OK, so a fricken picture finally!
Dec 19, 2022 13:45:48 #
OK, I wiped out what I had by accident. All gone. 
And finally got a break last night, but was trying to run NINA and actually got to see it do some stuff.
Even plate solving and auto focusing. One small step for anybody, but one giant leap for me.
I was trying something simple, the Double Cluster, and was getting to a need for a meridian flip. But try as I might it just was not going to happen.
So frustrated and cold, I looked over my shoulder at my old friend Orion. Why not? It was in the Southern skies and prime for my location.
So I programmed in M42 into NINA, and let it take me there with its plate solving and auto focusing. Looked damn good to me.
I still don't have the imaging part of NINA figured out, nor the guiding. But after NINA got me there, and centered up with its magical plate solving and auto focus I had to resort to running my camera in ASI's Studio program, and kicking off PHD to guide.
Even though it seemed like a back door way to get any files, it ran cobbled up like that, and Nina kept things plate solved and in focus over the 6 1/2 hours it said it would take for the session.
So off to bed after a while of watching things remotely and a shrug of blind faith.
I had to get up early and get my gas pump at Sam's Club to fill up the Granny Vanny for the wife. So I pulled the telescope and computer in out of the cold at 05:20 Hrs. Then did the duties with the gas and another stop.
Then home to fiddle with the processing. That went surprisingly well for once in my life!
And although Orion is only B&W for now, I'm really pleased to have finally made some progress into automation and getting something I feel like actually posting.
I'm still muddling through YouTube videos about NINA, and exploring my processing.
But happy to have finally gotten this before the skies begin their undulation with sunny days and cloudy nights again.
Smeary edges and all.
Not cropped. Just aligned and stacked. I think it looks better downloaded.
My taste leans more towards fast food. So that would mean I have no taste....
Feel free to play if you'd like. The tif file was too bulky for UHH.
And finally got a break last night, but was trying to run NINA and actually got to see it do some stuff.
Even plate solving and auto focusing. One small step for anybody, but one giant leap for me.
I was trying something simple, the Double Cluster, and was getting to a need for a meridian flip. But try as I might it just was not going to happen.
So frustrated and cold, I looked over my shoulder at my old friend Orion. Why not? It was in the Southern skies and prime for my location.
So I programmed in M42 into NINA, and let it take me there with its plate solving and auto focusing. Looked damn good to me.
I still don't have the imaging part of NINA figured out, nor the guiding. But after NINA got me there, and centered up with its magical plate solving and auto focus I had to resort to running my camera in ASI's Studio program, and kicking off PHD to guide.
Even though it seemed like a back door way to get any files, it ran cobbled up like that, and Nina kept things plate solved and in focus over the 6 1/2 hours it said it would take for the session.
So off to bed after a while of watching things remotely and a shrug of blind faith.
I had to get up early and get my gas pump at Sam's Club to fill up the Granny Vanny for the wife. So I pulled the telescope and computer in out of the cold at 05:20 Hrs. Then did the duties with the gas and another stop.
Then home to fiddle with the processing. That went surprisingly well for once in my life!
And although Orion is only B&W for now, I'm really pleased to have finally made some progress into automation and getting something I feel like actually posting.
I'm still muddling through YouTube videos about NINA, and exploring my processing.
But happy to have finally gotten this before the skies begin their undulation with sunny days and cloudy nights again.
Smeary edges and all.
Not cropped. Just aligned and stacked. I think it looks better downloaded.My taste leans more towards fast food. So that would mean I have no taste....
Feel free to play if you'd like. The tif file was too bulky for UHH.
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Dec 19, 2022 16:16:35 #
Thank You!
Probably the best image I've ever gotten of Orion.
I blame the Hunter for dragging me into this so long ago. Orion was the first Nebula I viewed in the night sky.
Probably the best image I've ever gotten of Orion.
I blame the Hunter for dragging me into this so long ago. Orion was the first Nebula I viewed in the night sky.
Dec 19, 2022 16:47:16 #
I see you still have a backspacing issue to resolve, see attached (if it helps).
I had to try out this new program (PixInsight) by Russell Croman. It works so well, although, it's supposed to be run before you do any other processing (even prior to stretching). It uses AI to do the deconvolution process.
ann, btw, your optics are sooooo clean. Do you clean them often?
I had to try out this new program (PixInsight) by Russell Croman. It works so well, although, it's supposed to be run before you do any other processing (even prior to stretching). It uses AI to do the deconvolution process.
ann, btw, your optics are sooooo clean. Do you clean them often?
Dec 20, 2022 00:15:35 #
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Dec 20, 2022 10:12:49 #
SonnyE wrote:
OK, I wiped out what I had by accident. All gone. ... (show quote)
Very nice SonnyE, looks like what I see looking through a good telescope.
Dec 20, 2022 10:50:06 #
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Dec 20, 2022 12:14:47 #
BassmanBruce wrote:
Looks great! Nice work. 
Thank You, Bruce!
I'm appreciating the detail of a Mono camera. Now, to get a handle on the color.
Dec 20, 2022 12:21:49 #
alberio wrote:
Very nice SonnyE, looks like what I see looking through a good telescope.
Hey, Alberio, good to be back in the thick of it.
The changes are helping my enthusiasm. I actually look forward to going out into the cold to try doing my best again.
Better camera (Although Mono is particularly frustrating to me.), better guiding camera, and now, an automatic focuser (ASI EAF). I'm beginning to see what I could not before.
Every time I am doing an alignment with my equipment an old friend pops up when my mount and telescope slews to Alberio, and it reminds me of you.
Dec 20, 2022 12:26:06 #
SonnyE wrote:
Hey, Alberio, good to be back in the thick of it. ... (show quote)
Hahaha. I hope the mount didn't use the spelling I used for my avatar, or whatever you call it.
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