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It's like I have a new computer. :thumbsup: I like the fact that you you're not throwing away old hardware and that you are running Linux. In the past I always assembled my PCs by myself and installed Linux on them. The only reason that I'm currently using Windows is because it came pre-installed o...

Polar lights visible way down in Southern California! Who would have thought?! I was ill-prepared. :( I was ill-prepared, too. Mostly, because I just didn’t believe that there would be anything to see or to photograph. And than I only had my compact camera mounted onto a super tiny tripod, crawling ...

Hi Richard, this is what I can contribute - ad 3.: Most times these crashes occur due to insufficient virtual memory (settings). Please have a look at this FAQ (which was the solution in my case some time ago): https://www.startools.org/downloads/technical-faq/sporadic-crashes But yes, instead of sl...

Hi Freddy! :) I agree, this galaxy looks often a bit purplish on images. I think this is because it shows lots of HII regions in it, probably often pronounced by NB accents. These red accents together with the blue of the spiral arms may give a purple impression. And those rich dust lanes may lead t...

Hi Stefan, thanks! :) Yes, a lot of detail, more than I had hoped for. The sunflower is clearly visible. But honestly, just because of SVDecon. Thanks for pointing out the purple cast. That seems to be a recurring problem for me. Processed seven (ty-seven) times and still off target. :( . I think it...

Hi all, after - as Freddy wrote - 'ages' of cloudy nights there have been a few clear nights here for me. Finally I solved my problem with the guiding of my EQ6-R via KStars / EKOS. I switched off the internal EKOS guider and moved to external guiding via PHD2. This now works flawlessly. I've no ide...

dx_ron wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 9:30 pm I did! (make a donation - no T shirt...)

Thanks for pointing out, Ron. I'm also sure that money will be better invested in new hardware.
Instead of buying PI and supporting their monopoly (just kidding?) you could consider to make a donation to the Siril team or to buy a T-Shirt from their shop

Dietmar.

Hi, I think there's a problem with the FITS file. It seems to be monochrome, but there is a Bayer matrix pattern clearly visible. It needs to be debayered, but that's not so easy as it is opened and treated as monochrome. I tried to convert it with FITSWork "CCD to RGB" and to split into 3 b/w image...

hist.csv is sort of irrelevant for now. Please have a look at stretch.csv and then we can go forward.

Dietmar.