Autofocus area of interest - by: schwim
I'm imaging NGC3521 presently. For whatever reason the autofocus auto-star algorithm always picks the core of the galaxy as a focus point rather than the bright stars just off center. This seems like...
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Mono ASI Camera is giving Bayer pattern - by: Gilles
Hi For a few days my mono asi camera (both 120MM and 178MM) have been displayed like color camera in fits viewer And fits header says "RGGB pattern... Anyone having this too ? Gilles.
View ArticleLast nights issues - by: pentaxian23
1. Solver doesn’t retry when it fails 2. Solver fails when it doesn’t wait for movement to settle 3. There is a meridian flip setting in the Capture pane and one in the Mount pane. Which one is used?...
View Articlekstars/ekos crashes when running indi v4l2 webcam - by: totoantibes
I have the following setup all on a powered USB hub attached to a RPi3mb+ running the latest updates (just did an apt-get update and running the 1.7.6: heq5 Serial to USB canon 6dmII logitech 905...
View ArticleRe:how to automatically restart kstar after a crash - by: deruazpepin
Hi, I experience some kstars crash one night every too. I would like to restart it automatically when it crashes. For this I have a process that tests the kstar process and that is able to relaunch it...
View ArticleHow to set up 2x robofocus motors - by: colin
Hi. Been using stellarmate os fo a few months now. Had some teething problems but in the end they were memory card related. Faulty memory card. My problem now is getting two instances of robo focus...
View ArticleGuide bin settings reset to 1x1 at app start - by: schwim
I've noticed the autoguide bin settings are set back to 1x1 each time I start Ekos. I change it to 2x2, it runs that way for the sesssion, but the setting does not persist across app restarts. I'm...
View Articleguiding calibration issues - by: the.cakemaker
Hi! I am using my setup like in the signature. I guide via the internal guider, what works quite "well" but could be a bit more accurate. i am most of the time between 2 arcsecs but there are some...
View ArticleCapture Modul: Option for Flat-Darks - by: NH
Hi everyone, I have a question concerning the Capture Module: Are there any plans to implement a „Flat-Dark“ Option? If you click on Bias it will automatically take the shortest possible exposure time....
View ArticleInstalled Indi drivers - List - by: wornish
Is it possible to see what Indi drivers are currently installed on my RPi ? And can the ones you dont need be removed?
View ArticleFocus module - set camera download mode to focus while focusing? - by: schwim
I was testing full frame focusing last night and had some good success. The caveat is that my camera takes ~11 seconds to download the full frame subs. This is why subframes are usually preferred....
View ArticleInstalled INDI, Kstars, and Eros but broke SkySafari - by: cbutterworth
I had SkySafari 6 Plus running on my Mac. Equipment details were entered. After installing KStars with the Indi/Ekos bits, I now cannot access the “Telescope” tab in SkySafari. Any ideas what I need to...
View Articleerror building asi-indi - by: Doliometer
Trying to compile asi-indi. Starts OK : indi_asi_wheel compiles But asi_focuser.cpp fails. Messages to stderr below. Actually, I only need indi_asi_ccd but I don't yet see how to take the focuser out...
View Articlefeed back when working with local storage of images - by: patdut
Hello all, Yesterday I worked in remote with 2 PCs. One was running an INDI sever and the other Kstars and Ekos. Both were connected via wifi. The data flow goes from 200kb/s to 1.2Mb/s between the 2...
View ArticleRe:Scheduler - by: hy
Last night the skies were finally clear, but we had guests for dinner. I had never used the scheduler before, and this seemed the perfect time for it. I have no focuser (yet), and the mount was polar...
View ArticleRe:guiding calibration issues - by: the.cakemaker
Hi! I am using my setup like in the signature. I guide via the internal guider, what works quite "well" but could be a bit more accurate. i am most of the time between 2 arcsecs but there are some...
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mosaic job creator does not retrieve camera informations - by: Christian
Hi all, When i want to create a mosaic job, only focal length has been retrieved. The image size and sensor size doesn't. I must entering it manually. could you retrieve this informations from the...
View ArticleNew Cam - any experience with Atik Horizon or Starlight XPress Trius SX814 -...
Hi, I am looking for a new camera, ideally it should have both, USB 3.0 and an argon-filled chamber to prevent icing on the sensor (the latter is a big problem with the cam I am having now). This...
View ArticlePHD2 crashes - by: Kaczorek
I've been using ZWO ASI120MM for guiding for quite a long time. I flashed with compatible firmware for linux and it works quite well. Sometimes it renders bad frames but I can live with this. I have...
View ArticleCannot seem to get EKOS to recognize my mount - by: Highkamp
I was finally able to get SM to connect via wifi to my laptop and have set up my profile in EKOS for focus, camera, and guider but cannot for the life of me make it see my mount (iOptron 120). I tried...
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