DaveS

The ethernet cables from the obsy and platform computers enter through the wall of the office and into a 24 point network switch, and from there to the WiFi router. I can either plug a PC into an ethernet socket or else use the WiFi.

Data goes to the NAS, or saved onto a local SSD. Since it takes 30 sec to download from the G3 that's not really a problem.

I have no video stream other than the obsy CCTV, and don't know why you would want one.

2 hours ago, pipnina said:

I use Linux to control my setup over wifi. Connectivity is OK but you ideally need a quality dongle for the PC outside as it's going to be sending mega-sized RAW files back plus a video stream.

I remote desktop into my outdoor machine using VNC

All I need to do on my PC inside is:
"ssh pipnina@192.168.0.33" then type in my password in the terminal. This gives this terminal window control over the machine outside.

Then I type "x11vnc" which gets the laptop to start a VNC server

Then i open a VNC viewing program pre-installed with my system (KRDC) and hit connect on the bookmarked connection for my laptop.

I am then remoted into the outdoor PC : D

In some ways setting it up was easier than alternatives on windows. It does have a somewhat low framerate though.

I don't need any of those shenanigans  with RDP. Open File Explorer, and expand network if not already expanded. right click on the named PC and select "Connect With Remote Desktop" and it's there.

Not sure it's directly Artemis, but...

The Mods may decide it belongs elsewhere.

Windows Remote Desktop only works if the remote PC is running Pro. I use RDP because it comes with Windows Pro, and I've heard enough about Teamviewer playing silly whatsits with accounts to put me off.

I've never used BackyardEOS. When I started out imaging I used APT, but after moving from a DSLR to mono CCD I bought AstroArt 5 for my processing and used its camera control for capture. When I bought my first ASA mount I needed Maxim DL but eventually managed to get the ASA Sequence software working at use that.

NINA has a very good reputation but I've not had to use it yet. Maybe if I build a mobile rig with a mount that can be guided in both axes (Currently I use a SA) then I will investigate it further.

As all my remote PCs are Win10 or 11 I have no interest in Kstars EKOS etc.

Probably the best way is not to lead the cables indoors at all but have a local PC on the imaging rig and connect from indoors with RDP.

That looks a much better effort!

My reason for splitting the channels was due to the very heavy green cast that I saw when I opened the TIFF, so wanted to give AstroArt the individual channels for rebalancing. I could, perhaps, have done the same with the White balance adjustment function.

Yes, Win 10

I was searching for a target that would fit in the FoV of my ODK rig and hold up under moonlight. After a mosey round in Stellarium I came up with NGC 457, the Owl (Or Dragonfly) cluster.

I took 12 subs each of 300 sec Red and Green, and 525 sec Blue (First order G2v calibration) Only 11 of the R and B made it through AstroArt's QC, but all 12 Green did.

After stacking I cropped off the dither edges and applied a Gradient Reduction followed by star Erosion to shrink some of the bigger stars.

Trichromy was followed by a DDP and Richardson-Lucy deconvolution with a slight Histogram Stretch to take the background down a touch. Saved as a JPEG

Phew!

I've installed Stellarium 1.22.3 on my 64 bit office computer, and all my telescope and camera settings are as they were. I think I had to tell it my location, but found it in the list where I had added it to in the previous version.

Gosh, looks like I'm the first to post!

The Owl Cluster. 12 subs in G2v calibration with the ODK rig in my sig. Started immediately after Astro Dark so quite a bit of moonlight.

Each stack cropped to remove dither edges, given a gradient reduction and star erosion.

After RGB combination a DDP was applied with slight saturation boost, then a Richardson-Lucy deconvolution. Finally a slight histogram stretch to push the background down before saving as a JPEG

I was up this morning just as it was getting light. Mars was well placed between Betelgeuse and Aldebaran, and was very obviously the brightest and reddest of the three.

I had a play in AstroArt 8

Imported the TIFF, then cropped quite heavily to remove some dodgy edges then split into RGB. Recombined in Trichromy so that colour balance could be restored. Applied DDP to the combined RGB with a slight saturation boost and high pass filter followed by Richardson-Lucy deconvolution.

A Hue and Saturation followed then a simple Linear and Vignetting gradient removal

Saved as a JPEG

Background may still be a touch high, and there's still a bit of uneven background.

15 hours ago, tooth_dr said:

This is why I own a copy of PI but haven’t used it.  It looks amazing but my head can’t round it even to get started 

I'm with Adam on this. I had the trial version but it just , so for what passes for my sanity I went back to using AstroArt which just keeps getting more powerful, and is now at V8 sp2.

He's still not happy

28 minutes ago, Stu said:

Zombie…. As in zombie thread revival 🤣🤣

Still ET for me, eight years later 👍👍

"That is not dead which can eternal lie

And with strange eons even death may die"

Stellarium shows it as the Dragonfly, but also lists it as the Owl and E.T. cluster.

I hope to be imaging this tomorrow night if it holds clear, so I'll put up the image as evidence.

Yep, much better. I too saw a sepia tone in the first on my calibrated monitor.

Owl

From my Bortle 3 locatition Mars is very distinctly red, and the ancient Greeks and Romans would have had Bortle 1-2 skies so much more obvious.

This is heading dangerously close to woo-woo,

Too many artsy types in the meeja, probably gave up science before GCSE.

Check out the broadcast channels, chock full of worthless Drama, Stupid people being stupid while screaming threats at each other and committing GBH. Or is that just "Eastenders"?

When I've done HST palette I too go for straight SHO with no channel mixing to muddy the waters, though I may adjust the relative levels of each channel.

Go big or go home. I wanna TOA 150  .

Yep, even naked eye Jupiter is dazzlingly bright. I was out a couple of nights back and found it almost painful to look at, but I'm pretty dark. M33 is naked eye when well placed.