Introduction While trying to process some images taken with my SBig STF-8300M in PixInsight I was encountering problems; PI would not correctly read images from…
ACP provides a neat feature where you can get a no-ip address which allows you to access your observatory using a unique name (mine is…
Went out before the moon came up and got some readings in different areas nearby. The idea was to verify whether the map showing light…
I have gotten my replacement for the Foster Systems shutter control operational. Go to this page for more information. Basically, I have had too many…
I borrowed the SQM-L meter from NOAO again to try a new thing. As per Sky & Telescope, a new iPhone6 app allows me to…
I have been having an irregular problem where ACP imaging would fail when Maxim gets hung on reading the camera. I start an imaging run…
For months, I have been having trouble with FocusMax / ACP interaction problems. The Problem FocusMax (3.8.0.15) keeps crashing with the typical “Object not set”…
I recently had the opportunity to borrow a Sky Quality Meter from NOAO at Kitt Peak. This allowed me to measure the darkness at my…
Thinking about the effects of combining SubFrameSelector approved frames (versus using all the eye-balled frames), and the effect of drizzling. I was looking specifically at…
I was reading about the PixInsight tool SubFrameSelector, and wanted to see if it would be more useful for eliminating poor images from my work…