Paul81

Hi Don,

Unsure, do you have any raw FITS files you can send me? I can then take a closer look at what might be going on.

Cheers

Paul

Also, could you say more about how you set up two copies of LL running on the same machine and recognising different USB ports?

Thanks

This is actually a trick that will no longer work in the next release (V0.13)...

So V0.12 (and previous) automatically connect to the Lodestar camera, but you can use command line arguments to connect to the SX-825, so by starting one instance of LL with no command line arguments (connect to the Lodestar) and one with command line arguments (connect to the SX-825) you can have both running.

The latest code I am working with auto connects to (the first one it finds) lodestar, ultrastar, SX-825 and oculus, so this trick will no longer work when V0.13 gets out there.

However, it is a planned mod later in the future to allow multiple cameras with multiple instances....

Superb write-up Dom and a fantastic set of captures showing what the 825 chipset is capable of!

It will be really interesting to see the differences between the Ultrastar and SX-825, and what effect the TEC cooling will have once that is up and running. I do not know if the Ultrstar has antiblooming?

Looking forward to your next session!

Hi James, 

Your app is looking good! I am writing a live stacking imaging app myself (for Sx Lodestar cameras - see the Video Astronomy section - Lodestar Live), and also use QT (superb SDK). We definitely need more Linux and Mac stuff for astro (my app is for Mac, Linux and Windows). QT does make things nice and easy for cross platform, I find well written code ports first time.

Out of interest, have you got your app working with ZW ASI cameras? I am interested in getting one, but I need to capture on a platform other than Windows. I was curious to see if ZW release documentation on the USB protocol (which is why I mainly chose SX for my app).

RIP Sir Patrick, like many I have you to thank for inspiring me into astronomy from a very young age.