Hy, that's great news.
As ever, don't hesitate to pass on anything you need testing. This or anything else.
Cheers and clear skies,
Steve
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Hi everyone
I've 2 guide setups. One with a guide scope and the other with an oag. Separate cameras for each.
Question: is it possible to store and reuse calibrations for each?
Cheers and clear skies,
Steve
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Hi
EQ6 user here using indi-eqmod. Assuming the same then unless you have loadsa alignment points all over the sky, you need to check
Settings > EKOS > Capture > reset mount model after meridian flip
Worth a try maybe?
Cheers and clear skies,
Steve
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Hi. Sorry, no idea about the regression but I too have now switched to Hy's new GPG pec and SEP multistar. That combination has taken my star fwhm consistently lower than the PHD2's equivalent.
Probably best to look at the images themselves though rather than RMS.
Cheers and clear skies,
Steve
So much discussion. It must be near fill moon!
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PHD2's default is 12 iterations to give a 25 pixel move. The pulse length is determined according to guide speed and camera pixel size.
Would a pulse length calculation remove some of the confusion perhaps?
OTOH, I used EKOS' default of a pulse of 1000ms. It gave 3 pulses on each axis. I've reused this calibration 10 times without problems.
Cheers,
Steve
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Hy, everyone
Would it be useful to have a list of mounts and whether the reverse Dec is needed? E.g.
Indi-eqmod: unchecked
Indi-whatever the op used: checked
etc...
Cheers,
Steve
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Right, later today we'll release an updated version where you can choose the executable.
Hi
We have the update in git.
We were discussing ekos-debugger and the possibility of being able to choose which executable is used.
TIA,
Steve
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Hi Hy
I've been guiding using the new SEP multistar for several sessions and the dark frame subtraction either
doesn't work
(it keeps asking to take new frames) or when it does, makes no improvement to the guiding or the image produced from the guide camera.
@Hy: Doesn't SEP take into account background noise levels before star detection anyway?
I think that if this were to work properly, you'd need to make a master from several dark frames and subtract that instead. Otherwise a single dark frame is going to add more noise to the guide frame. This is how PHD2 does it; when setting up your guide profile, a dark library is made with say, 1s to 5s exposures. 5 dark frames are taken at each exposure and the master subtracted from the guide image, dependent upon which exposure is being used.
I'm happy with the SEP without the dark frame hassle. It just works.
Cheers,
Steve
** as an aside, dark frame subtraction doesn't seem to be logged.
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Ubuntu users.
I see the first point release for 20.04 is due August 6th.
What's the arrangement for updating? I run stable PPA from Jasem's 18.04 repository and test the git from the build directory.
I'm guessing the git will build and run fine. Not sure about the ppa.
Anyone?
Cheers,
Steve
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