Astro Geezer

I took the plunge and bought the Zwo asi 533mc pro.

Thanks for all your input, and thanks ONIKKINEN

Thats a great capture and just 4.5 hours 👍

9 hours ago, Same old newbie alert said:

Those astromany sampling tools aren't relevant to matching cameras to scopes, it's not set in stone and it's not a Bible to draw the line at

Huge learning curve all this!

47 minutes ago, ONIKKINEN said:

Really at focal lengths over 1000mm hardly any camera will work unbinned in usual conditions.

That alone speaks volumes. At around my budget mark, the 533 is looking good (although the 414ex still has the best FOV I'm after)

Thanks for that.

I'm not tied to ZWO so would be open to other brands using the same sensor...

For some reason I've been very wary of binning. Are there any implications regarding binning? I tried binning while taking exposures and although the sensitivity massively increased, I was horrified to see the images turned out mono 😃 so I'm presuming binning afterwards loses any extra sensitivity and just creates bigger pixels.

I've seen the 174 sensor seems well suited (correct me if I'm wrong) but the ZWO isn't cooled, however the QHY version is. The 294 is definitely too big as I'd like to image smaller galaxies such as M109. So would the 533 be a good match for an RC6? I guess I'd at least be able to use it with my Evostar 72ed as well as a bonus?

Thanks again

Hi all.

Sorry I'm just so confused....pixel size, FWHM, good/bad seeing, sensor size, oversampling/undersampling....my brain is now officially mush.

Can anyone help me in choosing a cooled CMOS/CCD OSC camera for an Ioptron RC6 f/9 1370mm focal length? I'm on a HEQ5 mount using the Asi120mm mini to guide through a skywatcher 50ed although I've got an OAG but not used it yet, I'm not ready for mono yet.

I dont want a big sensor, so I can get in closer. I was also (maybe mistakenly) led to believe that I'd need larger pixels. I don't know how much difference any of this makes...

The Asi 294mc pro looked like a good fit on the Astronomy tools calculator but the chip size isn't small enough. The Atik 414ex looks a good fit on there too but is CCD technology old hat now?

Any ideas gratefully received!

Hi all.

I'm looking to attach a Canon f/4 70-200mm EF lens to my QHY183c.

Id also like a filter drawer built in if that's possible.

However, I've no idea what I'm looking for! 

Any ideas gratefully received!

9 hours ago, bottletopburly said:

On your mobile try using 4g not WiFi , if your in virgin you can allow a website in the parental control settings page in case your blocked .

That worked! Thanks! 👍

Thanks I'll give it a go

37 minutes ago, bottletopburly said:

Drop a message on Eqmod forum Chris may have an idea what the conflict is or another member may .

https://groups.io/g/EQMOD/topics

Will do thanks

Hhmmm... when I connect the mount in APT I don't get that message in EQMOD....it's all fine, yet PHD2 won't work 😡 

Camera and mount are both connected but it can't complete a single exposure to loop.

Works fine with Sharpcap but I need to use APT😭😭

3 hours ago, fozzybear said:

yep worth a try

It didn't work 😭

51 minutes ago, Paul M said:

Just make sure that APT isn't trying to use the guide camera! It has a habit of connecting to whatever camera it sees first.

If you set PHD2 running first, that it, select and start the guide camera and mount (it should loop and guide as standalone). If you now start APT it will default to the camera not already in use, i.e, your imaging camera.

If you hold shift when you click to connect the camera in APT, it will open a window that among other things allows you to select camera 1 or camera 2. one of those is the guide cam the other is your imaging cam.

The very latest beta of APT now gives the camera names in that window. Make selection easier.

Tried PHD2 as a standalone and up pops EQMOD with this...

20 minutes ago, bottletopburly said:

in dither settings is it set to phd instead of phd2

Nope Phd2. Good call tho

2 hours ago, bottletopburly said:

what version of apt and are you running,  are ascom and eqmod latest drivers .

Latest ATP and the drivers for ascom and EQMOD about 2 months 

1 hour ago, Dr_Ju_ju said:

Do you use your network access point (wifi or direct ethernet) for network services i.e. IP address, gateway routing, DNS etc. ? if so, it may have been compromised, you could try re-booting it...

Reboot the router?

20 minutes ago, fozzybear said:

what browser are you using

Firefox on laptop and chrome on mobile. Both do the same thing

3 minutes ago, Mr Spock said:

You might want to check for a browser hijack 

How do I check that?

6 minutes ago, teoria_del_big_bang said:

Works fine for me too.

Have you tried clearing your cache and history then try again ?

Steve

Just tried it to no avail...

2 minutes ago, fozzybear said:

where are you located?

 

Sheffield, South Yorks

Hi.

Not sure what I've done but when I use Sharpcap, PHD2 works but it won't when I use APT.

I'm not getting on with Sharpcap but PHD2 won't even complete one exposure when apt is running.

Any ideas? Enable server is on.

3 minutes ago, fozzybear said:

works for me at https://aptforum.com/phpbb/

Nope. Same redirect for me 😞

Hi.

Is this a thing? I can't access the APT forum and it just redirects me to "all things democrat" with a 404 Error message