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Re: Celestial Fireworks

In the "cleaning up" domain.... Back in October during the Mars opposition, a friend told me about Topaz Labs DeNoise AI that removes noise and sharpens images.

By Mike Dodd · #77163 ·

Re: Celestial Fireworks

Quite the striking image you have there, Ron. Karen AP

By Karen Christen · #77162 ·

Re: Celestial Fireworks

the STUFF is there - I couldn't resist cleaning it up a bit. Before and After. -- Ron Kramer https://www.facebook.com/Ron.R.Kramer

By Ron Kramer · #77161 ·

Re: Help Parking AP 900 in TheSky #ASCOM_V2_Driver

Bob, Nothing should happen immediately because a popup window should show a warning that you should not use Park 1. Parking won't start unless you accept that window. If you didn't see that warning

By Ray Gralak · #77160 ·

Re: ISS Tracking with APCC & Horizons plus using handbox buttons ??

Horizons continuously slews to new RA/Dec coordinates, so the A-P mount hand controller moves probably won't have much of an effect. The drift could be from changes in the orbit of ISS. In a future

By Ray Gralak · #77159 ·

Re: Tracking ISS with Horizons #APCC #Mach2GTO

It could be a typo in the units. Remember that one RA sec/sec is 15 arc-sec/sec. I'll fix that in the next build, but it should not affect the tracking. -Ray

By Ray Gralak · #77158 ·

Re: Celestial Fireworks

REALLY NICE ROLAND I had APOD contact me out of the blue asking if they could post this image. I forgot to reply until I read this, https://www.astrobin.com/full/bzte5l/0/ -- Ron

By Ron Kramer · #77157 ·

Re: Pier for 1100GTO #Guiding

I use my 1992 vintage A-P portable 8-inch pier with my 1100GTO mount. It is rock solid, even with a 180 EDT scope, 16 megapixel camera, and piggybacked guide scope attached. I set up and take down my

By M Hambrick · #77156 ·

Re: Tracking ISS with Horizons #APCC #Mach2GTO

Just to be clear, the first image was during real-time using the regular tracking, the second was using Test Tracking.

By David Johnson · #77155 ·

Re: Help Parking AP 900 in TheSky #ASCOM_V2_Driver

Ray, Until this morning when I installed the new AP driver, TheSky included setting tracking rates and parking in positions 1, 2, or 3 in its Telescope/Options menu. To my surprise, these options

By Bob Gillette · #77154 ·

Re: Pier for 1100GTO #Guiding

Probably could be made to work but is it worth the effort? Don Anderson On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 09:56:17 p.m. MDT,

By Don Anderson · #77153 ·

Re: Pier for 1100GTO #Guiding

My understanding is that the diameter is more significant than the thickness of the tube. Why not just pour a 12” diameter concrete pier with a Dan’s pier plate and AP adapter? That would be

By weems@... · #77152 ·

Pier for 1100GTO #Guiding

I have an 1100GTO mount on order and plan to house it in an observatory on permanent pier with imaging in mind. I own an old AP 8" diameter portable pier. Would anchoring this in concrete and

By Donald Brannan · #77151 ·

ISS Tracking with APCC & Horizons plus using handbox buttons ??

Hello All, Alas, a recent ISS passage and the ISS tracking questions pour in. :-) I guess this is for Ray. Tracking ISS yesterday with APCC / Horizons / AP1200 worked reasonably well. Video from the

By drgert1 · #77150 ·

Re: Tracking ISS with Horizons #APCC #Mach2GTO

It appears the first screen displays RA rate in arcsec/sec but the second screen displays the RA rate in sec/sec? Since there is 15 degrees in 1 hr RA to convert sec/sec to arcsec/ hr would be

By Brent Boshart · #77149 ·

Re: Tracking ISS with Horizons #APCC #Mach2GTO

Okay, I’ve been playing around with this, both using the Test Tracking and in real-time, albeit in my basement due to the clouds, and I am learning how this works, but I do have one relatively

By David Johnson · #77148 ·

Re: Help Parking AP 900 in TheSky #ASCOM_V2_Driver

Hi Bob, Unfortunately, Sky6 has very little support for ASCOM, and it may not support the ASCOM Park operation. However, you can park the mount from the AP V2 ASCOM driver. -Ray

By Ray Gralak · #77147 ·

Re: Help Parking AP 900 in TheSky #ASCOM_V2_Driver

Bob I have an almost identical setup. Mine is: AP900GOTO CP3, The Sky6 serious astronomer, MaximDL6.11, AP Ascom driver ver 5.30.1. I haven't updated the Sky Ascom plug in for a couple of years but I

By Don Anderson · #77146 ·

Re: APCC model like Mach2

Hi Max, That feature has been done for over 18 months, having been in successful beta-tests during that time. However, it will be bundled with a few other new features (like support for plate solves

By Ray Gralak · #77145 ·

Re: Help Parking AP 900 in TheSky #ASCOM_V2_Driver

Thanks, John. I've also read that. Park 1 has never been a problem for me, but I'd happily go with Park 4 if something gave me any park options. (I parked the scope today with the handset, but

By Bob Gillette · #77144 ·

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