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The Astro & AP Software Primer -- Wading Through The Disarray Of Titles

Last post by Baskevo « Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:54 pm
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by JayTee » Tue May 21, 2019 11:21 pm

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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

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Last post by Baskevo
Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:54 pm
Just bought me a QHY Polemaster

Last post by jazzin « Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:37 pm
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by jazzin » Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:49 pm

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I'm so excited to get out there and use this thing. It's a new gadget in my repertoire and it's always fun when you get the opportunity to learn new...

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Thanks Star Dad

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Last post by jazzin
Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:37 pm
SGP Plate Solving - More Reliable Solving - ASTAP

Last post by OhNo « Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:28 am
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by Aidi » Fri Sep 27, 2019 7:20 pm

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Many of you i know use SGP.. and probably the default Platesolve2 software for Platesolving. I have always found mostly reliable, but on quite a few...

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Ah!!!!! That's better! I had almost given up on SGP. Endless failures to plate solve had me wondering IF I'd wasted my money. Seeing it wasn't...

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Last post by OhNo
Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:28 am
SGP: repeat a session multiple times

Last post by yobbo89 « Tue Oct 08, 2019 6:25 pm
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by DEnc » Tue Oct 08, 2019 1:33 am

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Hi, I haven’t seen this option, is it in the software somewhere?

For photometry I’d like to run a sequence with the filters V,V,V,R, and repeat it...

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Well done, it seems you beat us to the answer haha.

Firecapture also dose this too, which is great for repeated rgb subs.

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Last post by yobbo89
Tue Oct 08, 2019 6:25 pm
New (to me) weather site - metcheck

Last post by pakarinen « Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:48 am

by pakarinen » Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:48 am

Not sure this is the right subforum, but...

In my unending search for a good weather forecast, I ran across metcheck.com yesterday.

Nice...

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Last post by pakarinen
Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:48 am
Nebulosity question

Last post by Star Dad « Wed Oct 02, 2019 6:46 pm
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by PapaFox » Mon Sep 23, 2019 5:36 am

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Trying to get my AP set up going, but I've had another snag. I have 2 zwo cameras, one for guiding and one for imaging. Each in a different USB port...

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:banana-dance: YAY! :banana-dance:

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Last post by Star Dad
Wed Oct 02, 2019 6:46 pm
SGP aborts (rant)

Last post by Star Dad « Sun Sep 29, 2019 8:24 pm
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by KathyNS » Sat Sep 28, 2019 1:00 am

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Does anyone else find SGP's abort message really, REALLY annoying? Something terrible has happened ??? Really?? How is that supposed to help me? Give...

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:shock: Meaningless error messages? Yep - part of a software engineer's toolbag to piss off the client. I particularly like the ones that say...

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Last post by Star Dad
Sun Sep 29, 2019 8:24 pm
Auto polar alignment?

Last post by Graeme1858 « Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:51 pm
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by Gordon » Mon Sep 23, 2019 7:12 pm

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Since I have moved, I no longer am using a pier mount. So it's back to having to do a polar alignment for a while.

It's been years since I had to do...

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My telescope is in the garden on a brick patio and I've countersunk three indentations in the brick in the hope that the tripod feet will be in...

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Last post by Graeme1858
Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:51 pm
A New Stellarium Landscape - My Backyard!

Last post by bladekeeper « Thu Sep 12, 2019 4:11 am
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by JayTee » Thu Sep 12, 2019 2:21 am

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Just finished getting my observing site panorama image situated to work with Stellarium. If you are the least bit interested here is the .zip file....

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That's pretty awesome, JT!

I never did finish mine up a few years ago. I may have another go at it now that neighborhood construction has largely...

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Last post by bladekeeper
Thu Sep 12, 2019 4:11 am
APT control Skywatcher mount with Starsense?

Last post by Larry 1969 « Sat Sep 07, 2019 12:42 am
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by Larry 1969 » Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:50 pm

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Hello all!
Like the title says.... I'm trying to use the plate solving feature in APT. Up until now I have only used APT for camera control.
I've...

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Thanks JayTee!
I was fooling around in the basement and actually got the mount connected and slewed to a target.
I just wasn't sure if I needed to...

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Last post by Larry 1969
Sat Sep 07, 2019 12:42 am
Online deep sky atlas with Sloan DSS?

Last post by pakarinen « Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:49 pm

by pakarinen » Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:49 pm

Switching browsers, I managed to delete my bookmark for an online atlas that would show charts or Sloan Digital Sky Survey fields.
I'm pretty sure...

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Last post by pakarinen
Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:49 pm
To all SkySafari users

Last post by Bigzmey « Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:38 pm
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by Bigzmey » Fri Aug 30, 2019 7:09 pm

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In the past if you hit 'Update Minor Body Orbit Data' under Solar System tub in Settings it would hum a while and then return the report. Some thing...

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So, SSPro support team thinks that it might be Android 4 issue, which they can fix in the next update. Fingers crossed. :)

My phone is 4 years old....

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Last post by Bigzmey
Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:38 pm
Excel spreadsheet "upper culmination" of object?

Last post by Graeme1858 « Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:55 pm
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by TSS_ASTRO » Mon Sep 02, 2019 7:43 pm

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Hi All,
I'm wondering if someone has already done the work of creating an Excel sheet that calculates the upper culmination ALT/AZ position of an...

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There's a very excellent Android app called Whereisit that will tell you the alt az coordinates of a hugh database of objects based on time, date,...

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Last post by Graeme1858
Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:55 pm
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, SkySafari 6 Is On Sale - 50% Off

Last post by JayTee « Sat Aug 31, 2019 8:31 pm

by JayTee » Sat Aug 31, 2019 8:31 pm

If you've been waiting for SkySafari to go on sale, well, here it is. 50% off. It doesn't get any lower than this. Go to the simulation curriculum...

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Last post by JayTee
Sat Aug 31, 2019 8:31 pm
SGP sequence start time

Last post by KathyNS « Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:23 pm
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by KathyNS » Sun Aug 04, 2019 10:51 pm

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I want my sequence to start at 1:00 am, when the CDS chart says the sky should be clear. How do I set a sequence start time?

I can set a Start...

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While I haven't tried it, the mount can be instructed to Park once the session is over, right from within SGP.

Yes it can. I simply forgot to...

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Last post by KathyNS
Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:23 pm
AAS: world wide telescope

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Wed Jul 24, 2019 7:00 pm

by notFritzArgelander » Wed Jul 24, 2019 7:00 pm

Visualization tool for already archived data in the cloud.

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Last post by notFritzArgelander
Wed Jul 24, 2019 7:00 pm
iPad, SkySafari, and Dew

Last post by OzEclipse « Tue Jul 23, 2019 12:53 am
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by KingNothing13 » Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:46 am

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I guess this goes into this forum. :Think:

For those out there that use SkySafari for your observing, how do you handle dew and not getting the...

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I have a couple of solutions.

I use an iPad4 mini and my jackets have pockets big enough to hold it.

I also have a hatchback. I disconnect the...

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Last post by OzEclipse
Tue Jul 23, 2019 12:53 am
Deep Sky Stacker 4.2 released.

Last post by JayTee « Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:54 pm
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by Gordon » Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:27 pm

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Here's the latest release of Deep Sky Stacker.

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Thank you.

JT

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Last post by JayTee
Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:54 pm
List of Astronomy Software

Last post by Gordon « Fri Jul 05, 2019 5:14 pm
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by localhost » Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:48 pm

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Putting together a list of Astronomy Software you're welcome to share some you may know and I will add them to this forum!

Planetary Imaging...

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I have closed this tread as it's already being discussed here:

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Last post by Gordon
Fri Jul 05, 2019 5:14 pm
Autostakkert

Last post by Graeme1858 « Thu Jul 04, 2019 7:23 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:55 pm

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Any Autostakkert experts here?

I recorded some lucky image ser files last night of Jupiter using Sharpcap. Then today attempted a stack using...

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I think its just a matter of that one clear night and you will have a great image. if conditions aren't right its always going to be a bit fuzzy. Its...

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Last post by Graeme1858
Thu Jul 04, 2019 7:23 pm
SS 6 Pro On Sale Now

Last post by KingNothing13 « Thu Jul 04, 2019 1:45 am
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by JayTee » Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:09 pm

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Just got an email saying that SkySafari 6 Pro is on sale for the 4th of July weekend, reduced down to $26.99 (normally $39.99). I own SkySafari 6 Pro...

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Yep, got this as well - going to wait until I am home Friday night to purchase - and link up to LiveSky ( :lol: ). Sale expires at the (I assume) end...

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Last post by KingNothing13
Thu Jul 04, 2019 1:45 am
SkySafari Pro 4 user, how good is Pro 6?

Last post by JayTee « Sun Jun 30, 2019 6:26 am
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by omeek » Sun Jun 30, 2019 1:00 am

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Hey guys,

I'm heading out on my road trip tomorrow and worked out some observing lists in SkySafari. It got me wondering what they have been up to....

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I have 5 pro and 6 pro. Unlike Bryan, I prefer 6 pro. It's added features over 5 is what sold me.

Cheers,
JT

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Last post by JayTee
Sun Jun 30, 2019 6:26 am
Anyone tried NINA for image capture?

Last post by bladekeeper « Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:49 am
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by KathyNS » Sat May 25, 2019 9:40 pm
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On another forum, I saw several people recommending something called NINA as an alternative to SGP for image capture. Has anyone tried it? Anyone...

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Sounds like bayering problem.

Better luck last night: :)
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Last post by bladekeeper
Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:49 am
SkySafari 6/LiveSky

Last post by KingNothing13 « Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:03 pm
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by KingNothing13 » Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:52 pm

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Anyone on the boards use a combination of SkySafari 6 and LiveSky?

I know SS was popular, and assume it still is - I just bought the yearly access...

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I subscribed to LiveSky a year ago. Then the sky took a dump on me and I’ve not used it too much. It is a neat way to add gear, build lists, and...

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Last post by KingNothing13
Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:03 pm
Pre Configured Settings for Celestron NexImage 5 using iCap

Last post by Gordon « Sun Jun 23, 2019 5:39 pm
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by localhost » Sun Jun 23, 2019 5:54 am

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This guide will show you how to import pre-configured settings for iCap / IC Capture when imaging with the Celestron NexImage 5

iCap / IC Capture...

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Thanks for the tip!!!

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Sun Jun 23, 2019 5:39 pm

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