gabs 63 Posted Wednesday at 20:17 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:17 Horrible sky tonight . Clouds everywhere ☹️ So depressing ...I am going to read a book and watch some tutorials on you tube🤓 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RPK_Astro 7 Posted Wednesday at 20:32 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:32 On 4/2/2021 at 1:48 PM, Carastro said: Hi Ron, Just out of interest what weather site do you use because it seldom seems to be right. I tend to use several and if more than 1 is saying the same thing then I am more inclined to believe it. Carole I use several - Clear Outside, which does not seem to be very accurate, the Met Office, BBC Weather, Scope Nights which might not be working properly. I also stick my head out of the door... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carastro 153 Posted Wednesday at 20:34 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:34 I also use YR.NO It's a Norwegian site, I have been using it for years and it's on the whole pretty reliable apart from 2 occasions in all those years. Carole Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gabs 63 Posted Wednesday at 20:43 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:43 My first app was called “nightshift”basically is so rubbish that I deleted after some weeks. It’s a liar and not reliable at all! do not download it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkAR 110 Posted Thursday at 11:42 Share Posted Thursday at 11:42 Thinking about my issues with Ekos, it might be the way I set up the filter schedule. I may have "programmed in" the camera temp and when it changes filter it stalls. It could also be why runs get aborted as the temp exceeds the limit by getting too cold. I think if I leave the temp as is when I set the sequence and only cool the camera when I'm about to start it might straighten things out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TerryMcK 218 Posted Thursday at 12:34 Author Share Posted Thursday at 12:34 (edited) 52 minutes ago, MarkAR said: . I may have "programmed in" the camera temp and when it changes filter it stalls That makes sense Mark. Turn on verbose logging to file for the next run with whichever module, probably the camera one, along with ekos logging just in case it happens again. At least you will have an idea of where the problem lies. I found having EKOS and mount logging active for a night produced a file of just over 100MB but that includes every command the mount is instructed to do. It’ll probably be much less for just the camera. However the 100MB file zipped up to about 6MB. Edited Thursday at 12:34 by TerryMcK 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AstronomyUkraine 207 Posted Thursday at 15:40 Share Posted Thursday at 15:40 Forecast clear again here. Going to take some RGB of NGC 2403, then later capture more M51 Lum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TerryMcK 218 Posted Friday at 16:04 Author Share Posted Friday at 16:04 It's looking good here tonight so planning to grab some more SII on NGC7822 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AstronomyUkraine 207 Posted Friday at 16:25 Share Posted Friday at 16:25 Getting ready to set up. Need 30 minutes of red on M51 to finish that. Then it's capturing more data on NGC 2403. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Padraic M 57 Posted Friday at 18:28 Share Posted Friday at 18:28 Weather's been nasty all day, but is forecast to clear up from midnight to morning, and the clouds have started to move off. I'll keep an eye on things later and hopefully will get out for a few hours. Haven't picked a target yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Padraic M 57 Posted Friday at 23:13 Share Posted Friday at 23:13 Sky has cleared up as forecast so going to capture a few hours on M106. It's directly overhead so hopefully that will reduce the LP. I've also turned on auto meridian flip for the first time so there will be some excitement in about 20 minutes! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkAR 110 Posted yesterday at 11:00 Share Posted yesterday at 11:00 Yesterday I had the promise of Sat, Sun and Mon nights. Today it's all turned to Pooh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TerryMcK 218 Posted 20 hours ago Author Share Posted 20 hours ago Same here Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AstronomyUkraine 207 Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago Going to be setting up soon. This is some kind of record for me, shooting RGB with no moon for 6 consecutive nights. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Padraic M 57 Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago Set up and ready to go when the clouds clear at 12.... :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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