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ISS Tracked using APCC Pro v1.9
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APCC v1.9 has a great new feature which offers "real time" (non-cached) modelled mount coordinates. This allows for closed loop satellite tracking (comparing the mount's current position to the satellite and making small tracking adjustments to the tracking rate). Early this morning I was able to capture ISS (unfortunately through a lot of fog). My Mach 2 was able to keep ISS nicely centered through my C8 (focal length 2032mm) while capturing only the center 1024x768 portion of my camera chip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzjEAqnEBZA
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Ray Gralak
Nice job, Brent! I'm glad the new real-time RA/Dec feature helped you keep ISS centered!
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-Ray
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Very cool Brent. Is SkyTrack updated to use the Mach2 yet? I am going to have to get my dual band Yagi out of the closet and mount it on the Mach2 and start talking on the AMSATS again.
-- Dean Jacobsen Astrobin Image Gallery - https://www.astrobin.com/users/deanjacobsen/
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So fun! Great capture, Brent! Karen AP
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Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2021 6:03 AM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Subject: [ap-gto] ISS Tracked using APCC Pro v1.9
[Edited Message Follows] APCC v1.9 has a great new feature which offers "real time" (non-cached) modelled mount coordinates. This allows for closed loop satellite tracking (comparing the mount's current position to the satellite and making small tracking adjustments
to the tracking rate). Early this morning I was able to capture ISS (unfortunately through a lot of fog). My Mach 2 was able to keep ISS nicely centered through my C8 (focal length 2032mm) while capturing only the center 1024x768 portion of my camera chip. -- Karen Christen Astro-Physics
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Nice!
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Hi Brent,
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can you please explain in Steps, how you have done that please. Konstantin
Konstantin v. Poschinger
Hammerichstr. 5 22605 Hamburg 040/8805747 0171 1983476
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That is a very good first try with poor seeing.
Looks like we will be getting some ISS pass movies from Astro-Physics scopes this year.
Thank you for your time and SkyTrack software.
Jimmy
Wisdom comes to those who seek it.
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Daniel Marcus
you using apcc standard or do you need pro? my club has an AP1200 with a cp3. Be fun to image it with the clubs C-14.
Dan
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of jimmyjujames <jimmy_an@...>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2021 7:04 PM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Subject: Re: [ap-gto] ISS Tracked using APCC Pro v1.9 That is a very good first try with poor seeing.
Looks like we will be getting some ISS pass movies from Astro-Physics scopes this year.
Thank you for your time and SkyTrack software.
Jimmy
Wisdom comes to those who seek it.
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Ray Gralak
Hi Dan,
you using apcc standard or do you need pro? my club has an AP1200 with a cp3. Be fun to image it with the clubsReal-time RA/Dec is supported for both APCC Standard and Pro, but you your APCC license must be dated August 1, 2020 or later. If your license is dated earlier than that you would have to purchase a "subscription renewal", which is $50 for APCC Standard. -Ray -----Original Message-----
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Brent...nice job. Is that a video in a format like AVI that can be entered into Autostakkert? If so Autostakkert would pick best shots, perfectly align, and stack into a higher resolution single image. That is what I use for Ha solar astronomy. It is amazing how what seems to be a so-so not sharp image in a video becomes amazingly detailed and sharp.
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I'm hoping to get a camera with a higher frame rate to do stacking of different parts of ISS pass.
The ISS in not the same as a DSO
On approach you are recording the front.
When overhead you are recording the bottom of ISS
When departing you are recording the rear of ISS.
By the time I acquire the ISS, it's above the trees, 30+ degrees and already has visible rotation.
Our Earth would become a black hole if compressed down to a radius of 9mm (11/32 inch)
smaller than 1 cubic inch (about 1/2 teaspoon).
Our Big Bang may NOT have originated at the center but from the outside
beyond 13.7 billion light-years analogous to a Supernova generating a Black Hole.
The predicted Schwarzschild radius for our observable universe is 13.7 billion light-years.
Are we living in a black hole?
Are we living in a universe within a black hole within another universe? That would be a lot of rooms.
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David Johnson
SkyTrack 1.5.1 is now available with continuous tracking for those mounts capable of it. I am trying it out inside with my Mach2, and it seems to work very well. Of course, the real test will be under the stars (and satellites), but I’m not sure when the clouds are going to allow that to happen.
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