Astroscot2

I believe the update is refering to recent forecast updates and not the software.

I have a similar set up as you, have you tried powering the mount via the ASIAIR to see if that makes any difference?

Neil. That's excellent, really looking forward to Mars clearing my trees.

Still an interesting read though.

Hello Stevie, The extra weight is a 1.8kg SW counterweight I believe. I hope to do away with the extra weight soon once I have the OAG set up. The mount handles the weight with no issues. Mark

Im enjoying having a look through my old astro notebook and comparing my observations on stelIarium i found my first observation of Neptune back in 1985 . Very low in the sky from Scotland and still not properly dark at that time of year. It looks like a saw something but my drawing seems to be inaccurate. I was always careful making my drawings but not careful enough with this one.

Ive had a little look around PI and im impressed at the options available for processing I suspect I will be making a purchase at the end of my trial. The power of being able to remove the stars and work on the nebula is amazing. I need more practice with masks but again I can see the potential. Will revisit this one once I get my head around the processes and scripts.

It was known as the owl cluster before ET arrived to the screens.

Thanks again for everyone's assistance, its greatly appreciated, currently running all frames through WBPP and no errors so far.;-) I will post the final image at some point, may take a while . small steps ... Cheers Mark

The masters were created in PI. I was wondering if APP adds or deletes info from the original FITS header ? Thanks Mark

Thanks for taking the time to look at this. With being new to PI I doubt I would have found the issue. The masters were created using PI. I had originally worked the data a few weeks back with APP and wonder if it adds or deletes info from the frame headers? Will have another bash at this once home tonight. Thanks again! Mark.

Hello Steve, Ive managed to make some space on Google drive and uploaded a file with the masters and 5 light frames. Link https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uMTjmKCTUY8STcRk5bBdBA-9vkLPXkvY?usp=sharing Would you be able to download and have a look. Mark

Hello Steve, my google drive is pretty full at the moment.

Hello , Yes I can see the masters for the Darks and Flats.

Hello. Ive attached the Calibration Diagram. Im assuming it does not show the Darks for Flats?

Thanks, shall check tonight and confirm. Mark

Where do I find that?

Hello. Yes dark for flats, Ive also tried your suggestion and placed the flat/darks into the darks section, still fails as below. Mark

Still playing with Pixinsight and having an issue with batch processing, for some reason PI is not recognising my light frames and, I can run the same data through APP and it all registers, calibrates and stacks fine. Ive tried reducing the number of light frames and still no joy? I also drop my Flat/darks into the Bias section which I assume is correct. Could I be missing part of the process? Ive watched the tutorials and pretty sure im doing everything right.

I ended up doing a full uninstall and reinstall and all seemed to work this time. Appreciate everyone's assistance. Thanks Mark

Hello Ive tried this also , PI is not finding any new scripts in the folder?

Hello, yes restarted PI and even the PC No luck

Ive downloaded the trial version of PI after watching many tutorials and wanted to take the plunge. Anyway ive installed the EZ suite script but for the life of me I cant see it listed anywhere as an option, I assume it should be visible under scripts but nothing showing. Ive checked the uploads installed and its showing as installed? Could I be missing part of the process? I also read that starnet needs to be installed, ive checked and both starnet and starnet V2 are installed.

If I read correctly you say the white and black of the new red cat would clash with the ZWO colour scheme and would be more suited with an ioptron mount and this would be a problem for you?.. so yes I quoted you and replied that I dont see how this really matters. I would happy buy a white telescope and place a red camera on it

I really don't understand what a colour scheme has to do with astronomy and the end results?