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Originally Posted by Tulloch
Yep, the pixel size on the 462 is 2.9 microns, up from the 3.75 microns you were using before on the 120. Optimal focal ratio is now f/15, you may need to check your barlow
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Will do.
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Originally Posted by Tulloch
SER can be either 8 bit or 16 bit and can be either rgb (debayerd) or raw8 (undebayered). When you load it into AS!3, does it autodetect rgb (debayered) or rggb (undebyered)? If it's rgb then the file size is 3x larger than it should be.
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Here's the file header
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Filename: F:\CN-212\2020-10-02\Mars\2020-10-02-1252_3_.ser
Filesize: 13937412722 bytes
Header Details:
* FileId: LUCAM-RECORDER
* LuID: 4660
* ColorID: 8 (RGGB)
* LittleEndian: 0
* ImageWidth: 640
* ImageHeight: 480
* PixelDepth: 8
* FrameCount: 45368
* Observer: Observer
* Instrument: ZWO ASI462MC
* Telescope: telescope
* DateTime: 02/10/2020 22:50:53.316709 (0x8d867259de157f7)
* DateTime_UTC: 02/10/2020 12:50:53.316709 (0x8d866d1cc3547f7)
Timestamps:
* Timestamps are all in order
* Min timestamp: 02/10/2020 12:50:53.315731 UT
* Max timestamp: 02/10/2020 12:53:53.559308 UT
* Min to Max timestamp difference: 3 min 0.243576 s
* Average frames per second: 251.698
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tulloch
I normally image Jupiter for 3 minutes and it's larger and rotates every 9 hours. Mars is smaller and rotates every 24, so you should be able to image for 3x longer on Mars. AS!3 does an amazing job, much better than the older Registax for removing planetary rotation (see link below).
https://www.planetary-astronomy-and-...-time-jupiter/ |
I should be alright then with 3min. Those files take over 5min with AS!3 on my machine to do the quality estimation run alone.