... I understand that. ... and as I understand, is necessary only for SC1 because no electronics are included manage this. ... But is there any reason to...
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Carsten A. Arnholm
arnholm2001
Oct 24, 2007 10:08 pm
Hi all, It has been quiet here for a while, but it does not mean nothing is happening. Martin and I are working to provide a new version of wxAstroCapture...
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Clive Rogers
covpops
Oct 24, 2007 10:50 pm
Hi Carsten and Martin, ... Yes it has been quiet here. Mainly for me because the skies have not been playing nice. This past week we were suppose to have 4...
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Ken Hough
ykenhough
Oct 24, 2007 11:12 pm
... Ooooh! Looks good! I have an EQ6 Pro mount, but haven't yet tried autoguiding. For many purposes, this mount tracks well enough, but I do like to push the ...
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Ken Hough
ykenhough
Oct 24, 2007 11:32 pm
... Up here in South Cumbria, we have had a few beautifully clear nights, but I've either been too tired to care about astronomy (more serious DIY), or have...
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Carsten A. Arnholm
arnholm2001
Oct 25, 2007 6:28 pm
Hi Clive, ... We hope so. We have and are still spending cloudy nights developing so it can be used by others :-) I have tested it with my own SC3 camera setup...
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Carsten A. Arnholm
arnholm2001
Oct 25, 2007 7:03 pm
Hello Ken, ... The video shows much faster guiding than what will be used in reality, but it illustrates that the software is able to react to rapid changes....
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Ken Hough
ykenhough
Oct 25, 2007 10:15 pm
... That makes sense to me. So it was worth doing the webcam mods if only for this purpose. ... I'm sure that you are right. The longest exposures that I've...
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Clive Rogers
covpops
Oct 25, 2007 10:24 pm
Hi Carsten, ... <snip> ... <snip> I don't know how far you have gone into Kubuntu but I have found a few astronomy programs that look very promising. QCX for...
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Ken Hough
ykenhough
Oct 25, 2007 10:38 pm
... According to the computing press, Microsoft have dropped a very big clanger with Vista. The business world see no good reason to move from XP. Ordinary...
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Ken Hough
ykenhough
Oct 25, 2007 10:47 pm
... Kstars is my favorite planeterium program and runs just fine on my old laptop, unlike Stellarium which seems to need a lot more horsepower and a 3d...
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Ken Hough
ykenhough
Oct 27, 2007 9:31 pm
I thought perhaps some of you guys might be interested in my efforts to modify a webcam for LX and amp-off. You can find details of this at: ...
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Carsten A. Arnholm
arnholm2001
Oct 27, 2007 10:26 pm
... Hi Ken, That looks like very nice work, congratulations! The end result looks quite professional. I like that filter mounting idea also. I am interested to...
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Ken Hough
ykenhough
Oct 28, 2007 9:02 am
... Thanks for those kind words Carsten. WRT the filter mounting: As a result of experiences with a DSLR, I was determined to provide some way of keeping dirt...
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Carsten A. Arnholm
arnholm2001
Oct 28, 2007 12:19 pm
Hi Ken, ... We are happy it is useful :-) We hope the upcoming features will be useful also. We have spent quite some time designing and implementing guiding...
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Ken Hough
ykenhough
Oct 28, 2007 6:45 pm
... I wasn't suggesting that MS Windows be abandoned at all cost, but the alternative is looking pretty darned good these days. I agree that choice is good....
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Clive Rogers
covpops
Oct 28, 2007 11:40 pm
... <snip> ... I'll second that. Well done the both of you. -- Kindest regards, Clive http://homepage.ntlworld.com/c.rogers/ Fighting for darker skies. From...
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Carsten A. Arnholm
arnholm2001
Oct 29, 2007 7:28 pm
Hi all, Here is the 17P/Holmes comet as seen by wxAstroCapture <http://www.arnholm.org/tmp/17p_holmes_wxAC_00003.jpg> 19:07 UT, single exposure 20s Telescope:...
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Clive Rogers
covpops
Oct 29, 2007 10:21 pm
Hi Carsten, ... Very good image and captured under Linux. You kept that quiet about the Artemis 285 working under linux. I didn't even know it could work...
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Carsten A. Arnholm
arnholm2001
Oct 29, 2007 11:36 pm
... Hi Clive, Thanks for those words :-) No webcam driver, Martin has implemented an Artemis driver in wxAstroCapture ... Clear skies Carsten A. Arnholm ...
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Clive Rogers
covpops
Nov 1, 2007 1:14 am
Hello All, Finally a night that sort of played nice. Here is my 17P Holmes. 300 X 1 Sec. Captured and processed under Kubuntu using my SC3. Thanks Carsten and...
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Clive Rogers
covpops
Nov 1, 2007 1:22 am
I think I should have put this through Gimp to brighten it up a little like this. It looks a little dark on my desktop. That will teach me to process on my ...
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Carsten A. Arnholm
arnholm2001
Nov 1, 2007 8:35 am
... Hi Clive! A great image and a milestone for wxAstroCapture on Linux, well done! You seem to have managed the exposure very well, lots of stars visible...
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Clive Rogers
covpops
Nov 1, 2007 9:28 am
Hello Carsten, ... Thank you for the kind words. Sorry, I normally give all the information with the image. Note to self. Self, don't type letters when...
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usafcajun
Nov 2, 2007 7:36 pm
Just wanted to drop a note saying 'Hey'. I just recently stumbled upon this software while looking for apps to install. I wiped XP home from the laptop I was...
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Carsten A. Arnholm
arnholm2001
Nov 2, 2007 8:43 pm
... Hi Bob and welcome to the group! XP Home to Ubunto 7.10 sounds like a good idea :-) Did you actually try the SAC7 with wxAstroCapture? AFAIK SAC7 is...
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usafcajun
Nov 2, 2007 8:52 pm
I'll give you a report either later tonight or tomorrow. I do know that my Logitech Quickcam 4000's work with it fine but they're unmodified at this time. ......
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Ken Hough
ykenhough
Nov 2, 2007 9:10 pm
... As part of my writup on the pages mentioned above, I'm looking for information about controlling modified webcams via USB/serial converters which I...
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Carsten A. Arnholm
arnholm2001
Nov 3, 2007 3:09 pm
... Hi Ken, When you use a USB/Serial connection, the OS provides a new serial port to applications. At least this is true on Windows, I have not yet tried it ...
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usafcajun
Nov 3, 2007 8:00 pm
Well, as luck would have it, my SAC7 displays as a Quickcam 3000 and not the Philips. I need to play with the software some more though....
