RASC Hamilton FW: [Hamilton RASCals] New Astronomy Software

[Shawn Preston]

I made the same purchase about a month ago to use with my scopes and mount, but quickly discovered that the SA version doesn't support ASCOM mount control. The software natively supports a pile of mounts, but I wanted to use the ASCOM drivers for my AP mount, so had to upgrade to TheSkyX Professional. 

Shawn Preston
www.skyminer.ca


On Apr 1, 2012, at 8:44 PM, "Gary Bennett" <gary at bendun.net> wrote:

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> Wahoo! Another convert!
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> The Field of View feature is indispensible for selecting imaging targets.
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> Suggestion...to help you choose which refractor to buy, “invent” a telescope that gives you 500mm and 600mm focal length (aperature X’s focal ratio. Ie: 80mm*f8 = 480mm). Plug those focal lengths into TheSky and then pick those objects that are on your imaging “wish list”. It will help you decide what focal length scope you should buy.
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>   Gary B
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> From: hamilton-bounces at lists.rasc.ca [mailto:hamilton-bounces at lists.rasc.ca] On Behalf Of Rick
> Sent: April-01-12 7:34 PM
> To: 'Hamilton RASCals'
> Subject: [Hamilton RASCals] New Astronomy Software
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> On Saturday I purchased the TheSkyX Serious Astronomer version and therefore the wet Sunday we had today. The wet weather gave me the chance to explore the software and see what it can do. I enjoyed using the field of view calculator which can be placed on objects to determine if my scope/camera combination will allow my set up to take pictures of the entire object.  I can see my next purchase down the road will be a refractor, perhaps either 80 or 102 mm. Next task is to go out to the observatory and connect my mount and confirm the telescope control.
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> I read the article about planetary imaging by Jerry Lodriguss in the May issue of Sky & Telescope and it peaked my interest. Has anyone tried this using his method? What about those who have the Canon XSi (450D), have you tried taking pictures when the camera doesn’t shoot video and use software such as Registax?
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> Rick
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