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Hi Yes I too was looking for automation capture software , even though as much I like SGP reliability has become a problem to me with crashes and how it handles them I too found voyager ( https://www.voyagerastro.com/ ) and like all new software a little learning is required but the basic were not too hard ( still more to learn ) , but the stability is no 1 concern to the author ( Leo ) and if there is a hard ware failure ( or driver ) it can be set up to notify you ( text email ) , the software is devolving rapidly and the author gives great back up and considers new ideas and requests almost daily - new beta appear every few weeks. At the moment dual cameras are a suggestion that are under consideration ( no beta yet ) something that I know would interest a lot off people def worth a look for the current price of 69 euros and I encourage you to look soon as the price is going up to 129 euros in a few weeks time ( still cheap ) and there is a 45 day free trial to get you going Cheers Harry
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Diffraction Spike Issues
harry page replied to Spacehead's topic in Imaging - Image Processing, Help and Techniques
Hi agreed looks straight in line , then it means something else is in the light path- does your focuser stick out much ? Harry -
Diffraction Spike Issues
harry page replied to Spacehead's topic in Imaging - Image Processing, Help and Techniques
Hi extra star spikes you show going round in a circle are normally caused by a bright star bouncing off the edge off your secondary so black these up inc the small ground edge if you have one ( I suspect you have ) The extra spike is caused by the veins not being parallel to each other , do have to be straiht in line but parallel so put a straight edge down each vein and check the opposite is completely parallel with it . this should remove your extra spike Regards Harry -
Observatory Automation Software - Voyager & Viking
harry page replied to Martin Farmer's topic in Discussions - Software
Hi yes a interesting program , which I am giving a go at learning , a alternative to the like of SGP - perhaps a bit different in operation and use but seems very stable so far. driving the author potty with my questions worth a look though Harry -
Hi I have a mesu and there is a bug in the sitech controller , in which when I first connect it decides to slew off wildly for no reason does drive me potty and only does this once in a while , the sitec controller is good but also is buggy sometimes after stopping tracking , I can not get it to start again without a reboot of the controller !!!!! I must try and find out why it does this but have found its difficult to get these bugs resolved anyway enough off my winge , anybody else have these Harry
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Hi I have got one of these and just a small note the Vixen bar on the bottom is not , its several mm to small and a vixen clamp will not grip it , do find it strange why a silly mistake like this is made Might save you buying a vixen clamp like me ? Cheers Harry
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Hi I see the pro version offers 2 camera use , but I presume this means 1 for capture and 1 for guiding ? as most people do not have unguidable mounts Harry
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Hi thanks for the reply--cant beat a good video , I have just made prism crash on my first go with my sx h35 camera now this may not be a fair go as I have had problems with this computer using other programs as well so may be hardware related I wish to try prisim on my shed computer can I do this ? or am I restricted to 1 computer Harry
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Hi So rebuilt the old newt and mounted here up , Having a few balance problems and a bit more slippage in dec than I like ( ra seems fine ) all we need is clear skies Harry
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Hi Sorry for slow reply The pier is a bit of DIY , made it up as I went along -- what I do most of the time as I am not bright enough to work it out before Harry
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Hi Yes I seem to get on better with ignor ! seemed a shame not to use them though Harry
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Hi well This is probaley the worst image I have posted for a long time , tilted focal plane . tak not collimated well , spacing from reducer wrong only 3 10min Ha subs next to 3/4 moon before the clouds rolled in BUT I got the mesu going SGP talked to the mount and PHD did the guiding ok A few little niggles left , mainley being using the mesu with the encoders connected did not work well -- seemed to be slewing forever and seemed to be bouncing back and forth around the target even in polite mode , so I switched them off all went well ( sgp sent the mesu to 1 pix precision ) More practice required Regards Harry
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Hi well it 3 things really 1) I wanted to make use of my existing conc base ( There is over a ton in there !) 2) I want to flip as little as possible and this give me more options 3) I like to make things difficult for myself Regards Harry
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Hi Had a few hours today ( bathroom nearly done ) Got the pier in and the mesu mounted on it also started wiring up Long way to go but things are looking up Harry
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Heart and Soul Nebulae.. it's been a while...
harry page replied to James's topic in Imaging - Deep Sky
Hi well that is very nice indeed A bit of LHE in pixinsight may give it a bit more contrast Harry -
Hi I have a mount hub pro ( Ver 1 ) and are very happy with it , I was hopeing it would run the mesu When I get set up I will give it a go Harry
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You have spare organs !!!! I would see a doctor about that Harry
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Hi Cheers for the info The std cables I see with the correct plug on the end seem a bit weedy did you make your own Harry
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Hi I will be at the bathroom for another few weeks ( Full refit ) so I will be watching with interest Harry
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Hi Her is a pic Little monster ver The beast And yes many thanks for your short manual been a great help ( Even though I have read Sitech ona as well , because I am mad ) Just a note for things that did not work for me The ascom link for the Sitechexe 0.90p did not install the ascom driver for me , but then downloaded the 0.91T version and this worked fine When configuring Sitechexe and I had the mount conected I could not select the correct COM port ( Did not show at all ) so disconected mount restarted Sitechexe and was able to select the right com port ( 3 in my case ) and then all was well It might be just my set up ( windows 10 dell laptop ) Again many thaks for yout hard work Regards Harry
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Hi Just wondering what to power the mount with , anybody use a mount hub pro Needed a small power station for my old mount , hoping something smaller will surfice ? Harry
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Flashing led lights on the mount might help me find it Ok perhapes not Harry
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Hi Loaded up software , saved setting and got it to slew from ascom read a 100 pages of instructions Enough for tonight , my head hurts Harry
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Hi Sara Hope mine does not get the Bumps Hope yours is sorted now ? Harry