A beautiful image Bruce of a most interesting galaxy.? Well done!
Clear skies, Kevin
From: "bw msg01" <bw_msg01@...> To: "QSI-CCD" < [email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2024 11:29:03 PM Subject: [QSI-CCD] NGC 488 image
NGC 488 is a rather pretty spiral galaxy in Pisces, located about 90M light-years away. ?Its disk displays well-ordered, evenly spaced and tightly wound spiral arms with an unusual amount of subtle detail. The nucleus of NGC 488 has been found to be chemically decoupled, being twice as metal rich as the central bulge of the galaxy. ?This is usually taken to mean that it has consumed some number of smaller satellite galaxies in the past.
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I found post-processing to be a bit challenging on this one.? The galaxy disk has low contrast and the spiral detail that makes the target so unique is quite delicate.? As a result, it takes some care to avoid making the detail look too "blocky".? I followed Bernard Miller's advice and got extra color data because the galaxy colors are also quite subdued.? The image was captured over a 6-night period in September-October 2024 using a 12.5" PlaneWave scope and a QSI-640ws camera at f/8 from SkyPi? Remote Observatories.? Total LRGB integration was 21 hours.
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Thanks for looking,
Bruce W.
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Bruce,
That’s simply gorgeous.
Geof?
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NGC 488 is a rather pretty spiral galaxy in Pisces, located about 90M light-years away. ?Its disk displays well-ordered, evenly spaced and tightly wound spiral arms with an unusual amount of subtle detail. The nucleus of NGC 488 has been found to be chemically
decoupled, being twice as metal rich as the central bulge of the galaxy. ?This is usually taken to mean that it has consumed some number of smaller satellite galaxies in the past.
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I found post-processing to be a bit challenging on this one.? The galaxy disk has low contrast and the spiral detail that makes the target so unique is quite delicate.? As a result, it takes some care to avoid making the detail look too "blocky".? I followed
Bernard Miller's advice and got extra color data because the galaxy colors are also quite subdued.? The image was captured over a 6-night period in September-October 2024 using a 12.5" PlaneWave scope and a QSI-640ws camera at f/8 from SkyPi? Remote Observatories.?
Total LRGB integration was 21 hours.
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Thanks for looking,
Bruce W.
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Very well done, Bruce! ? Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von bw
Gesendet: Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2024 05:29
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Betreff: [QSI-CCD] NGC 488 image ? NGC 488 is a rather pretty spiral galaxy in Pisces, located about 90M light-years away. ?Its disk displays well-ordered, evenly spaced and tightly wound spiral arms with an unusual amount of subtle detail. The nucleus of NGC 488 has been found to be chemically decoupled, being twice as metal rich as the central bulge of the galaxy. ?This is usually taken to mean that it has consumed some number of smaller satellite galaxies in the past. I found post-processing to be a bit challenging on this one.? The galaxy disk has low contrast and the spiral detail that makes the target so unique is quite delicate.? As a result, it takes some care to avoid making the detail look too "blocky".? I followed Bernard Miller's advice and got extra color data because the galaxy colors are also quite subdued.? The image was captured over a 6-night period in September-October 2024 using a 12.5" PlaneWave scope and a QSI-640ws camera at f/8 from SkyPi? Remote Observatories.? Total LRGB integration was 21 hours.
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NGC 488 is a rather pretty spiral galaxy in Pisces, located about 90M light-years away. ?Its disk displays well-ordered, evenly spaced and tightly wound spiral arms with an unusual amount of subtle detail. The nucleus of NGC 488 has been found to be chemically decoupled, being twice as metal rich as the central bulge of the galaxy. ?This is usually taken to mean that it has consumed some number of smaller satellite galaxies in the past.
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I found post-processing to be a bit challenging on this one.? The galaxy disk has low contrast and the spiral detail that makes the target so unique is quite delicate.? As a result, it takes some care to avoid making the detail look too "blocky".? I followed Bernard Miller's advice and got extra color data because the galaxy colors are also quite subdued.? The image was captured over a 6-night period in September-October 2024 using a 12.5" PlaneWave scope and a QSI-640ws camera at f/8 from SkyPi? Remote Observatories.? Total LRGB integration was 21 hours.
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Thanks for looking,
Bruce W.
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Re: QSI 700 series cameras in stock and available now.
Hello Rebel,
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Our software team are looking into this issue and are in contact with the NINA about correcting the links older Atik SDK to stop it seeing the QSI camera.?
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Thanks
Vince
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@Wolfgang, Geof, and Kevin - thanks for the feedback!
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Bruce
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Re: QSI 700 series cameras in stock and available now.
Vince,
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Do you have an update on the NINA native QSI SDK?? Thanks.
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A beautiful image with wonderfully vivid color Bruce.? Well done!
Clear skies, Kevin
From: "bw msg01" <bw_msg01@...> To: "QSI-CCD" < [email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2024 11:16:01 PM Subject: [QSI-CCD] Sh2-170 image
Sh2-170, sometimes called the "little rosette nebula", is a faint, nearly circular hydrogen-alpha region in Cassiopeia. ?It surrounds a small young cluster of stars that provide sufficient ionizing radiation to make the nebula glow. Stellar winds from the new stars and embedded dust in the hydrogen gas combine to create the complex visual structures.
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The image was captured during 4 nights in September 2024 from SkyPi Remote Observatory using a 12.5" PlaneWave scope and a QSI-640ws camera at f/8 for a final HaLRGB integration of 16.5 hours.?
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Thanks for looking,
Bruce
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That was a tight squeeze Bruce, but it’s a great result.
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Sh2-170, sometimes called the "little rosette nebula", is a faint, nearly circular hydrogen-alpha region in Cassiopeia. ?It surrounds a small young cluster of stars that provide sufficient ionizing radiation to make the nebula glow. Stellar winds from
the new stars and embedded dust in the hydrogen gas combine to create the complex visual structures.
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The image was captured during 4 nights in September 2024 from SkyPi Remote Observatory using a 12.5" PlaneWave scope and a QSI-640ws camera at f/8 for a final HaLRGB integration of 16.5 hours.?
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Thanks for looking,
Bruce
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Looks great, Bruce! ? Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von bw
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Betreff: [QSI-CCD] Sh2-170 image ? Sh2-170, sometimes called the "little rosette nebula", is a faint, nearly circular hydrogen-alpha region in Cassiopeia. ?It surrounds a small young cluster of stars that provide sufficient ionizing radiation to make the nebula glow. Stellar winds from the new stars and embedded dust in the hydrogen gas combine to create the complex visual structures. The image was captured during 4 nights in September 2024 from SkyPi Remote Observatory using a 12.5" PlaneWave scope and a QSI-640ws camera at f/8 for a final HaLRGB integration of 16.5 hours.?
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Sh2-170, sometimes called the "little rosette nebula", is a faint, nearly circular hydrogen-alpha region in Cassiopeia. ?It surrounds a small young cluster of stars that provide sufficient ionizing radiation to make the nebula glow. Stellar winds from the new stars and embedded dust in the hydrogen gas combine to create the complex visual structures.
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The image was captured during 4 nights in September 2024 from SkyPi Remote Observatory using a 12.5" PlaneWave scope and a QSI-640ws camera at f/8 for a final HaLRGB integration of 16.5 hours.?
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Thanks for looking,
Bruce
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Re: Camera temp rising while reporting 100% - is the a defect?
The camera case is used as a big heat sink. The electronics will heat the case. As that heat warms the imaging chamber, I’d expect the temp to rise. Since your cooler is at 100%, maximally cooling, it cannot maintain the same temperature.
I’d run the cooler at 80-90% to leave some headroom for the cooling. The imaging chip is relatively low noise so the impact on images should be minimal.
Also the cooler will report 100% until the set temperature is reached. You should wait for temperature and % cooling measurements to stabilize before drawing conclusions.
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Re: Camera temp rising while reporting 100% - is the a defect?
I've had?the 6120 since it came out and find this temperature thing more of a big deal in summer. But in ALL cases, it settles down after a few minutes and everything works well. I was also concerned at first, but living too far away from the 'repair shop'
decided to just watch it and see how bad it gets. As long as it settled down I saw no problem. Getting good images too. Still settling down to the real temperature. I see no long-term worries - yet.
Steve E
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I have a QSI 532 that I acquired, used, and used for some months. Then, on one occasion, after the temperature had been falling as you would expect upon initialization, the reported temp suddenly reversed and started climbing while the cooler was still
reporting 100%. ?I contacted support and was told I could send it in for review, but finding a 683 on the market did not pursue it. ?Now I have a potential use for the camera, and in the meantime, I think I saw this same thing happen once with the 683, which
works fine and is still in use. ?I suspect that this occurred in the late afternoon in a hot observatory building, and I wonder if there is some potential explanation for this related to those conditions that explain the problem. ?I would send it in for repair
if that is needed. ?My astronomy club has a joint venture with a local university for a robotic photometry system, and the grant-funded AC2020 S-Big camera has been a two-year-long nightmare. ?The chip in this and the 683 are really well-suited for photometry.
?There is nothing on the market quite as good these days short of a significant 5 figure budget.?
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Camera temp rising while reporting 100% - is the a defect?
I have a QSI 532 that I acquired, used, and used for some months. Then, on one occasion, after the temperature had been falling as you would expect upon initialization, the reported temp suddenly reversed and started climbing while the cooler was still reporting 100%. ?I contacted support and was told I could send it in for review, but finding a 683 on the market did not pursue it. ?Now I have a potential use for the camera, and in the meantime, I think I saw this same thing happen once with the 683, which works fine and is still in use. ?I suspect that this occurred in the late afternoon in a hot observatory building, and I wonder if there is some potential explanation for this related to those conditions that explain the problem. ?I would send it in for repair if that is needed. ?My astronomy club has a joint venture with a local university for a robotic photometry system, and the grant-funded AC2020 S-Big camera has been a two-year-long nightmare. ?The chip in this and the 683 are really well-suited for photometry. ?There is nothing on the market quite as good these days short of a significant 5 figure budget.?
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Hola Pepe,
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Thanks, and were do I disable the ramp?
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Gracias
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Hi Rainer,
This might be related to what you are experiencing, the way NINA controls the cooling differs from?Maxim. NINA has a cooling and warming ramp that governs the speed of the cooling system, depending on the camera control it might look?like the camera is not working properly. You can disable this ramp mechanism and leave the?cooling to the camera firmware (Maxim does this).
Cheers,
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Well, I managed to get the QSI540wsg going using ASCOM v7 prerelease but the cooler behaves a bit strange. It cools but NINA reports cooler connected for a short period, then shuts off but? still the cooler is cooling.
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Just a short update to my monolog?? :-)
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Well, I managed to get the QSI540wsg going using ASCOM v7 prerelease but the cooler behaves a bit strange. It cools but NINA reports cooler connected for a short period, then shuts off but? still the cooler is cooling.
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Just a short update to my monolog?? :-)
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Re: QSI 700 series cameras in stock and available now.
I'll just add that I replaced the NINA's included SDK with the most recent Atik SDK (Aug 30th I think?), and the conflict between the Atik SDK and the QSI ASCOM driver went away. It still shows up as an Atik camera, but I can use the QSI driver. So that issue may already be fixed.
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Hi,
I just took the dust off of one of my QSI540wsg in order to use it with my Mewlon 250.
How do I reset the camera to factory default?
When connecting the camera via ASCOM to NINA it looks like the cooler is stuck. It does not activate the cooler anymore but it does activate it in MaxIm DL with no problem.
What could that be?
Thanks for any tip in advance
regards Rainer
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Geof Lewis
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