A Night Out Part 4 - Or How I Livestack In SharpCap
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- In this video I go through a deeper insight into livestacking in SharpCap.
I always use livestack, as I find it rewarding to see the nights image getting better and better with the subs flying in. I also go through the making and use of Flats, and Darks for your imaging session.
Additional tips will be shown if you turn on the subtitles!
In this video I used a Meade LX90 10" ACF, Meade 4000 series 0.63 Focalreducer, Altair 183c, Altair 130c, Astrooptics 80mm guidescope, Meade Standard Wedge, Powered 8 port USB3.0 Hub.
I use my DSLR on a 8inch Meade SCT and I thank you for this video, it makes me realize that with the use of the programs you use I can get a lot better use from my scope. It is a good video and I thank you !!!
You are welcome. I am happy you got the info you needed.
Great video. very instructive and easy to understand
Thank you. I try to keep it simple.
Hi Klaus, your 4 videos are the main go to sources of help and inspiration for me and I have learnt so much from them but I still have a lot more to learn lol, what would be a really cool video would be more detail on how to set up the hardware and then how to set up APT, PHD2 and Sharpcap to be used with the hardware, I think the initial installation and set up is very important as if mistakes are made there it has a huge impact on results but once again many thanks for the time and effort you put into sharing your experiance.
You are welcome. I will look more into hardware software setup.
@@skatter3112 that would be awesome
Hi Klaus, I notice you dont use the guide port on your cameras, is there a reason you dont use them? I also notice when you are polar aligning you dont have your main camera attached, is that because it would hit the forks of the mount? is there a risk of the camera hitting the forks when the scope is slewing to other targets and if so how do you prevent that?
Thanks
Les
@@lesbooth2391 Good observations. I use ascom for guiding, thats why the st4 port is left empty.
The main camera is of because theres not room enough for it, when in polar homeposition.
I visually watch the slew to target. After that I hope nothing happens.
If the camera hit the base or fork, it will be a gentle bump, and the phd2 will loose track, due to no room for movement. I watch the guidegraph all session, so I will notice the drift quickly.
@@skatter3112 hi Klaus and I hope the weather is kind to you, had some really clear nights in U.K. but I’m still waiting for my guidescope to arrive from Teleskop and my Lepus focal reducer to arrive from USA so not much chance at astrophotography lol, I have ZWO 120 mini mono that I’ll use for guiding and the main camera is the same as yours, I wondered about the guide port as on my set up ST4 doesn’t work with APT but I guess the RS232 connection works just as well, I think with my LX200 I can set upper and lower limits so the camera can’t hit the mount, once I have the focal reducer and camera extension tube I’ll have a go at setting them, your videos are a god send as they explain and show thinks so simply much better than than the explanations you get from the FB groups so please keep them up 👍
I’ve never tried Livestack, but I’d like to try now. Do you have to be guiding for it to work? (Because I don’t do guiding)
Guiding is always good, but you csn livestack without
Great video Klaus and really informative and helpful, how did you make the light cover for doing the flats?
Its a buy from teleskop-express. Thank you for your kind reply.
@@skatter3112 Hi Klaus, what make is your focal reducer? and what adaptors did you use to get from the focal reducer to the Altair 183C? sorry for all the questions but I'm new to astrophotography and dont want to waste money buying the wrong stuff lol
@@lesbooth2391 Its a 2" 0.63 Meade 4000 series. It fits on the 2" tube on the LX90 and is female and male threaded so the included 2" to 1" adaptor that comes with the scope fits.
@@skatter3112 Thanks Klaus, you know what I hadnt even thought about using the 2' to 1' adaptor that the star diagonal fits in lol I had just unscrewed the whole assembly and put it aside without really looking at it, not much chance of getting a Meade focal reducer at the moment as everything Meade is out of stock pretty much worldwide!
What did you use for your whites
I use a flatpanel for my flats or whites
hello Klaus, I tried to remove the hotpixels with Sharpcap. is that only possible with the Pro version? greetings
Yes only the pro version
@@skatter3112 i bought the program, it works. thank you
@@xereorecords your welcome
Hi,iam a newbie.
Can this live stacking do the same as stellina software?
Actually its almost the same procedure. With Stellina though, you will end up with a cropped result due to field rotation. The Stellina is mounted on a Alt/Az mount, not an Eq mount. Furthermore I dont think Stellina uses flats nor darks, wich is important in processing.
@@skatter3112 so sharp cap is really a better option and can be used with cheaper equipment.
Can you use a DSLR with sharpcap?
You can use a DSLR with Sharpcap via Ascom drivers. You will need the Ascom platform, plus the specific Ascom driver for your camera. Make a google search and youll find it.
@@skatter3112 Thank you👍
@@skatter3112 I understand that longer exposure give a better result,does this overcome this by the volume of short exposures or is it not as good?