Category Archives: Astroimaging

oaCapture on Raspberry Pi

Posted on August 13, 2014 by james

I’ve finally done the (small amount of) work to get oaCapture working on the Raspberry Pi.  There genuinely wasn’t that much to do.  I was surprised how easily it all worked.  It does struggle to keep up with high frame … Continue reading →

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A second attempt at Jupiter

Posted on August 13, 2014 by james

A week after the first, I managed another session on Jupiter.  I feel exceptionally out of practice this year, though I’m happier with the detail this time around. And another animation.  Watch the seeing completely go to pieces just after … Continue reading →

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Jupiter at last!

Posted on August 13, 2014 by james

Whilst we weren’t subject to the flooding suffered by those living on the Levels at the other end of Somerset, it was nonetheless an exceptionally wet winter here and it wasn’t until well after opposition that I could get out … Continue reading →

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Mono lunar imaging with a DSLR

Posted on August 13, 2014 by james

I got to thinking the other day that when I capture lunar images with my 450D they’re pretty much monochrome.  I know there is a tiny amount of colour there, but you really do have to drag it out.  If … Continue reading →

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Time for a new white light solar filter

Posted on August 13, 2014 by james

I’ve had a white light solar filter made from Baader ND5.0 film (two, in fact) for several years and one of them was starting to look rather tatty so I decided it was time to make another.  Baader’s instructions suggest … Continue reading →

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QHY5 support in oacapture

Posted on August 13, 2014 by james

Support for the QHY cameras is somewhat tricky.  There are all sorts of different versions of firmware floating about, not to mention various different versions of the open source interface library.  Even more awkwardly, whilst many other manufacturers have perhaps … Continue reading →

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Linux support for Imaging Source USB CCD astronomy cameras

Posted on November 13, 2013 by james

I’ve been on something of a mystery tour over the last few days trying to work out exactly what is required to get the Imaging Source USB CCD astronomy cameras working on Linux. What information I’ve been able to find … Continue reading →

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ASI120MM capture support

Posted on October 16, 2013 by james

Here’s capture support working in my new application for the ASI120MM, together with binning. I’m really not sure what use binning is for high frame rate image capture, but it works anyhow.

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Troubles with the ASI120MC

Posted on October 16, 2013 by james

I started getting some problems with data from the ASI120MC in my capture application, with the image “tearing” or undebayered data appearing in what ought to be debayered frames as in these two examples: It turns out that the problem … Continue reading →

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ASI120MC capture support

Posted on October 15, 2013 by james

I’m now able to get an image from my ASI120MC: The colour is all wrong. It turns out that whilst the header file gives the image format define as “RGB24”, it’s actually BGR24. I can probably write them to an … Continue reading →

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