Tag: astrophotography
Astromechanics Aperture Control
The ASCOM Canon Lens Controller from Astromechanics is a popular device for those who wish to combine a Canon EF/RF lens with an astro camera and control the lens focus mechanism like a traditional ASCOM focuser. One of the features of this device and its ASCOM Focuser driver is that Read More …
Using N.I.N.A. with Astro-Physics mounts
Introduction This document is to serve as an explainer/FAQ for using N.I.N.A. with an Astro-Physics mount. While there is nothing specific to N.I.N.A. that one must set in the Astro-Physics ASCOM driver, APCC, or the mount’s Control Panel settings, there are a number of helpful configuration tips and capabilities within Read More …
Offset: the misunderstood companion to gain
Astronomy cameras, especially CMOS-based ones, bristle with features and different controls and all affect the image data that they produce in some way or another. One might think of sensor gain (or on DSLRs, ISO) as one of the most prominent and critical controls for a camera of any sort, Read More …
Introducing N.I.N.A. 1.10
After 10 months of hard work, the N.I.N.A. team, led by Stefan Berg, is proud to promote version 1.10 from active development to be the new stable release. Support ends for the prior N.I.N.A. stable, 1.9, and work on the next version, 1.11, commences. N.I.N.A. 1.10 contains several sizable new Read More …
NINA 1.8: New feature preview
NINA developer Stanley Dimant has produced a video which details and explains the many new features and refinements which will debut with the upcoming 1.8 release. Read More …
Adding QHY SDK Support to NINA
After doing some touch-ups to NINA’s integration with ZWO cameras to get familiar with coding in C# and how camera support in NINA is done, I felt ready to tackle implementing support for an entirely new camera. For this, I chose to implement native support for QHY cameras and started Read More …
Introducing NINA: An astrophotography sequencing suite
I have been involved in a new opensource project over the past several months called Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy (“NINA”). NINA is ground-breaking both in the hobby of amateur astrophotography and personally. An artifact of several historical reasons, the world of computer-controlled astrophotography is dominated by Windows applications. As such, Read More …