The plugin is included with CCDInspector, but you can buy it separately for less than half the price. Just look for CCDIS/p plugin download.
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On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 07:38 PM, Stu Beaber wrote:
Thanks Paul...yes I've been using CCDstack for quite a while now. From what I see, to use the plugin you also need CCDInspecter, Right? If I can't get RegiStar going again, I may look into that...
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On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 7:22 PM Paul Kanevsky < yh@...> wrote: Ah, yes, I understand. If you decide to stay with CCDStack, you may want to try the CCDIS/p CCDStack plugin (full disclosure: I wrote it) to do the same type of alignment, rotation and even scale changes that Registar does.?
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On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 06:54 PM, Stu Beaber wrote:
Yeah Paul I can but I do multi night imaging ...sometimes a month apart due to weather and I get a little bit of rotation...CCDStack is a bit of trouble to eliminate the rotation. Registar did a great job effortlessly the first time...I liked it...I'm sure it something I'm doing wrong...Only my second time using it!
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On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 6:41 PM Paul Kanevsky < yh@...> wrote: Stu, can't you use CCDStack to align and stack? Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to do.
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Thanks Paul...yes I've been using CCDstack for quite a while now. From what I see, to use the plugin you also need CCDInspecter, Right? If I can't get RegiStar going again, I may look into that...
Tks, Stu
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 7:22 PM Paul Kanevsky < yh@...> wrote: Ah, yes, I understand. If you decide to stay with CCDStack, you may want to try the CCDIS/p CCDStack plugin (full disclosure: I wrote it) to do the same type of alignment, rotation and even scale changes that Registar does.?
Regards,
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On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 06:54 PM, Stu Beaber wrote:
Yeah Paul I can but I do multi night imaging ...sometimes a month apart due to weather and I get a little bit of rotation...CCDStack is a bit of trouble to eliminate the rotation. Registar did a great job effortlessly the first time...I liked it...I'm sure it something I'm doing wrong...Only my second time using it!
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On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 6:41 PM Paul Kanevsky < yh@...> wrote: Stu, can't you use CCDStack to align and stack? Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to do.
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Ah, yes, I understand. If you decide to stay with CCDStack, you may want to try the CCDIS/p CCDStack plugin (full disclosure: I wrote it) to do the same type of alignment, rotation and even scale changes that Registar does.?
Regards,
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On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 06:54 PM, Stu Beaber wrote:
Yeah Paul I can but I do multi night imaging ...sometimes a month apart due to weather and I get a little bit of rotation...CCDStack is a bit of trouble to eliminate the rotation. Registar did a great job effortlessly the first time...I liked it...I'm sure it something I'm doing wrong...Only my second time using it!
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On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 6:41 PM Paul Kanevsky < yh@...> wrote: Stu, can't you use CCDStack to align and stack? Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to do.
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Yeah Paul I can but I do multi night imaging ...sometimes a month apart due to weather and I get a little bit of rotation...CCDStack is a bit of trouble to eliminate the rotation. Registar did a great job effortlessly the first time...I liked it...I'm sure it something I'm doing wrong...Only my second time using it!
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 6:41 PM Paul Kanevsky < yh@...> wrote: Stu, can't you use CCDStack to align and stack? Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to do.
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Stu, can't you use CCDStack to align and stack? Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to do.
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yeah it seems pretty pricey for the limited functions it does and it sounds like it's not doing it that well for you right now :(
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 3:19 PM Stu Beaber < wd4sel@...> wrote: Yeah...I realized that but didn't think I'd say anything. I can make it work but I have to prealign?in CCDStack first...Not sure what the problem is but that's a fair amount of $ for something that doesn't work...Probably something I'm doing wrong cause it worked the first time!...
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 5:53 PM Brian Valente < bvalente@...> wrote: Ah okay. i think others may have been referring to regisaxx
honestly i didn't even know about this app until you mentioned it
there's a support email on their webpage, maybe drop them a line?
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 2:34 PM Stu Beaber < wd4sel@...> wrote:
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 5:15 PM Brian Valente < bvalente@...> wrote: Are we talking about Registar or Registaxx?
I use it for all my planetary processing.? Lots of tutorials on YouTube.? Post your question and will try to help.
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Yeah...I realized that but didn't think I'd say anything. I can make it work but I have to prealign?in CCDStack first...Not sure what the problem is but that's a fair amount of $ for something that doesn't work...Probably something I'm doing wrong cause it worked the first time!...
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 5:53 PM Brian Valente < bvalente@...> wrote: Ah okay. i think others may have been referring to regisaxx
honestly i didn't even know about this app until you mentioned it
there's a support email on their webpage, maybe drop them a line?
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 2:34 PM Stu Beaber < wd4sel@...> wrote:
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 5:15 PM Brian Valente < bvalente@...> wrote: Are we talking about Registar or Registaxx?
I use it for all my planetary processing.? Lots of tutorials on YouTube.? Post your question and will try to help.
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Ah okay. i think others may have been referring to regisaxx
honestly i didn't even know about this app until you mentioned it
there's a support email on their webpage, maybe drop them a line?
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 2:34 PM Stu Beaber < wd4sel@...> wrote:
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 5:15 PM Brian Valente < bvalente@...> wrote: Are we talking about Registar or Registaxx?
I use it for all my planetary processing.? Lots of tutorials on YouTube.? Post your question and will try to help.
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Re: Permanent Pier Parking
Nice writeup and description Jerry
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 12:54 PM < gford1@...> wrote: Russ,
My setup is on a permanent pier in a ROR observatory.? I set my "Home" position to be 90 degrees, where my counterweight bar is level to the deck, and park at Home when I finish observing.? Need to do that or the roof will hit the telescope when closing it.? Added benefit also is I can roll the roof off before I observe to let the temperature regulate, without starting Gemini and without hitting the telescope.
I always start Gemini with "warm restart" from Home position.? I understood it to be the same as Brian's description.? It works fine with no problems, models are good, accuracy is good.? Warm Start is used when starting from CWD position.
Once you set a Home position, you will have two park choices, Park at CWD or Park at Home.
So yes, its do-able (and very convenient too).
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Are we talking about Registar or Registaxx?
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Thanks Russ ...I use it for deep sky stacking...but I do like the price of "free ware"
Stu
I always had issues stacking images in Registax (I use it for the wavelets and only Registax for planetary images).? I find PIPP (freeware) to be much easier for stacking images.
Are you using Registax for planetary or deep sky?? If deep sky, definitely consider PixInsight to do almost everything.? SIRIL is also a great software for stacking and processing (freeware).
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I always had issues stacking images in Registax (I use it for the wavelets and only Registax for planetary images).? I find PIPP (freeware) to be much easier for stacking images.
Are you using Registax for planetary or deep sky?? If deep sky, definitely consider PixInsight to do almost everything.? SIRIL is also a great software for stacking and processing (freeware).
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Thanks Russ...I'm not sure what the question is! I've had this software just a few days now. The first set of images I input to it worked like a champ. I think it was about 30 or so...actually I input 58 at first and it wouldn't handle that many. All aligned, I made 4 images (LRGB) and went to other processing software and all was good. Now the more times I try to use it the less it will aline anything. The images are fairly bright (in CCDStack) before I input to RegiStar but are very dim in RegiStar. Can hardly see any stars. Ha images are worst than that...nearly black. Seems like the more I fool with it the worst it gets. Maybe I need to look at some of those You Tube tutorials.
Sorry to be so vague.
Stu
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On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 11:43 AM, Aaron Lovett wrote:
I would love to have a way for the scope to actually that it is parked where it thinks it is.? I saw in the Gemini 2 user group that the unit can support homing switches.? Do we know if Losmandy plans to make this available as an accessory?
There is always Port E but you would need to write software and install a couple of switches for it to work and then there is always the issue of DEC rotation messing up the works so I don't think this will be offered anytime soon.?? ? -- Chip Louie Chief Daydreamer Imagination Hardware?
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Re: Permanent Pier Parking
Russ,
My setup is on a permanent pier in a ROR observatory.? I set my "Home" position to be 90 degrees, where my counterweight bar is level to the deck, and park at Home when I finish observing.? Need to do that or the roof will hit the telescope when closing it.? Added benefit also is I can roll the roof off before I observe to let the temperature regulate, without starting Gemini and without hitting the telescope.
I always start Gemini with "warm restart" from Home position.? I understood it to be the same as Brian's description.? It works fine with no problems, models are good, accuracy is good.? Warm Start is used when starting from CWD position.
Once you set a Home position, you will have two park choices, Park at CWD or Park at Home.
So yes, its do-able (and very convenient too).
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Re: Permanent Pier Parking
I park my RC 10 on parallel to earth with the scope on the east and the scope pointed about 20 Degrees down so that dust will not collect as much. You can set this as your home position using the hand control and it will work with ascom then.
Hope this helps.
Aubrey
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Russ,
A pier and a roll off shed is what I have also. Normally the mount sits in the CWD position until I go to start up. I then use Park at Home in the menu to get the counterweight bar to be horizontal, and the scope axis is horizontal too in this position. Then
I can roll off the roof without collision. To set this orientation, I used the buttons on the Hand Controller (with speed set at Slew) to move into position, then used Set Home in the Hand Controller Park menu. From this Home position, I usually just go straight
to a bright star, and Sync after confirming it's centered in the eyepiece, guide cam, or main cam. Then again to close up, I hit Park at Home to fold over, close the roof, then hit Park at CWD as the stationary position. I usually put a cover over the scope
if I won't be returning for at lest several days.
But with Home and CWD already set, I usually don't need the Hand Controller for a new session. After powering on the mount, I start the Gemini app and hit connect. It will give me a pop up on the computer screen which says Cold Start, Warm Start (from CWD),
and Warm Restart. I choose Warm Start and I'm good to go. For this pop up, you must go the the app's Set Up Menu, and under Configure Telescope, select Prompt if Not Started in the Boot Mode box. You can also select Cold Start, Warm Start, or Warm Restart
as the preferred start mode, but if prefer to select how I am starting in the pop up. With Warm Start my last model will be used and I can usually go directly to the bright star. I may have to slew a bit if I released the clutches, or if I bumped the scope
a bit, and then hit Sync again. The model can last quite a few sessions unless I sync on the wrong star, or Sequence Generator Pro slews to the wrong part of the sky, which can happen when clouds mess up a platesolve.
But with CWD and Home set as above, I can just flop over whenever I need to move the roof. That's about it.
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The built-in levels are only for leveling the base, right? ?They don¡¯t really help with CWD. ?Are there some other levels I haven¡¯t seen?
I will try Michael¡¯s suggestion of leveling the counterweight shaft horizontally and then use the setting circles to rotate 90?.
But as you say, it really is not that critical. ?It¡¯s just that I'm a precise kind of guy.
Bill On Jan 23, 2021, at 12:48 PM, Brian Valente < bvalente@...> wrote:
Hi Bill
The built-in levels are good for that, and I'm not sure using an external level is going to make much of an improvement
The value of an accurate "bubble level" CWD is to improve the accuracy of your first goto . Once you align and start building a model, it's not going to have much impact?past that.?? On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 10:21 AM Bill Tschumy < bill@...> wrote: Guys and Gals,
I believe some folks have said they use a level to achieve an accurate CWD position.? On my G811 there doesn¡¯t seem to be a great place to put a level.? I end up setting it on the worn cover? of the Dec axis worm.? That is not ideal because:
1. It assumes you have accurately rotated the Dec axis to 90?
2. It assumes the worm cover is actually at 90? to the counterweight shaft.
I realize that small errors in CWD are probably not that significant, but I was just wondering is there is a better way to accurately find CWD.
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Re: RA Divisor on Gemini 2 G811 mount.
56096 was the RA divisor for G11 and Gemini-1. With Gemini-2, the correct value is 448771.
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