Michael O'Connell

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  • in reply to: Dealing with dew #584452
    Michael O’Connell
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    Agreed, I place it just behind the corrector plate. 

    Michael.

    in reply to: New Solar Astronomy Book #584446
    Michael O’Connell
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    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
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    Very nice Robin! Very nice!

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

    Michael.

    Michael O’Connell
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    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.

    in reply to: What mini/micro PC? #583796
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    I use the ACEPC mini PCs from Amazon.

    in reply to: Paper includes supernova classified using the ALPY200 #583076
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Great work Robin. Well done!

    in reply to: C14 mirror flop #582710
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    I use a pair of eye bolts and they work very well.

    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Well done to everyone who captured the event!

    Raining here unfortunately.

    Michael.

    in reply to: Space Station #582565
    Michael O’Connell
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    in reply to: Meteor LiveStream #582532
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Works great.

    How did you get Spectrum Lab to stream to YouTube?

    in reply to: Refocussing meteor cameras #582505
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Hasn’t been a problem for me Dominic, to be honest.

    Have two cameras, both 6mm f0.75 lenses. Both keep their focus.

    Out of curiosity, how do you get the Pi to detect the Watec camera?

    in reply to: -5.4 exploding fireball #582448
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Beautiful capture!

    Detected on my radio setup as well – see attached.

    Michael.

    in reply to: SBIG ST Parallel Port Cameras #582439
    Michael O’Connell
    Participant

    Hi Xilman,

    Thanks for the offer.

    I had some good communication with Jim Garlick re his pi systems, but they don’t quite do what I wanted.

    I’m going to investigate another possible solution before I go any further.

    Thanks,

    Michael.

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