Billy McLean

Greetings Han,Your modification worked great! However I managed to shoot myself in the foot, allowed phd and Cdc to update and now The sequence runs up to the slew to coordinate and crashes. CdC shows no mount movement so it looks like I will need to uninstall and find the older version and start over. Crap! Will get back to you when I get this fixed. You did good, Bm On Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 02:57:13 PM CST, han.k <han59@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: If your still interested in using it:...

Thanks again Han, Happy new year, we all need one.I just came in from the observatory getting ready for an expected Friday night effort. Will get on this right away and give you the update. On Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 02:57:13 PM CST, han.k <han59@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: If your still interested in using it: I made some changes and added a telescope focal ratio setting rather then limiting magnitude. Work for me fine with PHD2 for a small field of view. Just change the default f/7 to f/2....

Here's hoping Santa does good by you. My next window and a narrow one, Friday 29th. Full moons do not make testing possible, but it wikk givw me a few hours to test. Bm On Sunday, December 24, 2023 at 06:00:17 AM CST, han.k <han59@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: Hi Billy, I did run a test today with a FOV of 60 arcmin and 20 arcmin with M13 in the center. See attached screenshots. For 60 arcmin it runs fine but for a FOV=20 armin the image contrast is too low. Most people have a very wide FOV for guiding...

Thanks Han, Let me first wish you a great Christmas and a prosperous new year. I tried the g17, also setup multiple focal lengths and resolutions, pixel sizes both in phd, SC and Sky Simulator. The images remain dark and even with a lot of gain in SC the stars are faint, phd just can;t maintain a lock. I appreciate your help but without gain control in phd I don;t think I can test sequences, so will just accept that I sacrifice a few evenings to get my sequence working. Safe travels, thanksBm On...

Thank you Han,I have never had the response and help you have kindly provided. Will do as you advise and thank you, hope this solves things as the weather here in West Texas has gone to hell in a hand basket.Do I need to put the g14 and g17 data in separate folders? Bm On Friday, December 22, 2023 at 04:15:58 PM CST, han.k <han59@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: Hi Bill, Looking to your screenshot, the field of view/ image height in armin is set at only 12.4 arcmin. That will not give many stars using...

Sorry, did not preview! I still had to zoom some even in preview. Hope these work........ Bm On Friday, December 22, 2023 at 01:52:13 PM CST, han.k <han59@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: Thanks. No problem. We will find problem. The screenshot of the simulator itself is too small. Can't read the values. Can you also add a copy of the simulator window? Han Phd2 guider Sent from sourceforge.net because you indicated interest in https://sourceforge.net/p/sky-simulator/discussion/general/ To unsubscribe...

Thanks Han, Sorry I'm such a pain. More than likely it's a case of Stupid me. On Friday, December 22, 2023 at 12:43:53 PM CST, han.k <han59@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: Can you attach a screenshot of the simulator settings? Then I will have a look here with same settings. Exposure time should be a few seconds Han Phd2 guider Sent from sourceforge.net because you indicated interest in https://sourceforge.net/p/sky-simulator/discussion/general/ To unsubscribe from further messages, please visit h...

I have not moved to Alpaca and have no experience with it, have not even looked at documentation. My needs have always been met with standard ASCOM. The slider only washes out the image no change in real gain so only very bright stars show up and their SNR is too extreme. The sim itself had a pretty good star field it simply does not translate to phd. Should I set up pixel and resolution to my scope cam and let that default to phd? BR On Friday, December 22, 2023 at 06:57:28 AM CST, han.k <han59@users.sourceforge.net>...