Hi all,

Just tested the latest stable version of KStars and was looking for objects for tonight if weather stays ok..
Check this short video: youtu.be/M9HHggrWOzE

Br, Markku

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Markku replied to the topic 'Canon DSLR focus module' in the forum. 1 month ago

Hi Walter,

It sounds much like something I was experiencing for a while ago..
Check this thread: www.indilib.org/forum/focusers-filter-wh...-behavior.html#93579
Br,
/Markku

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Hi John,

Thank you for the information, I'll try that tomorrow by setting overscan to 0.
I haven't seen any backlash so far but will keep an eye on it.

Br, Markku

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Problem solved!
When looking at all the settings for autofocus it seems that there is some settings there that interfere when I just want to manually change the focussetting, so I'm not sure why this is happens but it does, I think the settings for autofocus should affect just autofocus but I can be wrong about that.

Br, Markku

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Markku created a new topic ' Moonlite focuser strange behavior...' in the forum. 3 months ago

Hi all,

I have this recording to share with you, unfortunately no log but will post one soon.
Focusing test...
I change focus and the focuser goes wrong for some reason, then I click the run-button again and the focuser goes to where I wanted.

I use latest stable kstars/INDI.

Br, Markku

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Markku replied to the topic 'Misalignment after flip' in the forum. 6 months ago

Have you tried to resolve both images in ASTAP or some other way just to see if there is a difference, or if you check the FITS header if that shows something interesting, but maybe the log will make things clear.

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Markku replied to the topic 'Misalignment after flip' in the forum. 6 months ago

Hi Peter,

To me it looks like cone error, there is a way to fix it, just google and you will find the answer.

Br,
/Markku

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Markku replied to the topic 'Tracking rates changing in indi' in the forum. 10 months ago

Hi there,

I'v seen that if I point my scope at the moon the rate changes to moon rate automagically :)

Br,
/Markku

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Markku replied to the topic 'Ekos previews' in the forum. 10 months ago

Hi Steve,

I think I found a solution for the issue with colors, take a look here: free-astro.org/index.php?title=Siril:FITS_orientation/en
It seems it have something to do with a FITS-Keyword "TOP-DOWN", I can not test if I'm correct about this because I don't have a color camera.
Not sure if Ekos really 'know' how the image is transferred from camera sensor if it is read from "TOP-DOWN" or "BOTTOM-UP" and then sets the keyword according to that, maybe Jasem could chime in and tell us.
Of course there could be a setting like there is for "Auto stretch" for which way the image is displayed if somebody wold like to have a specific orientation in the fits viewer.

Clear skies!!
/Markku

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Markku replied to the topic 'Ekos previews' in the forum. 10 months ago

Hi all,

Well, let's clear up the issue with upsidedown images.
I don't think there is a bug in KStars FITSviewer, it's just a matter of camera rotation and propably how the image is read from the camera, it could be different for other cameras but i use only SX cameras so I really don't know, in my case I usually rotate my camera upsidedown.
I made some screenshots to show how my SX camera displays images.
Images show the result from different resolves by name of the image so you can compare and come to a conclusion, please take a look.



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Seeing Alfred's guiding makes me wonder what the problem could be, I thought it was my mount but couldn't find anything wrong..
This is from another session..



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I guess this is a example of "freak aberrations" that happens sometimes..



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Now I've installed indi-allsky on Ubuntu 20.04.4, installation went fine but for some reason I had to install opencv manually.
Trying to connect to localhost with Firefox it asks for User/Password.. ?? I tried using my accounts but it didn't accept my credentials, so what credentials do I suppose to use ??

Br, Markku

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Markku created a new topic ' KStars crash...' in the forum. 2 years ago

Hi,

Trying to run for first time using KStars version 3.5.7, Build: 2022-03-04T10:42:19Z but when trying to take a image with SXVR-H9 KStars just crash :( everything else seems to work, noticed that a image using the LodestarX2 within the guiderwindow  in Ekos does not crash but when the fitsviewer comes up then KStars just dies.

Everything is up to date both Ubuntu, KStars and also the drivers.

Runing in gdb this is the result:

Thread 1 "kstars" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff5210202 in QString::operator=(QString const&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
(gdb)
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ffff5210202 in QString::operator=(QString const&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#1  0x0000555555fd43ae in SSolver::Parameters::operator= (this=0x55555d4245a8)
    at /usr/include/libstellarsolver/parameters.h:304
#2  StellarSolver::setParameters (parameters=..., this=0x55555d4244e0)
    at /usr/include/libstellarsolver/stellarsolver.h:226
#3  FITSSEPDetector::findSourcesAndBackground (this=0x55555e625890, boundary=...)
    at ./kstars/fitsviewer/fitssepdetector.cpp:110
#4  0x0000555555fd1bfa in QtConcurrent::StoredMemberFunctionPointerCall1<bool, FITSSEPDetector, QRect const&, QRect>::runFunctor (this=0x55555e5d88f0)
    at /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtConcurrent/qtconcurrentstoredfunctioncall.h:549
#5  0x000055555573d87d in QtConcurrent::RunFunctionTask<bool>::run (this=0x55555e5d88f0)
    at /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtCore/qmutex.h:240
#6  0x00007ffff5191d62 in QThreadPoolPrivate::stealAndRunRunnable(QRunnable*) ()
   from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#7  0x00007ffff5196262 in QFutureInterfaceBase::waitForFinished() () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#8  0x00005555558cb925 in QFuture<bool>::waitForFinished (this=0x7fffffffd200)
    at /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtCore/qfuture.h:95
#9  FITSView::searchStars (this=0x55555de4c180) at ./kstars/fitsviewer/fitsview.cpp:1865
#10 0x0000555555a25fe5 in FITSTab::processData (this=0x55555e401270) at ./kstars/fitsviewer/fitstab.cpp:473
#11 0x0000555555a297a7 in FITSTab::loadData (this=this@entry=0x55555e401270, data=...,
    mode=mode@entry=FITS_NORMAL, filter=filter@entry=FITS_NONE) at ./kstars/fitsviewer/fitstab.cpp:532
#12 0x0000555555a140b3 in FITSViewer::loadData (this=0x55555e0d21c0, data=..., imageName=...,
    tab_uid=tab_uid@entry=0x7fffffffd414, mode=mode@entry=FITS_NORMAL, filter=filter@entry=FITS_NONE,
--Type <RET> for more, q to quit, c to continue without paging--
    previewText=...) at ./kstars/fitsviewer/fitsviewer.cpp:462
#13 0x00005555559e92d0 in ISD::CCD::handleImage (this=0x55555d4c8970, targetChip=0x55555d4c1690, filename=...,
    bp=<optimized out>, data=...) at /usr/include/c++/9/bits/atomic_base.h:413
#14 0x00005555559ed0a1 in ISD::CCD::processBLOB (this=0x55555d4c8970, bp=<optimized out>)
    at /usr/include/c++/9/bits/atomic_base.h:318
#15 0x00007ffff5382328 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, int, int, void**) ()
   from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#16 0x0000555555936636 in ClientManager::newINDIBLOB (this=<optimized out>, _t1=<optimized out>)
    at ./obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/kstars/KStarsLib_autogen/FRI4DANIHA/moc_clientmanager.cpp:368
#17 0x00007ffff5382c2a in QObject::event(QEvent*) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#18 0x00007ffff5d70a66 in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) ()
   from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#19 0x00007ffff5d7a0f0 in QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) ()
   from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#20 0x00007ffff535680a in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) ()
   from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#21 0x00007ffff5359488 in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents(QObject*, int, QThreadData*) ()
   from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#22 0x00007ffff53aee37 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#23 0x00007ffff442617d in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#24 0x00007ffff4426400 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#25 0x00007ffff44264a3 in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#26 0x00007ffff53ae435 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) ()
--Type <RET> for more, q to quit, c to continue without paging--
   from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#27 0x00007ffff53553ab in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) ()
   from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#28 0x00007ffff535d116 in QCoreApplication::exec() () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#29 0x00005555556ccdf4 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at ./kstars/main.cpp:382
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So what do I do now ??

Br,
/Markku

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Markku created a new topic ' DATE-OBS keyword in fits header..' in the forum. 2 years ago

Hi forum,

For now the keyword looks like this when taking long exposures: DATE-OBS= '2021-11-05T22:02:00.034' / 2021-11-05T22:02:00.034
I guess the first time and date is when the exposure starts, so could we have the second part showing when the exposure is finished ? the above data is taken from a 120 second exposure.

Br, Markku

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