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Focus with your camera. The focal length will be slightly different between your ep and your cameras sensor. If you haven't got a bahtinov aid in your imaging software you can download the free program Bahtinov Grabber.

Thanks for your offer. Mike's solution works for both NINA and FireCapture 64 bit version.

Thanks Mike. That works a charm. AAF2 now loads straight into NINA and FireCapture 64 bit. 👍👏🏆🏅

🤯 My head hurts! And it's not from having my first Covid jab yesterday! 😄 Thanks for the information. Mike's rewrite below has solved the problem, but I want to work through your suggestions so I can understand the issue better and hopefully be more informed in future.

Hi Will, welcome to SGL! What is your mount sitting on? Are you moving about around the mount whilst the sequence is running? Are your mounts clutches tightened? Failing that it could be poorly meshing gears or even damaged gear teeth - periodic error.

Which camera did you connect to APT with last time? APT remembers the last camera used. If you want to connect a new camera you have to hold down shift and then click the connect camera button.

Well done! That's a great first galaxy picture. You've started on a very slippery slope though! 🥴🤑😉

If you restored factory settings, that would reset the firmware to its original version.

That's a really nice presentation.

On 16 December 2021 at approximately 22:00 UTC, comet C/2021 A1 (LEONARD) will cross the orbit of Venus. Approximately 3 days later Venus will pass through the exact same piece of Space! Whilst looking on 'The Sky Live' website and using their 3D Solar System Viewer to see the track of the comet, I saw this! Makes you think!

That's really nice. I like the colours and you've got good star shape too.

If you had it in a large enough box, I don't see any problem. As long as it's not 30°C when you're imaging!

Thanks, it's amazing just how colourful The Moon actually is!

Hi SB! I did try it when I updated my Ascom Platform but I get this error message when I click on the properties button after selecting "Device Hub Focuser" from the Focuser Chooser dropdown: I have no idea what this means or where I can "See Inner Exception for details"! I just assumed that it wasn't a replacement for the POTH hub and resigned myself to not being able to use the AAF2 in NINA. I don't think tekkydave (whose code this is) compiled it to run in 64 bit applications. I know ASCOM says that it doesn't matter and that 32 bit drivers should run in 64 bit applications but this one doesn't. I had a book at Christmas to try to learn Visual Basic Studio so that I could re-write the ASCOM driver; but it is not written very well and the diagrams are useless as the image is too fine a detail and too low a resolution to be able to see clearly. Therefore I am like a tortoise trying to enter a drag race at the moment as far as VBS is concerned!! The ASCOM Diagnostic Tool brings up this error: tekkydave isn't supporting this project anymore and hasn't since about 2015 - hence the Zombie post comment. and why I was trying to learn VBS to re-write the code and compile it for 64 bit applications. tekkydave wrote a Windows installer to install all the relevant code onto the system and I have no idea how to do that either. I was hoping that I could just do the ASCOM driver and swap it for the one registered through tekkydave's installer.

Thanks Steve, I was looking at Robert's focuser before I stumbled on Dave's which I decided to go for as I could adapt my existing setup rather than start from scratch. As programs are moving into 64 bit, I just need an ascom driver for the AAF2 that will work with 64 bit versions of N.I.N.A. and FireCapture etc.

With a modded DSLR it's always going to be towards the red end of the spectrum. If you upload the stacked raw image then people could experiment.

That's superb Maurice! A lovely colour and fabulous detail.

The above no longer works as the latest release of Ascom v6.5 has removed the POTH hub! I'm currently trying to learn how to rewrite tekky daves source code to enable users to enter the maximum step value in the ascom properties box and to enable it to work with 64 bit programs; but I wouldn't hold your breath!

A reprocess of the data with three stacks being stacked together and then adjusted in AP 1.9.1.

Really nice images. Great detail and focus.

Thanks TD! It was so nice to get out and actually image after so long! I was able to leave the 'scope out and image the Moon later that same night.

Mare Fecunditatis and crater Langrenus. Saturation has been increased to show the different surface material/colours. C9.25; CGEM; ASI385MC; Baader Neodymium filter.

A quick process of video taken of the Sun from Saturday (2021-02-27). C9.25; CGEM; ASI385MC; Baader Solar Film homemade white light filter; Baader Neodymium filter.

Nice image with a good level of detail.

Sorry to hear about your bad luck! I think your best option is to wait to hear back from the seller. It could just be a dry solder joint on the power supply, but you don't want to start taking it apart to investigate as it is still under warranty. The seller should offer a repair or even a replacement.