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Hi Artic I just tried to use your tool on both a Samsung Galaxy S8+ tablet and a Samsung Galaxy S20 phone (both on Android 13) with my Zwo Asi 120MC-S In each case the Software detects the camera and asks for permission to use it but then returns an Alert: Failed to open ASI camera 0 code=16: GENERAL ERROR Does this mean that the USB cannot power the camera? Or perhaps my USB A to C adaptor is missing something? The camera is working OK on my Windows Laptop with Sharpcap 4. Excellent project. Mark
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I hope it's clear for someone somewhere. Wall to wall cloud here in Birmingham Occultation at 16.50 UTC
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Just installed the latest MacOS security update this morning - all working again now. Thanks for providing Stellarium, by far the best planetarium SW out there. Stay safe and enjoy Christmas & New Year.
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Thanks. That confirms my experience too. Anything which is using OpenGL is now broken. Just as well I have another machine on which to run Stellarium 🙂
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Phillips6549 started following Heq5 PRO - Division of tasks , Stellarium v0.21.2 , New to sky watching and 2 others
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Hi Alexander Are you aware of any compatibility issues with MacOS 10.15.7? When I start Stellarium it gets to the splash screen (as far as initialising colour scheme) then just closes. I was originally running 20.4 and this issue started only after a MacOS upgrade from 10.15.6 to 10.15.7 21.2 does exactly the same. I've sent an error report to Apple as it is clearly something they have done in the MacOS upgrade which is causing the problem but, honestly, I don't expect they will do anything about it! Keep well Mark
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New to sky watching
Phillips6549 replied to Johnygail's topic in Getting Started General Help and Advice
There is a free version of Stellarium for Android phones at least. -
New to sky watching
Phillips6549 replied to Johnygail's topic in Getting Started General Help and Advice
Hi Johnygail, and welcome to SGL Jupiter and Saturn are both visible in the early morning at the moment - you'll need to be looking at around 4am to see them at their best. Even then they are very low in the sky so unless you have an unobstructed view below 12 degrees from the horizon, you'll not see them. You won't see Jupiter in the evening until August. Any views of the planets will be small. Don't expect to see the wonderful detail you see on the internet! Nevertheless, seeing the planets with your own eyes is always worthwhile - and the first sighting of Saturn will be a Wow! moment. Checkout the thread below to get an idea what you're likely to actually see through your scope. Here are a couple of examples of what I could see last summer with a similar scope taken on my Samsung phone. Clear skies Mark -
This forum has an excellent thread to set expectations of what you can see with different types of scope: Don't be underwhelemed by what you can't see, celebrate what you can see! If you've seen that Venus is a crescent then you have seen something which 99% of the population are entirely unaware of. Swing South from Venus you'll find stars in he constellations of Gemini, Cancer & Leo. You should be able to make out the Beehhive Cluster in Cancer even with your scope and under light polluted skies - it will be faint but visible. Get yourself a good (free) planetarium program - Stellarium is great (you can download it for virtually any platform from here https://stellarium.org/ , or use the online version here, https://stellarium-web.org/) Don't be disheartened, make the most of what you have. Clear skies & keep well Mark
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Heq5 PRO - Division of tasks
Phillips6549 replied to a topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
So what's the answer in case anyone else is searching for it? 🔍 I'd certainly be interested to know and have a link to those manuals if they're online. Thanks & keep well Mark