Doug, when it works properly, the software immediately boots the AOX and I get those screens. When Firmware 14 tries, the AOX screens flash open...
Colin, I was actually running firmware revision 8 before I was doing some hardware upgrades so I decided to do Firmware upgrade. While revision...
Hello, I am running AC4040/FW7 filter wheel/SC3 guider/AO-X and successfully loaded Firmware Rev 13 and connected to camera. I tried upgrading...
Thanks for the advice William. I do have plenty of backfous room for the addition of the holder and plan to always have two filters in the path....
Doug, Perfect. I am out running errands but will get this ordered this afternoon. thanks so much. Greg
Absolutely! This is excellent Doug. At that cost it is worth the risk just to conduct the experiment. But the design looks perfect to make this a...
Nylon would be fine as long as the mechanism for fastening the filter holds tight at all relevant temperatures. I realize it would add one more...
Yes, it would be in the optical path at all times.
I live in East Phoenix and we have Bortles 4-5 skies to the East , but 6-8 when pointing southwest to west. I have gotten good results from the...
Mark, thanks for the comments. and that image comparison is cool. I am working on acquiring Abell's planetary nebula list which originated from a...
Here is a recent image from data I acquired with the Aluma AC4040 Camera on a CDK20. 25 Hrs of LRGB + Ha data Data acquired in HighStack Pro...
Eric, I don’t actually spend half the night doing darks and I have built a dark library for each readout mode and acquisition time I use, for...
Colin, thanks and no problem posting. The second one on Astrobin was made with "Frank Breslawski's "crazy formula" which does variable color...
Here is a recent mosaic image I completed of two panels of the Rosette Nebula. Taken with an AC4040 with AOX and a Planewave CDK20. This is 17 hrs...
Eric, you are correct. Flat-darks must match the readout mode and exposure time of flat-lights. As long as the acquisition mode of the light and...
Merrel, I sent you an email so we can have direct communication. Thanks for the kind words on my Astrobin pictures. I am still hit or miss on...
Merrel, HighStackPro. Great idea but I experienced it it locking in CMOS chip patterns that I can't get rid of in dark subtraction. I spent...
Well, that explains why I can’t get the software to change settings. OK, I processed an image with a good deal of ghosting yesterday. Stacking...
I have been seeing ghosting on my sensor. After images with bright stars (in the last case narrowband with 300s light frames), I can see ghosts in...
Doug, I was bold enough to loosen the shutter retaining screw while holding the shutter fully closed. I then re-tightened the screw. This seemed...
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