP uses some clever algorithms to perform autofocus where you're imaging, so saving the need to slew away to find a star of a certain magnitude and then having to re-centre the image to continue. It samples all stars above a set size from the whole frame of the focus run images and calculates focus using these. It's brilliant and once set up it just works. Cheers, Ian

I use the Baader LRGB filters and none of them are exactly parfocal on either of my scopes, enough that I can see the stars are larger after a filter change. I went the autofocus route and now have Lakeside focus on both scopes. You can set up filter offsets in your capture programs, focus with a mask using the L filter and then when you change filters it applies the offset and you have perfect focus for that filter. Not a cheap solution, but now I can forget about re-focussing and just let autofocus keep the setup in perfect focus all night.

Astro Pixel Processor will definitely do it and a load of other very clever stuff too. I've been tempted to buy Registar in the past but always viewed it as a bit of a one trick pony. https://www.astropixelprocessor.com/registration-normalization-integration-using-ddc-lnc-mbb/ I'm on the trial version atm, but will be buying it at the end of the month.

You have a PM sir.

IMHO, by running Symantec AntiVirus you're asking for trouble. That POS hooks itself into everything and interferes with everything silently in the background.

I'll be watching your progress, lots of pics please. I plan to do mine in the summer