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Learning KStars/Ekos – Creating Darks with KStars/Ekos and SharpCap
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Learning KStars/Ekos – Creating Darks with KStars/Ekos and SharpCap

September 28, 2022 by Hersey

Dark frames, dark calibration frames, or simply darks are used to compensate for hot pixels, thermal noise, amp glow, and other camera sensor noise artifacts in images, especially in longer exposure images. Most EAA software can apply darks during a live stack…

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EAA – 04/23/2022 – A Few Wide Field Galaxy Groups
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EAA – 04/23/2022 – A Few Wide Field Galaxy Groups

April 24, 2022 by Hersey

Another warm, lower 70s, dry, and clear night. I decided to change out the Celestron C6 SCT for the Astro-Tech 66mm Refractor and hunt out some wide field galaxy groups. Enjoyed EAA observing of the Leo Triplet, a piece of the Virgo…

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Capturing Images with Ekos and EAA Live Stacking in SharpCap Pro
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Capturing Images with Ekos and EAA Live Stacking in SharpCap Pro

April 6, 2022 by Hersey

I have had a few folks reach out and ask me about my workflow for capturing images with KStars/Ekos/INDI and then live stacking them using SharpCap for EAA. I am using Ekos to capture and save the FITS files to my local…

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SharpCap Live Stack Deep Sky Annotation
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SharpCap Live Stack Deep Sky Annotation

January 29, 2022 by Hersey

We got 4″ about of snow last night, yuck. Since it is cold and cloudy I am messing around with a neat new SharpCap feature: Deep Sky Image Annotation. In SharpCap Pro you can now see what other little faint fuzzies you…

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