Jonk

I just wanted to resurrect this thread as the original banding has reappeared on my camera, so I thought I’d see if anyone else‘s had? It has also developed a pixel bleed for every pixel to the right hand side, like a smear effect. Sounds like a cap is on its way out causing voltage instability. I suspect the fw 7.1.1 was to widen a tolerance or timing to counteract it. Mine has probably drifted over time and has gotten worse. Nonetheless I’ve been in contact with Atik and will need to send it in, worst case scenario it’ll need a new mainboard.

The source code needs to be compiled for the rpi, as it uses an arm instruction set I believe. Ubuntu Linux can run on intel or arm I think. Rpi OS is very good these days so probably a good idea to get the latest distro. I don’t know if a compiled mysqm file from someone else will work if shared, you may need to contact Rob to find out. In the past year +, my hardware hasn’t been setup so am just using sensors connected direct to the rpi and I’ve written my own python bits n bobs to read and display, alongside heating and cooling. The allsky software has very recently been heavily updated and is available now, so definitely update if you can.

My allsky has picked up some pink ribbons and a hint of green in the background... i have since removed the piece of nature!

Neither can I. Never seen it before! Just gutted I couldn’t find my dslr dovetails for the tripod.

I was surprised to see a red glow in the allsky last night, and this clip from last night’s timelapse confirms it. FullSizeRender.MOV Hampshire!

I keep finding them. Here’s your average USB cable…. From a space shuttle!

Thanks for sharing the reason - this serves as a good reminder to check over equipment we use - a small loose grub screw and suddenly the large expensive kit cannot work as intended! Also, the RMS you see is probably the conditions - I had my AZEQ6 at <0.4" a few nights ago for a couple of hours.

I'm going to try (weather permitting) a full frame DSLR / 400mm f5.6 combo. I did it on Neowise and it was very nicely framed, if you get enough to bring out the ionised tail.

I had an opportunity last night, now that the comet was high enough at a reasonable hour, to see what I needed to do to get a decent image. Around 20:30 there was a break in the clouds long enough to have a look. I decided on 180s in LRGB rotation (So L, R, G, B, L, R, G, B....). I used a QSI683 and Star71 combo, Astrodon LRGB filters. I didn't get enough to warrant any stacking or processing, but what I did manage to do was get a handful of frames to produce a very rough and ready animation. This is a low quality gif just for sharing here. This enables me to plan for when I get a 3-4 hour window in the next few nights, and also shows how fast it was. This movement was over about 20 minutes! You can also clearly see the tails, so this also helps with framing (although I won't rotate to suit). I may set up a DSLR with 400mm lens to capture the RGB all at the same time for a colour animation, we'll see.

I quite often have updates pop up, maybe you don’t have that option switched on if you don’t see any?

I think mine came up automatically a day or 2 ago, haven’t tried it yet though. Hoping to get a chance to image it (C2022 E3) over the weekend.

Bit late, maybe you've already tried....... but I would say if was close enough to the scope and you can diffuse the light . dim it down then try it for sure. If you're doing flats on a OSC camera, I'm not sure how good it would be unless the light was full spectrum white. For mono, I don't think it matters.

Also, what software is telling the ASCOM driver to park? I made a mistake in SGP recently, where there was a sequence running under a different profile. When the mount parked, it was parked in the "wrong" position. EQASCOM should have parked to my defined position as usual, but it parked in the first saved position 'slot' which wasn't right (well it was to the particular sequence). So, I'd also check to see what the software you're using is asking ASCOM to do. Just a thought....

Would you be happy to share a video of the noise here too? Does it make the same noise in both directions?

I've just had a peek at it - I'm in Bortle 5 and the sky is quite murky here at 20deg alt! The comet I think is there, just a fuzzy ball. I used 10x50 bins so nothing huge in terms of optics. Next weekend it will be much higher at this time, so will hopefully be set up for a look with the dob and have some lenses and cams on it too. At least I've seen it though!