I will be attending Okie-Tex Star Party later this month. We will be there for the first weekend through Monday. We will have a table in the vendor area so please stop by and say hello.

I will be showing off both SkyTools 4 Visual and SkyTools 4 Imaging.

Hi Greg,

I see that T68 is moving from Australia to New Mexico and that iTelescope will no longer be operating at the Bathhurst Observatory. Do you plan to update the T68 Imaging System data to reflect the move after it's completed?

Thanks,

Phil S.

I just installed ST4 and have entered the necessary information to start. The list for the deep sky object came up. However, only 1 x binning is shown for all objects. How do I,or can I manually bin the calculation for binning. I would like to use 3 x 3 or 4 x 4. 

Thank you 
Bill H

Hello everyone,

I wanted to make everyone aware of the fact that, after a server failure in June, the Minor Planet Center has been struggling to update their comet database. New comets have not been added, and the orbits for exiting ones have not been updated. I am updating the SkyTools comet databases today. I have found other ways to update my own databases. For comets bright enough to be observed visually, there should be no problems as long as everyone updates their current lists, which will have the latest data.

For faint comets, particularly those that have been recently discovered, there may be some problems for those using SkyTools 4 imaging. These are comets that are not published in the Current Comets target list. In particular, since the Observable Comets from the MPC is no longer being updated, downloading it will not add new comets or update those that have been recently discovered. There are two solutions to this problem:

1. Open Comets from the top level Data menu. Select Download Single Comet. Type the designation of a comet that you want to update or add to your database. Close the dialog afterward.

2. I have already updated my own ST4 database, so if you would like the most recent comet data contact me, and I will create a Target List with these recently updated comets in it and make it available you. When you read this target list into ST4 the comet database will be updated.

Note: when you download the MPC Observable Comets in SkyTools 4 there is a small bug that will show that a few comets have been added and updated. This bug is harmless, but misleading. Don't believe the numbers if it says only a few comets have been added. It is likely that nothing has been added or updated. I will have a fix for this in the next update.

I will post here once the MPC has resolved their problems.

Brand new user here -- just a couple of hours old... ;-)

I am expecting to end up with this installed on 3 machines in my local windows domain -- my primary desktop (where I do image processing, etc), my laptop (for planning) and my observatory computer. Granted its not difficult, just tedious, but it would be nice to have a common pool of local information -- observatory location, scopes, camera details, etc. Any way to do that (short of typing it in over and over)?

Thanks,

greg latiak
Avalon Observatory
RASC Kingston

Hello, Has anyone had a problem using Ascom to connect  sky tools to their telescope? I have a Meade LX-90 mount  and sky tools . I got sky tools to connect to my mount two times, but when sky tools sends a slew command nothing happens. Now when i try to connect the mount and S/W the ascom S/W freezes up.I have posted my problem on the Ascom group but have not received a answer yet. will w

Hello,

I have an app that reads iTelescope log files to extract the timings for the iTelescopes. If everyone would send me their log files for analysis, the timings could be much improved. I especially need timings for the new T40, but I welcome logs from any iTelescope.

Please post them here as attachments or email them to me at support@skyhound.com.

Thanks!

I should have mentioned this sooner, but I've been crazy busy lately. I will be attending the TSP for the first time (long story), arriving on Thursday afternoon. We will have a table in the Vendor area so I shouldn't be too hard to find.

Questions about SkyTools 4 Visual are strictly forbidden!

(just kidding)

Hello Friends - I have captured NCG5139 with my ASIAIR , refractor 500/90 without any light pollution filter 
You may like this , kindly check on my blog 

https://astrobalcony.com/deep-sky-astrop...-ngc-5139/

Hi All,

A new iTelescope has opened in Chile. The designation is T40. From the iTelescope description:

Telescope Optics

OTA: ASA 500
Optical Design: Corrected Newtonian Astrograph 
Aperture: 500mm
Focal Length: 1940mm
F/Ratio: f/3.8 
Guiding: External 
Mount: ASA DDM85

Phil S.