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New Image: 25th April 2024 09:25UT
A blue gap opened up in this morning's cloud filled sky. So, I took advantage and grabbed a view
The image is a live stack of 107 frames, with fine and level 1 & 2 SharpCap wavelet magic. The only post-processing, was my crude attempt at dust removal and cropping/scaling. The orientation appears to match spaceweather.com.
It's all very busy up there
Have fun.
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Re: New Image: 25th April 2024 09:25UT
Cool you caught a small bit of cloud gapping, thanks for sharing some of the Magic !
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I was fooling around with SharpCapPro yesterday, I have the very latest Pro version, and could not figure out the Solar focusing or LiveStacking feature.
Looking at the menu, is the part where it says, "Focus on Sun, Moon, Planets or Surfaces" supposed to be selected or is that just the heading for that group of focus options such as Contrast-Histogram-Fourier?
I tried the Contrast (Edge) Detection method and it seemed to get close but I felt like I could get it slightly better adjusting by eye when I zoomed in about 150%.
The Solar LiveStacking completely eludes me. Not sure what I'm doing wrong there...
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Re: New Image: 25th April 2024 09:25UT
Hi,AstroBee wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:11 pm Very nice and sharp, Pete.
I was fooling around with SharpCapPro yesterday, I have the very latest Pro version, and could not figure out the Solar focusing or LiveStacking feature.
Looking at the menu, is the part where it says, "Focus on Sun, Moon, Planets or Surfaces" supposed to be selected or is that just the heading for that group of focus options such as Contrast-Histogram-Fourier?
I tried the Contrast (Edge) Detection method and it seemed to get close but I felt like I could get it slightly better adjusting by eye when I zoomed in about 150%.
The Solar LiveStacking completely eludes me. Not sure what I'm doing wrong there...
Hi AstroBee,
Thank you.
Your SharpCap menu's look different from the version I have installed (Pro 4.1.12100). The screenshot below shows the entry you need for Solar/Lunar/Planetary Stacking. The focussing tools are independent of live stacking.
During
I did try out the focussing tools on the Moon and found Contrast (Edge) Detection worked consistently. The other focussing options were less successful. It would be interesting to know the experience of other observers using these tools.
Other interesting tools I really want to try are under the Sequencer menu item, Lunar Mosaic Tool and Solar Mosaic Tool.
I need some clear skies to try out all the features in SharpCap for Solar and Lunar imaging!
So much to explore.
Have fun.
Pete
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Re: New Image: 25th April 2024 09:25UT
Nice you got the oppotunity, hope you get some more!
All the best,
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