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Using Firecapture software in Astroberry Raspberry Pi through VNC on laptop. Everything works fine however trying to get the Hitecastro Focuser to work in Firecapture there is a problem in that it won’t initialize to show the Ascom list of focusers so you can tell it which one your using? If I go Firecapture direct through laptop it works fine. If I use Ekos for focuser it also works fine. so I assume it’s something to do with Firecapture in Astroberry that’s malfunctioning or not picking up the focuser. It’s the. Latest Firecapture with the download into Raspberry Pi 2.7 I think. Any one with suggestions ?

As above can you use Imaging source DMK 41 mono camera in APT and if so how. I,ve downloaded the USB driver etc and can get it to work in Sharpcap but not in APT ? Any advice please.

Vineyard I,m looking to get into Solar imaging and can get a Lunt LS50 Tha but with a 400 filter , I also would use the DMK 41 Mono camera . How have you gained focus on your unit ? Have you put a Baader click unit straight onto the diagonal? any assistance appreciated.

Thanks for your replies guys it has a helical focusser. I,d put the Baader click lock short extension fitting directly on the diagonal to try and acheive fovus. It's good to know you can use the B400 filter to image with. is there a forum discussion on this point and I,d appreciate a link to it .

Thanks for all the advice guys. i,m going to be imaging and not much visual does this effect things?

Peter it’s the Lunt LS50 THa with a 400 filter which is really for viewing however is it any good for imaging. Any suggestion.The DMK 42 is a good imaging camera for Solar.

Is the Lunt 50 mm pressure balanced with a 400 filter any good for Solar imaging. DMK 41 Mono camera. or just for visual.

Looking at an Apo triplet about the 76 mm size what’s the general opinion ? They seem to need the flattner so price is just over £1,000 total looked at one reviewer on YouTube , is there a one I should consider better .

Thanks happy cat I,lol look into this.

Excellent Laurieast , that gets rid of them from the file list which is great , however is there a way to delete them from the folder there taken from ? ie Main file on Desktop M31 200 images. Using DSS we have reduced them to 80 . Is there a way to automatically reduce the Desktop M31 down to 80 images.? This reduces the file size as well as just retaining the best 80 images , so maybe later when the weather is not so good then if you want to reprocess the image then it's already the best ones to work on.

Don,t know if this is the right place to ask this question ,if so sorry. In DSS i have 200 images loaded i,ve analysed the images then put in the threshold for say 80 of them so checked these 80 . I know I can just delete the poor 120 images and just leave the 80 , create a file list and save it. Then if i want to reload these I can just go to filelist and load them. The question is how can i delete the 120 images from my original folder with the 200 images in and just leave 80 best images in the folder? I could look at filelist and individually delete each image not on the filelist but this seems wrong and laborious. Any suggestions please.

You can get a bs through that gap.!

Cheers will give it a go.

Sorry Bilbo they are both Protec versions so will check out the distances.Bilbo it's either the Altaire 183c pro or then ZWO 533 c pro . i,ve put The ZWO 533 on the ASIair and took image with this set up with 110 mm back focus or a little bit more and get focal length to be 1023 mm fl. not the 948 mm I was expecting so I,lol redo with different spacers to get the f ration down a bit.

I,m looking at the ZWO EAF focusser for my Celestron 6SE. The bracket that you can buy from ZWO does not fit the 6SE model only 8 and above. does anyone have a 3D model that would fit the 6" ? This is the one with a direct coupling between motor and focus shaft, not the belt drive one that you can get on Thingyverse.