What you think is correct - from an app's perspective, cameras can do only one thing at a time. The image has to be downloaded before the command to start the next exposure can be given. But, on CMOS

60 millions pixels, times 16 bits per pixel, divided by 8 to convert to bytes, does yield 120MB images, modulo the extra little bit for file format headers. A note about binning - on CMOS, any

Yeah, I'll give you that, there. It's not so much the fault of their design but rather the use cases they're being shoehorned into. An inordinate amount of my abject ire towards micro, and mini-USB

If pincushion or barrel distortion is a major factor in plate solving accuracy then I would expect the results to be OTA dependent. Some scopes have more or less distortion than others. This could

. Toni I had a far different experience with NPAE, Mine arrived well packed and in pristine condition. The nose piece is a little thicker than what yours was measured at. I had no scratches and no

VERY nice Ted! tony On 7/23/2022 3:05 PM, Ted Moss wrote:

(Follow Up)- I communicated with George Whitney from Astro-Physics where upon he arrived at an immediate temporary solution and then final resolvent. 1) Within a two-day turnaround-

Raw CPU speed is one aspect in this. The other is the performance of the memory itself. Its latency (CAS latency, or CL) and clock speed are crucial to these operations where apps are copying large

I wonder how pinpoint does this. Since this distortion is scope specific does it have a scope model database of some sort? And then the user has to specify which one he is using? Or is the

One interesting thing I noticed was that the reported RA error values for each solve last night were substantially higher (about 4x higher) than in previous nights on the same set of points. In fact I

Thanks. That is certainly a reason to invest in PinPoint. I was never able to get Image Link to work for me when I was setting up my imaging software a couple of years ago. I am still using Plate

I know PinPoint does, and I believe SkyX's Image link does. -Ray

Exactly! -Ray

Better? Definitely a BIG YES ! They were designed from the ground-up for high bandwidth, low cross-talk, medium haul data transfers. RJ-45 is also a captive mating type the can't be unplugged by

“Any plate solve program that does not account for this can have substantial errors.” Which plate solvers that work with APPM do account for image distortion? -- Dean Jacobsen Astrobin Image

On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 01:21 PM, Yves Laroche wrote: In the ASCOM camera chooser, after selecting the right camera from the drop-down menu, you must click the Properties button. You will see the

Linwood, In the ASCOM camera chooser, after selecting the right camera from the drop-down menu, you must click the Properties button. You will see the ASICamera Setup window (image attached in this

To clarify what "distortion" means. It does not refer to the shape of stars across the field. It refers to the position of stars from center to edge of the field. Some optical systems have different

On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 08:50 AM, Roland Christen wrote: Put a dab of clear nail polish on the screw to hold it in place. This can be removed easily with acetone or nail polish remover (which has

Interesting to know. Does this improve the modeling data?