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Betelgeuse the star. th-cam.com/video/jOGIxSF0j2s/w-d-xo.htmlsi=AZniGMqoejycBcdz

Sirius the star. th-cam.com/video/Og27UJNHOns/w-d-xo.htmlsi=mwkr0DDPnIAbf7Pr

If you extract stars before stretching, no additional processing to keep the core of the cluster is necessary.

Interesting.

Betelgeuse the star. th-cam.com/video/jOGIxSF0j2s/w-d-xo.htmlsi=AZniGMqoejycBcdz

do NOT get WYZE... they were greast when they first started.. years ago.. then they sold out and became absolute shit.. not only with removal of features you already PAID FOR but with more and more bs firmware and trying to change the "deal" so they can charge more. and more for less and less. The changes to try to prevent you from using cameras with your own local server and/or trying to force you to you their servers is a prime example.. and thats not even touching on their massive breaches of security which are so pathetic its not funny.. and their attempts to hide such is even worse! Meanwhile they don't even make things themselves.. its 99% f products rebranded with worse aka hobbled firmware added If you really want one of their cameras get a gen 1 or 2 with OLD / org firmware.. or better yet source them from the actual MFR.. yes.. such can be easiily done.. and CHEAPER as well as with better functionality. Remember WYZE is DUMB.. and anyone buying any IP cam that cannot function w/o internet access and w/o connecting to their servers is a fool.. there is absolutely ZERO reason why such should ever need to do so to just simply do its basic job.. it work as a fuking CAMERA.. and not a mini-spy device for the asshats at the disgusting mess that was formerly WYZE before they sold out.

I have been using the Wyze Cam v3 in my observatory for about 2 years, they work great, I even have one mounted on the scope so I can see sky conditions in the field of view where I am imaging

Awesome video! Although I don’t have a piece of property I can leave a scope, I do setup my scope at my brothers house in a Bortle 3 sky. I set it up in his yard then walk to my truck and spend the night there. I had a coyote dancing around me while I broke down my equipment at the end of the night , and I’d love to have this camera, to see what poking around my scope. Thanks!

I have 2 of the Wyze cameras in my OBS, 1 looks at the mount and scope and the other rides along under the scope pointed in the same direction so that I can see clouds or trees.

Just send a drone out ;) is it legal to chase off a bear with a drone?

Looks impressive as I've been using a cheap webcam which is fine for daylight but totally useless for night time surveillance so I may look into buying one or two at a later date. It would be interesting to see how the notification system works to clear skies

Very curious to see if the rain detector works. Will you update us? I built a “Raininator”, originally conceived by Astrolips 2000. It works GREAT for rain detection: th-cam.com/video/ZtaM-41WN2s/w-d-xo.htmlsi=kHb19AXWYeG1mp2y

Two good brands of outdoor security cameras are Reolink and Eufy. Both can be used with on-premise resources for recording their video, so that you’re not dependent on a camera that can only record to the cloud. Neither of these brands have ever been implicated in the suppression of the Uighur people.

The security camera won’t help you as a rain detector. You need to get a separate device specifically for that.

So, I’m all-in for security cameras - I have over 30 of them around this house. But I recommend against Wyze. They rebrand Dahua hardware, which has been banned by the U.S. federal government, because they have supported the Chinese government in suppressing the Uighur people.

Great video as always! I have the same camera on my setup and love it. It is tied up to a tripod leg at a level where I can see the whole scope. Twice it has saved me from a disaster (a cable snag and a leg collision). I believe that the night vision is achieved by the camera’s own infrared light. Somewhere I read that night vision should be turned off during a photo session because the possible (🤔?) ill effect of the infrared light on the pictures. In my case I don’t need the night vision on because the camera is sensitive enough to work fine with just the surrounding light pollution (Bortle 8 here🙄).

so you did blurx for correction/BlurX in default and after combining again without stars ?

Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed.

Thanks!!

Can someone tell me in simple terms how this works? Do I need to hook up a laptop outside to download the image?

Ace 🫡👌+1 Sub ❤ Thanks for the demo! Would you have any suggestions on the best way to transition to several different images in terms of effects, fading in and out etc? Cheers

Maybe TH-cam compression is affecting the quality and is showing us a different version of the images you see, I honestly prefer the left version (combine first), but overall, both left / right look very similar with minimal differences (other than different stretching)

Great work, keep these awesome videos coming! Maybe you can convince Russ to add a "Process channels independantly" checkbox in BlurXTerminator, then we can at least run a single process even if it takes a bit longer

Really appreciate these videos. Too many people are just preaching what they read on a forum without actually developing their own ideas through experimentation.

Well done on the channel growth (it's more than tripled in the last four-five months!). A reflection of the quality uploads. Thank you so much for sharing all this information.

Another great video. Testing processes like this instead of doing what is “orthodoxy” is not only interesting but so helpful while trying to maximize the output of PixInsight and your choice of layer based program. Thanks for all these tips, tricks, and process steps.

Nice.

Wow, you might be one of the only ppl who ever caught this CLEARLY on film. Looking for them on snow was a great idea. Well done and very cool!

Why do the player one main imaging cameras only have one "device" usb port? Do you find that to be an issue that degrades your cable management?

Wonderful presentation. I have pixinsight but only photoshop. Can I replicate the method using those tools?

I have bought the Player one Uranus camera for DSO. In the past I used a canon DSLR. What would you suggest for bin gain and offset I have a tri color filter as a starting point.

I am still using SGP but these function are also available there. Thanks for the tips!

Another great video. Thank you. Hopefully, either NINA or Hocus Focus will adopt FocusMax's approach whereby it will select a start based on your brightness-selected criteria, plate solve and slew, conduct the autofocus run, then slew back to the target and resume imaging. Relying on finding a suitable start within the imaging FOV doesn't seem like the best approach, and certainly not if it means have to do the back and forth manually. The current way always seemed clunky and I spent a lot of time looking for a way to make it do what F'Max does.

It's pronounced Plee - uh - deez.

Haha

Great video. Very helpful. I have very different results with narrowband (3nm) focusing from my bortle 8.5. 8 seconds is totally fine for me…I get consistently good results, even without parfocal filters (I have 2 Antlia 3nm and one Chroma 3nm). I’m generally shooting pretty wide, 180mm-300mm, for what that’s worth.

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