James Wheeler created a new topic ' KStars/ EKOS with QHY5III 178m' in the forum. 2 years ago

I actually got this camera to use for guiding but not ready for that yet.

Wanted to try using it for some deep sky imaging.

Quattro 300p
CGX-L
KStars
MacBook Pro M1

KStars connects to camera without any issue.

But....

During the day doesn't seem to matter what Gain / Offset I try video remains full white screen.
At night video, even though I can see lots of stars, is completely black.  Also does not seem to matter what Gain / Offset I try.

At night I can point camera into my lighted garage or at a street lamps and video looks good.  Changing Gain / Offset does not seem to change anything.

I am on the CCD tab in Ekos doing these tests.

The other thing is no matter what I do the frame rate is around 5 fps even though this camera is supposed to easily do 50 fps at full resolution and even higher at reduced resolutions.

My normal camera is a Sony A7R-IV and when it is in the scope I can see hundreds of stars with live view.

I was really expecting the mono camera to be more sensitive or at least as good.

I also have a QHY PoleMaster and it can see lots of stars.
In my neighborhood, in PoleMaster, I use exposure of 300ms and gain of 100.

In KStars I cannot increase the gain above 51.

Anyway hoping there is a simple answer and thanks in advance for the help.

Jim


 

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