Can I use outside software for imaging after platesolving? #ascom #question
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Hello!
I was wondering if, after playesolving with the SiTechZWO program I can use outside software like Sharpcap to do imaging and or EAA? |
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Chris Waters
Hello Matija, About various software suites:- I use Sitech,Nebulosity.Cartes du Ciel and indirectly Astroart 7
which is used by Sitech My procedure is as follows. . start Sitec, start Nebulosity and connect my CCD camera,start CDC Then connect to the mount in CDC, and go to a bright star for frame and focus in Nebulosity, when focussed set ofset init .in CDC then shut down Nebulosity and then goto tonight's target with CDC. Then in Sitech:- features,runscrip,platesolve stuff do a single photo init. then in CDC slew to target. repeat these
two steps until the scope does not move when asked to slew to
target in CDC then exit from Astroart7 (to free up the camera) and start Nebulosity again, set all the Neb parameters then make an imaging run. I hope this helps Chris
On 17/10/22 17:13,
matija.sircelj@... wrote:
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SIMON
The simple answer is yes. But to be honest I never touch the driver, I simply use NINA for everything (slew, focus, plate solve, change filter, guide and image) if I am doing solar imaging then I just use sharpcap ( image, focus, filter, slew) and do a goto in Carte du Ciel) and again ignore the driver.
My personal view is the driver should be just that, a driver, i.e. an interface so that ASCOM clients can talk to the mount, it shouldnt be interacting with the user at all once connected, except at initial setup - I.e. the first time you install the hardware.
My personal advice is do the plate solve etc. In your client software and just minimise/ignore the driver.
Hope this helps
Simon.
On 17 Oct 2022, at 11:48, "Chris Waters via groups.io" <bigpond.com@groups.io target=_blank>muletopia=bigpond.com@groups.io> wrote:
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John Cliff
Hi Matija, It sounds like you are making good progress. I also use CDC to get initial alignment after polar alignment. I use NINA for deepsky imaging and FireCapture for planetary. Either can work in parallel with Scitech. Sharpcap should also work and i have used APT as well before finding NINA. NINA communicates very well with scitech and CDC. I use NINA because it does a good job integrating scope, camera, filter, focuser, and guider. Once I'm roughly aligned and the scope knows where it is, I platesolve from inside NINA. Guiding, autofocus, and filter changes (if im using a filter wheel that night) are all managed during image acquisition. There are MANY other solutions. This one is working for me. Good luck.
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richard martin
Hi Matija, my personal setup uses SGP (sequence generator pro) plus Phd2. To start up I do this:
There are many different ways of working, this is just mine (after many iterations of software & hardware!) Richard |
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