The asps log does not show the exact set of options that asps is passing. The latest version of sequence generator pro is currently unknown. Telescope thread auto center verification frame complete. This means that if your mount pointing is out by more than 15 degrees, plate solving will always fail. Maxim requires you to purchase pinpoint included in the pro version in order to plate solve using the. Sequence generator pro aka sgp is a bestinclass image capture suite for astrophotography her is. Apr 26, 2017 then, sequence generator pro came into the picture due to my need for ccd image control. Ansvr api server for sgp local blind solving the ansvr bundle allows sequence generator pro users to run the plate solver on their pc in place of the nova. Controls the lseries directdrive mounts l350, l500, l600 as well as the 1meter pw telescope system. Asiair pro has m4 and 14 inch openings on the bottom and the side, with the use of the dovetail, the installation and removal will be quite easy. The events that appear and disappear quickly on the very bottom of astrotortilla will be listed in sequence in the the log viewer. Before using sgp i was using a combination of software to do the. What i like about it is you connect to devices directly inside the program scope, camera, plate solves, rotator, dome.
Using sequence generator pro and friends imaging with. Pinpoint, sequence generator pro tested with platesolvex, skyx plate solving note. Jan 28, 2016 page 1 of 3 sequence generator pro, nice program. Revolutionize your image capture with plate solving, auto focus, equipment profiles, customizable user interface with dockable panels, and hunderds of other unique and powerful features. Use this category to post comments or report issues about the plate solving within sequence generator pro. Basic introduction to installing and runnung platesolve2 in sg pro. Successful solves can often take only a few seconds, but failures take much longer as the plate solver keeps. From there you can run the sequence so that you can capture pane after pane using plate solving and without any more. The platesolve and automeridian flips are great tools to employ as you advance in astrophotography. Fetching the target area canvas specifying camera data. Plate solving setup with sequence generator pro and elbrus. Setting up and using astrotortilla for plate solving. Feb 20, 2012 plate solving setup with sequence generator pro and elbrus.
Sequence generator pro installing platesolve2 youtube. In this tutorial you will learn how to use the frame and mosaic wizard in conjunction with sequence generator pro to create seamless mosaics. Once your plate solving setup is complete it is literally as simply as clicking a single button to get your target back in near exact position. The software will help you select the panes and the framing and will then automatically put it into a sequence. Page 1 of 2 selecting a plate solver tool posted in beginning and intermediate imaging. I have spend hours on astrotortilla and have been unable to make it solve any of my images they solve fine on. Use the calibration wizard to automatically determine the best exposure length for your gear and then, using the flats wizard, you can automatically add flat frames to your sequence. Mar 14, 2018 choose the eqmod heq56 ascom driver for the telescope mount as shown in figure 17 above. How to setup platesolving and an automatic meridian flip. There is a yahoo site if you have any questions or you can pm me if you want. Sgp is a session management software package that controls the telescope, mount, camera, and ancillary equipment to target and secure images during a night of imaging astronomical objects. Astro photography tool is a full featured image capture software for dslr and ccd astrophotography cameras. Pinpoint is used as the plate solving engine in many astronomy applications out there, including diffraction limiteds maxim dl 6 and maxpoint, ccdwares focusmax and polealignmax, mainsequences sequence generator pro, omega labs ricerca 7, ccdwares ccd autopilot, and of course our own acp observatory control software. Sequence generator pro offers a host of tools to make capture of flats calibration data a breeze.
From there you can run the sequence so that you can capture pane after pane using plate solving and. Maxim, sequence generator pro, ascom camera and skyx image linking camera addon appm plate solving choices. Iit uses phd2 for guiding but its built into the software suite, then plate solving, and finally, running a image capture sequence. This guide is specifically aimed at those who are usingor want to usesequence generator pro. At this point ansvr is installed and available for plate solving. I am trying to add a plate solving application to my collection of astrophotography tools. Sequence generator pro free version download for pc. This allows sgp users to access the plate solver without an internet connection. Archive plate solving for dummies astrophotography and imaging equipment and discussions. Video how to setup platesolving and an automatic meridian. Use and save complex sequencing events lights, darks, bias flats, filter wheels, binning, etc create and save equipment profiles to make generation of sequences fast and easy. Selecting a plate solver tool beginning and intermediate. Asps is using the exact same plate solver as ansvr, 0.
This brings us to sequence generator pro, a program i later bought into. Sequence generator pro will now also be able to control mount slews and automated plate solve centering. Sequence generator pro is a shareware software in the category miscellaneous developed by main sequence software. I tried it all out on the night sky last night and sgp worked perfectly for all functions except for plat. Planewave instruments was founded in 2006 by richard hedrick and joseph haberman, two former telescope engineers at celestron.
It was initially added to our database on 03022015. I did discover a discrepancy, and that is whenever i choose the catalogue that plate solve 2 is to use, it should indicate the choice with a green box next to it, which it is not doing. From there you can run the sequence so that you can capture pane after pane using plate. If costs are an issue in the beginning with equipment purchases than sequence generator pro is the way to go.
Sequence generator pro offers a free 45 day trial of the pro version. Images can be calibrated through a userfriendly web service, on the flickr photosharing site, or by a downloadable software package for the computersavvy. If you consider it useful, you can download, install, point a random part of the sky, get a frame and. Plate solving is freeware, guiding software is freeware, catalog software is freeware so you dont have all those costs driving the program price up. The astro list the astro geeks astrophotography magazine. How to setup platesolving and an automatic meridian flip sgp. Using sequence generator pro and friends springerlink. There is a 45 day free trial so you can use it with your system and make sure it all works. While not technically equipment, the plate solver is a fundamental piece of the sequence generator pro experience. Used in the past sequence generator pro including mosaic and framing wizard addon. Software to analyze sequence generator pro log files.
Fortunately we can run and test many of sequence generator pro processes separately. You should be able to focus on the purchase of equipment without worrying about investing a fortune in software to control it. Just remember to apply the profile to the sequence. The supported secondary programs are great and integrate well in sgp. Heres a video where i walk through the steps and screens, showing that plate solves and recals do, in fact, work.
Ccd imaging calculators for calculating all things related to ccd imaging fovpixel sizeetc. The plate solving is via elbrus which is free and doesnt need an internet connection. Astrotortilla is a helper application that brings plate solving to your astrophotography workflow. The sequence generator pro trial is fully featured and expires in 45 days. Because it is really hard to read thru the log file to see wherewhy my sequence tanked. You will want to make sure you are running the ascom platform software on your computer as well as the ascom software driver for your telescope mount. I am trying to get sequence generator pro working and have installed elbrus as the plate solver. Sequence generator pro astrophotography software astrojolo. I use backyardeos, cartes du ciel, eqmod driving my orion atlas pro azeqg mount. The user interface is not overwhelming, which is rare in the world of astrophotography software.
Seems that i might not have checked the box on which set of data plates the software uses when plate solving. Plate solving sharpcap lunar, planetary, solar and. Integration of all sky plate solver main sequence software. But it is quite probable that we forgot to set or configure something, and for example plate solve with pointing does not work well.
The asps log does not show the exact set of options that asps is passing to solvefield, though we can deduce it is. Plate solving sharpcap lunar, planetary, solar and deep. The program lies within education tools, more precisely science tools. Pinpoint can make use of this as an alternative to the online solving service. Thanks to the work by andy galasso initially for sequence generator pro users, we now have ansvr, a localoffline webservice. Center your ascom compliant telescope on any reference frame you can plate solve even images from the internet. Sharpcap speeds up the plate solving process by restricting the search area to within 15 degrees of the current mount position.
With plate solving, astrotortilla can on its own figure out where your telescope is pointed. Right click on image and save target as here we are going to look at plate solving and its uses in sgp. May 26, 2014 im hoping that there is a bright spark out there who can get me on the right track with this. In this astrophotography tutorial im going to show you how to setup platesolving in sequence generator pro sgp. Sequence generator pro uses the following 3rd party software for plate solving. The setup program puts an icon into the windows start menu startup folder to automatically start. Here is a link to the astro imaging channel that has an extensive discussion of pempro with the author. How to create a mosaic with sequence generator pro. The beta version of our web service is operating at nova. Using sequence generator pro and friends imaging with sgp. Appm refer to the version history for additional information. Youtube video showing working plate solving with sequence generator pro and platesolve2. It is however a program that once you start using, you will not regret having spent the time to install it and set it up. About sequence generator pro main sequence software.
The actual developer of the software is main sequence software. Pegasus ultimate powerbox part 2 of 2 software overview duration. Pempro version 3 with pempro version 3 you can now correct your mounts periodic error, polar alignment and backlash using your ccd camera or webcam to dramatically improve tracking and guiding. Sgp is a session management software package that controls the telescope, mount, camera, and ancillary equipment to target and secure images during a night of. Cooled camera, and decided to try sequence generator pro sgp. Click next or choose an alternate port number for ansvr. The plate solve is software that analyses the stars in. Planewave interface 3 pwi 3 control software for irf90 hedrick focuser and deltat accessories on cdk12.
This tells ansvr the range of field of view values to use in analysis, depending solely on your sequence generator pro equipment profiles scale under camera in arcsecondspixel. Plate solving can be done using pinpoint, elbrus or astrometry. Selfcontained means the imaging software only needs a connection to a camera to perform plate solving filter results using the dropdown lists acp includes the pinpoint plate solving engine full version maxim dl pro suite includes pinpoint le, a light version. Youtube video showing working plate solving with sequence. During the trial, you will have unlimited access to all avaialble features and, when it expires, you can choose to purchase the pro version or, if youd like, the software will automatically convert to the free lite version. Sequence generator pro runs on the following operating systems. And sgp allows you to pause the sequence and return to it at a later point slewing, plate solving, focusing before it does so. Turning images into coordinates this table shows how the imaging software manages plate solving. Youll need a 3rd party guiding tool favourite is phd2 as sgp uses the server phd server and will stop guiding when it needs to slew or flip and then restart the guiding.
I have used most automation programs i am impressed so far. The application that you are after is elbrus which is free and used within sequence generator pro which you can get a 45 day free trial. It uses the engine of the free local on cygwin for windows. Getting a product like the cdk into the hands of serious imagers and amateur astronomers has been a shared vision. Pixinsight photoshop cs6 carbonis actions polar alignment. Eqmod controls my atlas mount local astrometry server plate solving elbrus plate solving no longer recommended. Please note that sequence generator pro parses the scale parameter to ansvr when plate solving commences. I will also show you how easy it is to setup an automatic meridian flip.
In this astrophotography tutorial im going to show you how to setup plate solving in sequence generator pro sgp. Upon expiration, the pro version will automatically convert to the lite version. I will check on that this morning, and if that is what it was, then maybe tonight i can wrap up the plate solving, and then start on auto focus. So we may test pointing and plate solving with single frames. Dec 17, 2019 but it is quite probable that we forgot to set or configure something, and for example plate solve with pointing does not work well.
Here we are going to look at plate solving and its uses in sgp. Sgpro creating a mosaic in software sara wager astrophotography. Sequence generator pro platesolve problem just another. Jan 04, 2018 you will want to make sure you are running the ascom platform software on your computer as well as the ascom software driver for your telescope mount i dont know if the on camera st4 telephone line in phd2 will work with platesolving. I found sequence generator pro a bit daunting to use at first. Astrotortilla is one of those programs that may seem overly complicated to set up and start using, hence this short tutorial for those interested. Sequence generator pro sgp i went back and reread the sgp manual on plate solve 2 and plate solve in equipment manager.
By fordos moon, february 9, 2015 in imaging discussion. A very prominent feature of sequence generator pro is its ability to plate solve to. How to setup plate solving and an automatic meridian flip sgp duration. Allsky plate solving dc3 dreams advanced observatory.
Oct 27, 2017 sequence generator pro platesolve problem october 27, 2017 everettquebral leave a comment ive been struggling with this situation in sgp and lost a lot of nights because of this issue. Best of all, astrotortilla is completely free and works wonders for plate. I am trying to get my observatory back up and running with new software. Before using sgp i was using a combination of software to do the same level of automation only one target per night was possible though if i wanted to do. Images can be calibrated through a userfriendly web service, on the flickr photosharing site, or by a downloadable software package for the computersavvy web. Any difference in plate solving results has to be a result of passing different options to or of not having the right set of index files.
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