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Thanks. Its great software.
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Well I seem to have started some discussion that's for sure. All I did was say a new release was available😀
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Blimey, quoting issues from 2017 kind of suggests to me that perhaps a new look might be needed. Today, KStars and Ekos are certainly not experimental! and both work natively perfectly well on Windows 7, 8 and 10! As well as Mac and Linux boxes. OK, not sure about XP, but that came out in 2001 and EOL'd in 2019. Tech moves on and we now have many new features to choose from. KStars has worked perfectly on my Windows 10 laptop for the last 3+ years. Of course Ascom also works but is old tech that has not changed for a long long time and has many networking issues. Luckily it's not the only solution to controlling astro devices. The comments about pauses in connections etc are almost always down to WiFi issues and are NOT simply due to KStars/Ekos as an app. I know many people are happy to pay multiple £100's for old "proven" software that only works on Windows and that's fine. But, don't expect to get support when new cameras are released , or new improved guiding and plate-solving techniques are developed. Did I mention that I like KStars😀 And, no I have no connection with the development team I just appreciate great FREE software that keeps evolving and getting better.
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Well worth another look, it has evolved considerably over the last few years. Now it is probably the most complete astro package available. It doesn't use ascom but INDi to control all the devices. Works on Windows/ Mac/ and Linux systems.
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Kstars 3.5.5 has just been released. Lots of new features. https://edu.kde.org/kstars/#download
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All the apps named are FREE For taking images and controlling all your astro gear including platesolving and guiding then KStars/Ekos is excellent. For post processing your images Autostakkert3 and Registax6 both work on Mac if you use Wine Bottler. For fine tuning images then GIMP is as good as PS.
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M31 - Comparing 18.5 hour integration to 10 hour integration
wornish replied to eshy76's topic in Imaging - Deep Sky
Superb images. I too struggle to see the difference though between the 10 and 18hours versions TBH. I managed to go for around 2 hours last week and I am embarrassed to compare it with your 10 hour one. -
Very nice. It is a lot better than my first go well done.
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Think I am a butterfly astronomer. Been struggling with planetary imaging for over a year and finally getting to grips with it. Last night went back to deep sky but forgot how l-o-n-g it takes. It doesn't take much to put me off going outside these days. Keep looking at new kit but so far have kept my wallet closed.
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Been practicing Planetary and not done any Deep Sky for over a year. Decided to make the most of the good weather and get out my Esprit 100 last night. This is a LHaRGB narrowband 5 x 180sec frames for each channel. I am certainly out of practice in the processing dept but at least I got something.
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Think this is my best to date. First where I got the GRS. Stack of the best 42% of 25000 frames. Second Run. Stack of best 44% of 25000 frames. I also want to thank @vlaiv on here for his help in getting me on the right track for this planetary imaging challenge.
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I did a few separate runs this one was 1000 frames at 8.7ms. so under 10secs. I had tried longer runs of up to 3 mins with 30,000 frames but didn't get the exposure right. This one was a quick test and ended up giving the best results. The clouds moved in so I couldn't go longer. I think I have found the sweet spot in terms of exposure and gain so next time will try long runs.
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Think we need a bit more info before suggesting help. What happened when and what you have done since ?
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Totally agree. I learnt a lot.
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Amazing detail in the close ups.
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Just watched a YouTube video on Autostakkert where Emil Kraaikamp (The software author) said he was working on Autostakkert-4 and it would be released soon. The video was recorded back last August 8th 2020. Just been to the site and its not there the latest version is still 3.1.4. Does anyone know the status?
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Best I could get. Tried a new wavelet setting which seems to bring out more detail. 50 frames out of 1000 each 8.7ms. using ASI290MC through ADC on HD925
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