Get it cooled before you do anything. Edited by Astrofax66, 14 August 2020 - 01:14 AM. Its easier to find things later. Yes it is. Its very fast to solve compared to the others. With the NexDome, this article and more so in the video, I outline how I run things. Later, There is a problem with the new interface for negative DEC values. This way if there was some massive backlash or wind or anything after a meridian flip/slew it will retry. Mt CEM60 is a nice mount but it's not that good! You can arrange the various info boxes around the image by locking on to the arrows that appear as you drag the windows around. I have no idea why. Go yo Astap download page and Second, is the focus well adjusted? In the Plate Solving tab, i have the various plate solvers configured, but my main one is ASTAP. We can set things like when auto focus should run, the slew to target and plate solve options and other settings. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Here you can set targets and pull targets from Stellarium using the “GPS” button in the upper right. But when NINA runs the plate solving as part of a sequence start, it always gets a perfect match: Every time it claims zero error! Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality. The version did undergo a fair amount of testing and is stable to use for your imaging runs. How I said, plate solving sometimes it works, 5 minutes later sometimes not.. Edited by Astrofax66, 14 August 2020 - 01:07 AM. The settings below are different than in the video I did for this, afterwards I made a few changes to try next time. The image is deleted after you stop Nina. In the video I show the results I achieve for both the Crab Nebula and a run on the Cigar Galaxy. This will save whatever images you take in your imaging output folder with the date of exposure. Definitely check out the image that fails to plate solve. I will try it next time. Also, in order for HFR values to appear in the file names you must make sure the star is “turned on” in the mini menu to the upper right of the image. Copyright © 2019 Stargazers Lounge Is it possible that I do something wrong? One nice feature of NINA is that you can launch a separate profile for each telescope configuration, ie: an F7 one or a Hyperstar profile. Let your scope slew to VEGA. Edited by han.k, 13 August 2020 - 01:22 PM. Sign up for a new account in our community. Operating a dome / observatory can involve quite a few pieces of software to tie it all together. So now I have the Digital Loggers Remote Web unit and another one that I found an amazon. Then its time to open the shutter in the ASCOM device hub (takes about 1 minute). Once you have taken an image, click the Image button/tab to view the image. If you are using the narrowband filters, 5 seconds may not be enough. Then I try it 5 - 10 times - and sometimes it works - or not. Read more at NINA discussions: Using it now as PlateSolve2 substitute will not reduce the performance or usage. For Plate solving the main camera - (main telescope and not the guiding telescope) will be used - its right? You can also just click platesolve tab and click run platesolve there, but i find using the imaging tab and changing times there and looping or taking single exposures and clicking the platesolve this image icon works great. So you can have a better look at it. There are other deeper features in NINA, but for the purposes of this article this was a broad overview. Of course the main area used in NINA is the Sequences area. In NINA, if you have a cooled camera. And speaking of ASTAP and NINA, which is lying? It's good to have all the infos and advice, should any issues pop up. 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Plate Solving Settings (ASTAP) Yes exactly, when I remember - I also thought, that sometimes the pictures which has been taken for the plate solving process (when I start the sequence in N.I.N.A) are not really shaped. If I do the plate solving manually in the imaging window, I get to within a few pixels of being centered. ASTAP works like a charm for a week straight and then fails once out of the blue. The method is based on what traditionally is called "reducing the plate measurements. This matches my experience with both ASTAP and ASPS in APT. DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing, CCD/CMOS Astro Camera Imaging & Processing, Community Forum Software by IP.BoardLicensed to: Cloudy Nights, A barrier island 18 miles south of Cocoa Beach, This is not recommended for shared computers, Back to Beginning and Intermediate Imaging, Rigging a camera for stability and easier focusing (pic), Cleaning mold from interior of 4" doublet, First Light with the Meade 5000 UWA 5.5mm.