mark skelton

I have the latest version of both APT  and Stellarium installed on my laptop. Trouble is the bar at the bottom of the screen is so long that I can't see the icons at the right hand side of the bar (ie the telescope connect icon) as the bar goes of screen. What's the best way of adjusting the setting so that the full length of the bar can be seen.

Welcome from west Malvern

Both my camera and 2 usb3 hubs get there own 12v supply so I have no connection problems.

On 03/12/2020 at 23:47, Moonshed said:

Here’s my short list, in no particular order:  

1) The weather

2) Bumping into the tripod

3) Tripping over the cables 

4) Popping indoors for a quick cuppa and loosing night vision, hence  2 & 3

5) Processing an image too much so it looks ridiculous after hours of work

5) Setting up, polar aligned, star aligned, focussed, tracking, it clouds over.

What things annoy you the most?

 

 

My biggest pet hate is cloud cover. As for point 2 I got red led's under each leg so I can see where they are, point 3 all my cables go down the pillar then they're buried under gravel so I don't trip over them, When I go indoors for a cuppa I use a red light when I put the kettle on.

On 16/05/2019 at 21:14, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

This time with copies of the signatures of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on it, and one of the heart of darkness

Will have a listen to the Sound of Silence, in the version by Disturbed (check it out, if you don't know it). Will wear one of these at an outreach event tomorrow.

Heard that version before, the best one by far.

2 hours ago, A_D05 said:

@wimvb as you said earlier about the 80ed with the heq5 mount could I still use a ZWO ASI 224mc with it? And do I need another camera for the guide scope for tracking while imaging or no. Also, how would you setup the guide scope camera if needed

thanks,

andrew

Hi A_D05, I too have a S.W. 80ED with HEQ 5PRO mount and https://www.firstlightoptics.com/guide-scopes/skywatcher-startravel-80-ota.html piggy backed on my scope with a touptek guide cam and PHD2 autoguiding software with little or no problems.

Check the power requirement for each item that you have. (my heq5 mount draws max 2amps , dew heater 5 amps camera 1.5 amps that's 6.5amps) yours may differ a little but check anyway. 6.5 amps well within the specs that you stated.

On 20/09/2020 at 20:39, rnobleeddy said:

That's exactly what I'm doing. I didn't anticipate any problems with dew inside the box, but I only started this in spring. 

As long as you have an outdoor extension and an RCD in the house I don't think you'll go too far wrong.

That's what I do, RCD inside weather prove box outside next to my table that has a large box on its side for the laptop to keep dry.

I'll be happy just to sit back on my chair and listen to the local owls making their presence known.

Partly cloudy and very windy up here in west Malvern.

When I use apt to my imaging lately I select a star say denib to focus on the lomicron filter bin 2x2 30secs and all I get is white screen. So Itry bin 1x1  and still get a white  or black screen no sign of stars on witch to focus on. Am I missing something, any pointers will a big help.

Started with sgpro but after trying apt I found that I get on with apt better

6 hours ago, Miguel1983 said:

I've had some issues a few weeks ago with a failing PSU that killed my mount and ASI1600 so pick your PSU carefully is my advice.

Thanks Miguel1983 for the advice. I was looking at something like the RSP-320-13.v that you now got.

What power supply do most imagers use to power their rigs. Mines just packed up on me.

APT for me. Found it better than SGPRO, I can set APT screen colour to red for night time imaging where as SGPRO you can't.

Got bbc 4 on ready

7 hours ago, sloz1664 said:

Happy birthday HST. Programme on "the hubble" tonight BBC2 @ 9.00 pm.

 

Timer now set to put this on

3 hours ago, astro mick said:

Hi Mark,very good effort for your first attempt.My first observation is the stars look badly out of focus,and that's holding it back.

But the stars a nice and round,so keep on with the processing.

Mick.

That's what I was thinking for I was a few fun and games trying to get my head around this new set up

my first attempt at m3 using astro photography tool, Astro pixel processor then finished of in photoshop.

First attempt at deep sky work

This i s what I got on the side of my scope:- Sabrent 60W 7-Port USB 3.0 Hub + 3 Smart Charging Ports with Individual Power Switches and LEDs includes 60W 12V/5A power adapter (HB-B7C3)

How does one set the focus point for all the filters in apt?

I've got apt started up and connected to my heq5 mount via ascom no probs. there, but when I start up stellarium Then go to connect to mount - nothing happens,I 've got the latest update. Is there a step that I missed or something?

On 27/03/2020 at 08:26, RolandKol said:

For APT, if I recall it correctly as have not used it for a while, EQMOD has to be in the "Append on Sync" mode.

Cheers for the info. Been having fun and games trying to get the platesolveing to work.

A couple shots of the moon and Venus together.