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A shower cap over the end of the scope can help with due and also block out stray light pollution getting under there. A black cloth and an elastic band will also do the same. A Dew Shield up the top will also help.
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Not quite. The "What did the postman bring?" Thread in the Astro Lounge has 488 pages. There are probably others but this one is still going strong. The 130PDS still has it's loyal followers and newbies coming in all the time. 👍
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ZWO PRO camera USB hub ports not working properly
Jamgood replied to Spaced Out's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
Can you lower the USB Buffer in your software? It is usually set to 80. Dropping it down to 40 can help with random disconnects, etc. -
Interestingly, my usual Darks that I've had no issues with work fine on a normal stack in APP and the issue seems to be when doing a mosaic with APP. Strange.
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I need Darks for the amp glow on the 294MC Pro. Unless there is another way? Do Dark Flats remove it? I've never tried without Darks. APP does create a Bad Pixel Map but these pixels don't get removed. On the new Darks I'm making now, I can clearly see 5 really bright pixels. 2 red, 2 green and 1 blue. Would they be classed as Hot Pixels rather than Dead. I'm not very clued up in these things.
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Never thought of that. 👍 In my light frames I'm only seeing one pixel in each of the areas. Nothing in my Flats and cannot really tell in dark files. I think the pattern maybe being created by the dithering between subs which would make sense in my mind. I'll create a new set of Dark Frames this evening and try them out.
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Camera info is in the signature along with everything else. 294MC Pro. Astro Pixel Processor is use for stacking. This is one of a few strange shapes that appear in my light frames. Some are red, some blue, some green. All in groups like the one above. I've not long noticed them and not looked in darks and flats to see if they are in there as well. I look soon as I get chance. Just strange random pattterns make me think it's not any single pixel issue. I've search for other similar issues but cannot find anything.
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I'm probably answering my own question here but when do you know it is time to create a new Dark Library? I'm starting to see things like this creeping in to my lights and they're still there in the final stacks. I'm going to make a new Dark Library over the next couple of days and see if they rectify the issue. Anyone seen this before and know the cure? TIA
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To be continued...... Just a quick look at the data from last night. This is a 3 panel mosaic to fit it all in. Because of the large crossover, the middle has around 4 & 1/2 hours while the outer edges where the faint stuff lies only have an hour each. When the weather allows, I'll add some more. 👍
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A dark piece of cloth and an elastic band will also do the trick. 👍
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I heard the same. They said it in one of the live shows.
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Just leave those options blank.
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The detail in this shot is just exquisite! Incredible!
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It almost like a really bad, late night, shopping channel with ham presenters showing off amazing images every now and then.
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Not the best production is it. The can put a man on the moon but can't make a decent TV stream.
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True but we already know how amazing they all are. We don't need to be reminded before every reveal.
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More trumpet blowing. Get on with it.
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I'm glad I'm not working tomorrow. 👍
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Incredible! The images from this telescope in the future are going to be beyond immense.
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Now that's an APOD!
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I didn't realise we had to suffer the trumpet blowing of each of the hosts. Get on with it!
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Either poor old Joe is having his siesta or they're giving him a lesson in what space is. Wake up Joe!!!!!
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Pegasus Power box showing 13.5 volts
Jamgood replied to Mark Jo's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
As stated above, it will be fine. I actually use a 13.8v supply for my Pegasus Power Box Advanced and never had an issue. -
I had one of them that I got with another 130PDS bundle I bought and used it on my scope for a time. While it worked at blocking the stray lights, I found that it to be the cause of really slow cool down periods for the primary mirror. Not too bad if you keep the scope outside but if you move from indoor to out, especially in the winter, it was a nuisance that more than doubled the cooling period or left you with thermal spikes in your images.. A black shower cap does the same job but is easily removable for cooling. YMMV.
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