Michael O'Connell

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  • in reply to: NEQ6 and TheSkyX #585115
    Michael O’Connell
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    Grant,
    I don’t know for sure, but it is something I always do with my Paramount when using TheSkyX.
    Worth a try IMHO.
    Michael.

    in reply to: NEQ6 and TheSkyX #585110
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Grant,
    Do you sync on the first star each time you start up the mount?
    Regards,
    Michael.

    in reply to: J-BAA Electronic #584980
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    I have to agree with the other here and say I enjoy the paper copy.

    Michael.

    in reply to: BAA AGM livestream #584859
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Many thanks for the recording. Great to watch the event.

    Massive thanks also to all those involved in running the Association. I know the last couple of years in particular have been challenging for a number of reasons, so massive thanks to you all for your tireless efforts.

    Michael.

    in reply to: (165) Loreley occults UCAC4 617-008946, Oct 22nd-evening. #584828
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Best of luck with this event folks.

    Hope the weather cooperates.

    Michael.

    in reply to: Dual Scope Mounting #584825
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Thanks Nick.

    Thanks David. I’ll have a read of your article.

    in reply to: Dual Scope Mounting #584811
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Thanks folks.

    Nick, that procedure seems quite an effort.

    At this stage, I’m thinking of leaning towards piggyback as it is easier to configure and adjust.

    Problem is the cost of these rings and saddles…

    Michael. 

    in reply to: Dual Scope Mounting #584803
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Thanks for the link Paul.

    Impressive setup!

    Are they Parallax Rings on the 400mm?

    Michael.

    in reply to: Dual Scope Mounting #584798
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Thanks folks,

    What hardware do you use for the piggyback mounting?

    Regards,

    Michael.

    in reply to: Dealing with dew #584452
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Agreed, I place it just behind the corrector plate. 

    Michael.

    in reply to: New Solar Astronomy Book #584446
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Thanks Jack for the heads-up.

    Looks quite comprehensive.

    Just ordered it.

    Michael.

    in reply to: Line interactive UPS #584442
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    I use a UPS in my observatory as well.

    Mains power feeds in to the UPS. All devices, or your select chosen devices, then connect to the UPS.

    It is meant to be on all the time, otherwise it can’t prevent an interruption in the mains power supply.

    in reply to: 2021 June 10 partial eclipse livestream #584329
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    View from Kildare, Ireland this morning

    in reply to: Turning a “speed gun” on Vesta #584167
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Very nice Robin! Very nice!

    Now just drive there and cross-check the speed on the dial to make sure…

    Michael.

    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    To clarify my above point, I get a long error message just when the program opens.

    The error is contained in a separate window to the main application.

    Also occurs with V0.12 shared above.

    Anyone else get it?

    WARNING: Astrometry.net API key not found in configuration file [astroquery.astrometry_net.core]

    WARNING: You need to manually edit the configuration file and add it [astroquery.astrometry_net.core]

    WARNING: You may also register it for this session with AstrometryNet.key = ‘XXXXXXXX’ [astroquery.astrometry_net.core]

    Exception in Tkinter callback

    Traceback (most recent call last):

      File “C:Program FilesWindowsAppsPythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_3.9.1264.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0libtkinter__init__.py”, line 1892, in __call__

        return self.func(*args)

      File “C:metropsfmetropsf.py”, line 665, in update_histogram_high

        self.update_display()

      File “C:metropsfmetropsf.py”, line 560, in update_display

        self.display_image()

      File “C:metropsfmetropsf.py”, line 93, in display_image

        generate_FITS_thumbnail(self.histogram_slider_low, self.histogram_slider_high, self.zoom_level)

      File “C:metropsfmetropsf.py”, line 56, in generate_FITS_thumbnail

        converted_data = image_data.astype(float)

    NameError: name ‘image_data’ is not defined

    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Yes, that works for me now as well. Thanks Nick!

    @Maxim: Is there any chance we would get this program to open 8-fits files directly please?

    I have a little project in mind involving images from the Global Meteor Network pi camera.

    Thanks,

    Michael.

    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    I can get the program to run now, but when I open an image, only the FITS header loads in the lower panel – the image itself does not load.

    I note that the Command Prompt window states the following:

    WARNING: Astrometry.net API key not found in configuration file [astroquery.astrometry_net.core]

    WARNING: You need to manually edit the configuration file and add it [astroquery.astrometry_net.core]

    WARNING: You may also register it for this session with AstrometryNet.key = ‘XXXXXXXX’ [astroquery.astrometry_net.core]

    Exception in Tkinter callback

    Traceback (most recent call last):

      File “C:Program FilesWindowsAppsPythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_3.9.1264.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0libtkinter__init__.py”, line 1892, in __call__

        return self.func(*args)

      File “C:metropsfmetropsf.py”, line 593, in update_histogram_high

        self.update_display()

      File “C:metropsfmetropsf.py”, line 502, in update_display

        self.display_image()

      File “C:metropsfmetropsf.py”, line 91, in display_image

        generate_FITS_thumbnail(self.histogram_slider_low, self.histogram_slider_high, self.zoom_level)

      File “C:metropsfmetropsf.py”, line 57, in generate_FITS_thumbnail

        generated_image = Image.fromarray(image_data)

    NameError: name ‘image_data’ is not defined

    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Ignore that. Got it going now.

    Even though I installed python, it didn’t seem to register properly as a program.

    I had to go to the Microsoft store to download and install it from there.

    Strange!

    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Hi Maxim,

    I downloaded the program, extracted it to a directory on my C: drive and installed Python

    (I admit to not knowing anything about Python)

    However, I’m unclear how to run “pip install -r requirements.txt”

    Is that via the command prompt? It just gave an error ‘pip is not recognised…’

    Regards,

    Michael.

    in reply to: Booming sounds across Dorset, Somerset, and Devon #583990
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    No signal detected on my Gravers radio system.

    In fact, it was so quiet at the time, I wondered if Graves was actually active.

    A previous fireball in this area generated a very strong signal.

    Regards,

    Michael.

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