Gina
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I've ordered some digital panel ammeters and voltmeter for a new power distribution box. I already have fuses and switches. Meanwhile, I've disconnected the current box and brought it indoors for servicing.
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I've programmed in Fortran too and several other languages. Mostly I use C++ these days with a touch of Python (though it's been a while since I used Python).
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It's many years since I used one of those Velleman boards. Nowadays I use the Raspberry Pi to which I add my own interfaces.
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PixInsight. ImageInspection section.
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Just checked the subs captured overnight with Blink and there was quite a lot of cloud passing over after I went to bed. Not many usable images.
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I think I'll go to bed and leave it running - capturing a couple of hundred 60s OIII subs or clouds depending... 'Night all 😀
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But it's gone again!
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Not just cloud now but a bank of fog!!
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Drat! A blooming great dollop of cloud has appeared in the middle of the image!
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I'm getting ahead of myself! First I need to get the remote focus on this rig working.
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I wonder if the controller unit on the Esprit scope if working alright. Might check that tomorrow. Unfortunately, FOV won't cover the Cygnus Loop - needs a 135mm lens. Hmm... time I set up a rig with 135mm lens. I have 135mm f2.8 lenses. Wonder if I could get away without guiding... Guess it will depend on how good my PA is.
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I need to get this fixed regardless if there might be imaging tomorrow night!
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I miss it summat awful!! Particularly when this system can autofocus so effectively!
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I can only image in OIII because I haven't got remote focus working and Ha/SII are out of focus. Vintage SLR camera lenses are not fully apochromatic right into the deep red of Ha and SII.
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Here's a crop of the OIII in the Crescent region.
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Cygnus Loop at full resolution. 4600x3560 pixel resolution is pushing things a bit I think with the lens at full aperture. This is a crop of the full image retaining the resolution.
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OIII 60s Gain 600 Temp -20.
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Strangely, the cloud has gone from here.
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Fair enough. I forgot you had an awkward mount.
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KStars/Ekos/INDI is free and the single board computer to control the imaging, mount etc. is around £30. There are a few other bits needed but £50 should cover it. Indoors, KStars/Ekos can be run on Windoze, Linux, Mac etc.
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I've never used Maxim.
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It's just getting worse!
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Well, I'm not going to bed just yet so there's a chance of imaging if things improve.
