scotty38

-1 shows you are using the default set on the equipment tab

I am assuming you have 12v connected ok? Also on the assumption you're using the Ascom driver you could try the native one. It can be USB cable related too but if it's worked before......

1 hour ago, Gary Clayton said:

Hi Ian

I have been using a very small and low power BeeLink Gemini M with 8 gigs of ram for the last few years, it also runs on 12 volts and has windows 10 installed. So you don't need anything powerful to run a full imaging setup and the one you have linked too will work just fine for years to come.

Gary

If you mean image capture then I agree but the OP is needing a machine for image processing which is a different kettle of fish as far as I'm concerned 🙂

58 minutes ago, newbie alert said:

I wish!!

Not how I imagined you looking to be fair 😀

For what it's worth these are my settings. I've tried different but always come back to these and they seem to work for me...

3 hours ago, tich said:

I've been using NINA a while now & love it, like you say a bit daunting at first I were the same after using other capture software for so long but after some time & figuring it out I can't see me ever going back. I can't see me ever using the advanced sequencer as my observatory will never be fully automated so I'll be shoving the dome round as & when needed lol. 

You could use the advanced sequencer and set a pop up message to remind you or even use the  Ground Station plugin to send a message to your phone 🙂

@Cornelius Varley I can see you're online so not sure if this needs moving somewhere more prominent?

oh blimey, condolences and yes he was very well known and respected round here.

same here barely warm

14 hours ago, Simon Pepper said:

Hi scotty

jus to confirm do you have any vignette with the 1.25 and the 294? I am thinking about getting the same…

THANKS 

 

I don't have that camera now as I swapped to a mono setup although I went for a QHY294m and 36mm filters just to future proof an upgrade to a 268.

Having said that I think there was a small vignette but nothing that flats didn't fix, I certainly never noticed it as being anything obvious

The settings you want to use won't need changing but when you get to NINA it might be worth using the native driver as sometimes that exposes settings more easily than the ASCOM driver, offset for example.

Just what I did with mine. I determined the time of meridian in the daytime and on a few sunny days marked the direction of the NCP on the concrete. I must have got it about right as my mount adjusters are pretty much centred.

@geeklee  The AI2 thread I mentioned and you can get the Beta from here too if you wish:

https://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?threads/blurxterminator-ai2-beta.20019/#post-121769

Yes there is a thread on AI2 but his latest comment re order of use doesn't seem to be in that one although I think he referenced the thread I shared anyway.

4 hours ago, geeklee said:

This is interesting - is that in the documentation or noted online?

Given that star colours seem to change when running BlurXterminator (a patch is being worked on I'm sure I read on AB/CN) I've been running BlurXTerminator after DynamicCrop and then running SPCC.  I'll need to try the above 👍

I've seen more recent comments but need to find them again. In the meantime here's one link, scroll down for the comment from Russ specifically:

https://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?threads/spcc-after-blurxterminator.19928/#post-121433

SPCC should be done before BXT. Russ Croman advises this too.

I guess cost comes into it too as something like a ZWO 120 mini isn't too much money new.

I noticed the guide speeds were massively different for RA and Dec but I must admit I;ve not looked into what issue this would cause, if any

You could buy a dual rig alignment saddle (like a JTD) but they're not cheap.

8 minutes ago, Magnum said:

hahahahah yes that the issue if I wanted to automate it all in NINA or SGP I would need to make huge amount of profiles to cover every combo, and would need 4 auto focusers that would also need profiles and then also different auto guider profiles. its making my Brin hurt , much easier just to do it all manually in MaximDL and the Sky6. Or maybe im too stubborn to learn a new workflow. 😛 

If you created profiles for the scopes, important for the FL and platesolving etc, then you could connect to whichever focuser is powered up/available at the time as you should be able to see them in each of your profiles. I think you could sort it without it needing to be too complex or having too many profiles.

Also if you're not quite sure where you're at the Framing Assistant also has an option to platesolve and determine your current rotation.

1 hour ago, teoria_del_big_bang said:

I am also wanting to use the advanced sequencer but not yet got my head round it and so many times end up using the simple sequencer just to get some imaging in before the clouds roll in.
I would really love to see some of your templates and sequences if that is not asking too much 🙂 

Steve

No worries here's an example. Of course it references plugins and kit you may not have but any questions shout up.

Oh just thought, one thing that might look odd is the safe and unsafe loops at the end. They are there because my shutter isn't automated yet so once the sequence has finished I drop to those so I still get pinged if it starts raining before I get up.

M31.json

1 hour ago, Quatermass said:

 Not sure how to get it all to stop if the clouds roll in and it loses the guiding though?

It may not be available in the simple sequencer but "centre after drift" will get you back on track after clouds have messed things up.

@geeklee I should add that I'm happy to share any of my sequences if only to show you how I have things set up if it helps any. It's also worth noting there are a million and one ways to skin the cats though so anything I have isn't necessarily the best, and definitely not the only, way.....

I'm not sure what you can and cannot do in the simple sequencer as it's ages since I used it.

What I do know is that whatever you have in there can be sent to the advanced sequencer which, of course, can then be saved.

It would be interesting to see how your "simple" mosaic turns out once exported. Another thing I do know is that if you send multiple targets (panels) to the advanced sequencer for a mosaic it will create them as true individual targets. That i itself is not a bad thing but if you want to round robin the exposures per panel as it were and also cut down on duplicating commands such as autofocus, centre after drift, restore guiding etc etc etc then you need to move those targets in to one imaging group and manage it as a whole. Much easier to do than try and explain though and also makes much more sense once you have your head round the logic too.