Astral Imaging at Dogwood Ridge Observatory

Latitude: 37°48'51.0" N"
Longitude:78°23'41.0"W
Scottsville, Virginia 24590
 

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APCC
Image Information

Below are the two screen shots showing how APCC was found the afternoon after a successful imaging run the night before. The next two show the same after closing all programs and rebooting the system. Nothing was changed and power was left on all the equipment while rebooting the system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No Virtual Port

Virtual Port Setting Missing

After Rebooting Virtual Port Appears

Virtual Port Settings Now populated after Reboot

 

Note that nothing other than closing all programs and rebooting the computer was done. Programs opened as describe in e-mail and power was on to the needed equipment both before and after reboot. Power was not cycled after initial powering on and left on during reboot. Below are the two startup and shutdown scripts used in ACP and can be opened using Notepad

StartupObs

ShutdownObs

Equipment and Location Information

Date July 18, 2015- Jan. 10, 2016
Location Dogwood Ridge Observatory
Optics Optical Guidance Systems 12.5" RC @f/9
Mount Astro Physics AP1200GTO
Camera SBIG STL-11002M/CW8
Filters Baader LRGB Ha 7nm,SII 8nm, OIII 8.5nm - 50.8mm Unmounted Filters
Conditions Temperature low to mid 50s - 60s with moderate to good  seeing. Transparency good.

   
    
  Last Modified :10/02/12 01:10 PM