PixInsight already removes satellite tracks very well. The ImageIntegration tool has multiple rejection options. I simply reject anything that is more than 2 standard deviations from the mean, using

Aquire as many frames as possible, dither, dither and median combine. That can work do deemphasize satellite trails.

Since satellite tracks are very straight and should be easily detected in the image field, what’s the possibility of the folks at PixInsight or Diffraction Limited adding a software function to

Hi Mike, It really won't matter much as long as there is a star that PEMPro can find that is not too faint nor too bright (saturated) at the exposure duration you select. For the 6303E you might

Soon everyone will be yacking on their cellphones 24-7 anywhere in the world, even while being driven in their self-driving cars. And all that revenue will flow upwards to a few who can buy entire

Oh come on. Global warming? No, just a hot summer. Get Outlook for iOS

Great example as to when progress stops becoming progress and is destructive..... just disgusting.

That’s just great. Now, multi-billionaires really do own everything, including the night sky! Looks like I will have to become a “near-Earth satellite imager!🤬🤬🤬

Roland, That’s a horrible marketing technique😉!

And it doesn't look good for amateur astronomy. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/01/science/starlink-spacex-astronomers.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage My recent image of M101 was

OK, thanks Ray. I would guess that somewhat longer exposures 2" would be preferable than shorter say .5"...? Another question...when I gather data, I try to shoot as high as possible through as

Hi All, This is a screenshot of star resolution on a night of good seeing using PHD2 Lowpass2 algorithm with the Mach2 encoder mount. Out of the 8 frames that I shot, 6 of them reached this level of

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the ap-gto group. File : /Mach2 and PHD2 guiding with LowPass2

It really doesn't matter if you bin or not. Pempro will ignore the noise component of the seeing. Just run enough cycles to average out the true PE curve if the seeing is not perfect. Rolando

Hi Mike, Either would be okay, but the finer resolution (.63"/pixel) should provide more accurate data for PEMPro to work with. -Ray Gralak

Have a question about training a PEC curve on my1600GTO. Running a Planewave CDK 17/SBIG STL6303E camera. Unbinnedimage scale is .63"/pixel. I have always gathered data binned 1x,and have gathered

Try a new USB cable before assuming you have a bad camera. Virus-free. www.avg.com Virus-free. www.avg.com

Mike, If someone hasn’t mentioned yet call Bill Lynch at SBIG Repair for his advice. Bill Lynch – SBIG Service & Repair Center (please note new address) 3769 Constellation Road, Unit

Thanks, Roland. Sadly, the drifting tracking error has occurred in at least four imaging sessions, with the observatory powered-off between. I don't think I restarted MaxIm after I noticed the

Great! I have no intention of using multiple mounts at a time--the 2nd mount is the club's mount. Apparently regardless of whether I use APCC or not I will have to change the AP-V2 setup, but I don't