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MylesGibson

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  1. Well I tried putting it together, it only stacked 3 of the frames. So I tried a different method, same result. Then did the old do each frame individually, pre-process, stretch and stitch in ICE and turns out the vertical overlap didn't happen. No idea why or how that happened! I'm going to have to take the extra frames manually to stitch it all together then try to figure out what happened. I double checked all my co-ordinates and it was fine. I used a 20% overlap both H & V in Cartes DuCiel and all looked ok, co-ordinates imported fine, APT worked fine (except the guide star thing which I will tackle another time! So a bit frustrating but it was only a test night!
  2. Thats brilliant! I'll give it a try next time as my "test run" has come to a finish. When I have another go, I'll try this and see if it works. It says stop/start so I hope that means it'll select a star and e everything too! If it does, then fantastic! Thanks for all your help by the way!
  3. Ahhh I have those evenings too! Wait so long then something gets in the way! Finally got a clear night tonight and ran into an issue...... When the panel changes to the next one, i lose my guide star and PHD2 doesnt find another automatically...... ive been re-doing it manually for now but any way to set it up to do it automatically?
  4. Still haven't had a clear night since doing this post!
  5. Ahhh thats That is fantastic! Thank you. I've not experimented with the scripting before. I've usually manually done the GoTo then set up a single image plan and done it that way. This will make things much easier!
  6. Thank you, I figured it out a few minutes before you posted this. Was following a tutorial from a few years ago. But thank you for the reply! How are you able to create an imaging plan like that? @Paul M
  7. About 5 minutes after posting this, I figured it out. Go to the "Custom" Tab and import there. And in goes the data. Was following a You Tube tutorial that had it on the ToDo tab, but its a few years old!
  8. As the title suggests, I am trying to import the data from Cartes Du Ciel into APT to make a Mosaic. I have CdC set as the planetarium software for APT, and all I should need to do is set the Mosaic in CdC, click "Send Via Server" then import into my ToDo list in APT by hitting "Import List" then choosing the CdC option. I do this, and it tells me that 9 frames (my Mosaic) have been imported. I click OK........ and they are not on the list. I have no idea what I m doing wrong? If anyone can tell me about any setting I may have missed or if something has changed, then great! Feel free to ask any questions Here is the CdC screenshot where I hit "Send Via Server" Here I click "Import List" Select the Mosaic frames This is the confirmation telling me 9 frames have been imported. But they don't show anywhere!
  9. This was the type of response I was looking for. Thank you
  10. I thought the power supplies were 12V 3A? Or do they have 5A supplies? I'll need to check mine! Where did you get rhe info of 1A at settling from? Or 3A peak? Had you measured it or is there somewhere online with the info?
  11. Unless I am being blind, I can't seem to find power consumption figures for cameras. I am using the Altair Hypercam 183C Pro-TEC and I have looked around but cannot see this information anywhere. Does anyone know where this information may be? I'd like to find it before choosing power supplies for when I go out and about!
  12. I think this may be the way to go, although I did try stacking just the comet but even that didn't turn out great. I might try something other than DSS as I have never had much luck with the comet stacking!
  13. I do have APP, so I could give this a go. Thanks! I've not used that before. Is it free software? Good question. I'll have to check. I had the scope out again last night and completely forgot to upload the pictures I said I would! Sorry I did do that, but still came out really weird! Will see what happens when I put some more time on it tonight!
  14. I'll have to add them here once I get home from work as they are on my home laptop! The comet was moving in a linear fashion as can be seen by the star stacking and the quite straight line moving through the image where the comet was moving. It may be that the exposure time was maybe too long so when I was guiding on the stars, it did elongate the comet in a single 120s exposure. And obviously the stars trailed when doing a 120s exposure while guiding on the comet
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