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Before we begin, this material was developed by me for a class I have taught a number of times. This is only a discussion on AP software titles. I do...
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JT this is awesome! Thank you for this! I have a lot to experiment with now :D
I've recently started working on a new mosaic project and want to get a better handle on how to use the manual rotator. Right now, I've got it set in...
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Yes . I use the plate solver as part of a sequence. Just not sure how to run it standalone. I’ll try and do more digging
I was out in the desert this past weekend and found myself without an Internet connection. I wanted to set up a sequence on M-33 and so I went to...
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The entire RA/dec grid moves slowly with the precession of the equinoxes. Coordinates should be given with their correct epoch to be precise. Is one...
I got an old laptop that I thought I could use for astronomy, and I thought, maybe a dedicated distro (or Pure Blend) rather than installing separate...
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The people of Astronomy Linux are working with 18.04.4. The LTS-version seems to be on its way.
I had a very disappointing night last night due to operator error, but I would have thought SG Pro would have generated an message to tip me off to...
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Yes one of the biggest challenges in doing mosaics besides the processing is trying to get all the panels the same levels including background noise....
Last night I installed KStars on a Pi that I had lying around. KStars is a planetarium program from which Ekos can be launched. Ekos is an INDI-based...
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I got the 11 lbs. counterweight and the new 60 Ncm steppers. I fitted the connectors of the motors with electrical tape, will have to fix that. The...
Those who read my messages are aware that I am rather unhappy with ASCOM as a standard, from a design point of view. Of course it supports a bunch of...
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Thanks for the info Henk!
My errand was a Dr. appt so I couldn't just blow it off to watch the seminar. I think I found the video. Alpaca starts at...
Is there a trick or something to get DSOs shown in the sky ?
I'm running Stellarium 0.20.2 on Linux Mint, and with planets there are no problems, and...
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A-ha, mystery solved. Even if the stars and DSOs are there during the day too, they are not shown, and neither are the names and hints (but the...
I'm sure it's staring me right in the face, but how do you change the image format from .fit (apparently the default) to .tif in APT for my...
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My understanding is THAT isn't possible when you are using a CMOS camera. Bet your wanting to visually filter you captures????Download the ASIStudio...
If there is a way to do this and I ever knew it, I've forgotten... I have a standard series of exposures that I take for LRGB images and another for...
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You can duplicate events from one target to another within a sequence, but you can't copy events from a different sequence.
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