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13-01-2014, 07:24 PM
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TenChain Hill New Moon night 1st Feb
Guys, keep this one in mind. I'm taking my lightweight rig and the spouse away for a couple of months from early Feb. So the next NMN could be the last until May.
Weather permitting, let's make it a good one.
Peter
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13-01-2014, 07:50 PM
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Thanks, Peter. Will get up if I can. It would be good to catch up after so long...
Cheers,
Rick.
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13-01-2014, 10:24 PM
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Thanks Peter, I'll be up , weather permitting
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14-01-2014, 04:21 PM
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I'm going to try for this one Peter. Here's hoping the weather is good. 
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15-01-2014, 12:20 AM
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Originally Posted by lazjen
I'm going to try for this one Peter. Here's hoping the weather is good. |
Great stuff. New moon is on the Friday 31st I think. Whatever night you like will be OK with me - Fri or Sat.
Hey Chris, can you see what we will need to plate solve with EKos? Probably need to DL the astrometry.net indices and AstroTortilla. Any idea?
Peter
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15-01-2014, 07:15 AM
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Hi Peter, I should be there. May even have the new camera by then. 
Cheers
Brett
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15-01-2014, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by pmrid
Great stuff. New moon is on the Friday 31st I think. Whatever night you like will be OK with me - Fri or Sat.
Hey Chris, can you see what we will need to plate solve with EKos? Probably need to DL the astrometry.net indices and AstroTortilla. Any idea?
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I didn't get that far (no cameras would work  ), so I didn't progress the plate solving aspect.
However, from reading, I think you can either use the online astrometry.net or use a local install of astrometry.net. I know I'll be looking at the latter.
I'd look at doing a local install of astrometry.net and configuring for that. I don't believe AstroTortilla will be needed, since that's basically "inside" Ekos.
I got to the point where I was trying to build everything from source to fix the camera problems, so I've taken a pause to start rebuilding the laptop into a version of Linux I'm more comfortable using.
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15-01-2014, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by lazjen
I didn't get that far (no cameras would work ), so I didn't progress the plate solving aspect.
However, from reading, I think you can either use the online astrometry.net or use a local install of astrometry.net. I know I'll be looking at the latter.
I'd look at doing a local install of astrometry.net and configuring for that. I don't believe AstroTortilla will be needed, since that's basically "inside" Ekos.
I got to the point where I was trying to build everything from source to fix the camera problems, so I've taken a pause to start rebuilding the laptop into a version of Linux I'm more comfortable using. |
Yeah, a local install seems the go. Can I pinch a copy of your DLs when you do that?
Peter
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15-01-2014, 11:25 AM
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I have copies of most of the Astrometry.net index files if you want to save many GB of downloads...
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15-01-2014, 04:30 PM
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I'll prepare to bring a copy as well Rick in case one of us can't turn up for some reason.
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15-01-2014, 04:42 PM
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Sounds good, Chris...
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29-01-2014, 12:53 PM
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Well guys, that seems to be that! The chances of winning Lotto are better than those for a fine New Moon. Skippy has spoken!! So has BOM.
I'm not sure how long we'll be away. I am taking a Tak FS60CB and a StarLapse system to do some widefield HA stuff plus a Polarie and some great Olympus camera and lens gear to do some starscapes and the like. So I plan to be busy. I may even get a chance to post a few images. I'm also trialing a Linux Mint16 INDI/Ekos setup in the hope that I can slowly move all my Obs gear across to a Linux platform. So I'll be busy alright! Plus I'm taking my bike, wife, taste for red wine, a kayak and fishing line. Woohoo!!
I'll revitalise this thread when I get back.
cheers all.
Peter
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29-01-2014, 01:00 PM
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Have a great trip, Peter! See you when you get back.
Cheers,
Rick.
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29-01-2014, 05:46 PM
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Indeed, have a good trip. Do you need the astrometry files before you go away? I think it's about 34Gb of index files.
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29-01-2014, 07:38 PM
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Have a safe trip Peter
Brett
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29-01-2014, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by lazjen
Indeed, have a good trip. Do you need the astrometry files before you go away? I think it's about 34Gb of index files.
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No thanks Chris. None of the gear I'm taking is guided or under computer control. I'm doing it the old-fashioned way.
Peter
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29-01-2014, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by pmrid
No thanks Chris. None of the gear I'm taking is guided or under computer control. I'm doing it the old-fashioned way.
Peter
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29-01-2014, 09:48 PM
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Heh, I agree with Rick.
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29-01-2014, 11:11 PM
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Safe trip Peter, looking forward to some great images with the Olympus
Cheers Geoff
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