If you can find them in the appropriate size/ specification then have a look at the SUNON range of DR Maglev fans with VAPO bearings. That fan...
Hi Darien. When I updated TheSkyX from the old 32-bit only version to the dual 32/64-bit version a few years back there wasn’t any impact to...
Hello Darien. Just a few observations from my own experience with TheSkyX, CMOS cameras in general and USB hubs. +1 for using an industrial USB...
Hi Eric. FWIW…. Re LED flat panel brightness. Many LED panels use PWM (pulse width modulators) to vary the brightness and at minimum brightness...
Hi Robert. You just need to run one-time-only both TheSkyX and MaxIm Dl “As Administrator” so that both applications scripting interfaces are...
Hello Doug, James. Just following up on your reply from yesterday. I don't know the focal length of James's system but with the large sensors...
Hi Colin, & James. Currently, ACP writes a fits keyword to the image header "ROT_PA" and writes the mechanical angle of the rotator as the value....
Hi Mike, Colin. I had a quick look at your M27 images while waiting for my own images from Portugal to download this morning, I'm not sure that...
Hi Mike. It’s not really possible to tell much from the photo, although the innermost black ring which is possibly the focuser draw tube does...
Hi Mike. It could be the prism as you suggested, just on the edge of the main camera sensor. One tip I learned with setting up the position of...
Greg. You probably know this already but as Doug didn’t mention it, besides adding an extra pair of optical surfaces to the path this method of...
The results are rather counterintuitive Carl, you would normally expect incandescent lamps to produce a continuous spectrum with no "tooth comb"...
John. The latest image looks better for exposure but the colour channels are incorrect, see attached extract below. Make a visual check on the...
John. From very much an amateurs level.... You have quite a wide ranging set of questions here and you are also operating across different...
Hi Chris. Are you certain that the full frame image is really saturated? MaxIm DL has always had a “quirk” that it displays an auto-stretched...
Sent download link for MaxIm DL 518 to registered Cyanogen Customer, Barry Schellenberg, by private message. Barry. You should have received a...
Hi Ira. Sorry I can't help specifically with the camera problem, although from your description this sounds a bit like a USB or network...
Hi Moos. The mfc100.dll and ntdll.dll dynamic link libraries are common Windows components and ntdll.dll in particular shows up in literally...
Those latest OIII flats look just as expected but if you look very carefully at the new OIII flats and previous SII flats you can see what looks...
Just a suggestion. Try repeating your OIII flats using sky-flats and not panel flats and see if that is significantly different. Many LED panels...
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