NINA Touch n Stars

Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA) Dithering Sequencing
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Keith Belzner avatar
Keith Belzner avatar
I have installed the plugin Touch-n-stars on NINA and have been going through the interface to see if I like it. Acouple of items I'd be interested in having on it.

1. I noticed missing from the camera tab and settings is no mention of dithering. 
2. The ability to see the image if I start the sequence from a different computer, IE started it on my desktop pc but I want to monitor the progress on my phone.
3. The settings, exposure time / gain ect, dont match what is on my other devices at the same time.

Has anyone used it, and how do you like it so far?
Rick Krejci avatar
Rick Krejci avatar
I use it for things like 3 point polar align and connecting/disconnecting equipment.  For your #2, I routinely start sequenced on my laptop remoted in to my Mele mini PC and then later check and zoom into the image on TouchNStars without an issue.    I never start sequences on TNS or set up dithering.

I did notice, for an individual exposure initiated from TNS, the gain/offsets don't match the settings in the main NINA setup.

Rick
AcoVanConis avatar
AcoVanConis avatar
Keith Belzner:
I have installed the plugin Touch-n-stars on NINA and have been going through the interface to see if I like it. Acouple of items I'd be interested in having on it.

1. I noticed missing from the camera tab and settings is no mention of dithering. 
2. The ability to see the image if I start the sequence from a different computer, IE started it on my desktop pc but I want to monitor the progress on my phone.
3. The settings, exposure time / gain ect, dont match what is on my other devices at the same time.

Has anyone used it, and how do you like it so far?

I'm on of the devs, glad you like it so far.
1. Dithering is is visible in the sequence and with our upcomming update you are able to edit all parameters. If you have additional ideas on how to improve it feel free to create an issue on our github page: https://github.com/Touch-N-Stars/Touch-N-Stars/issues
2. This is a known issue and we are working on further synchronization between diffrent devices.
3. Please provide an example as a github issue, so we can take a look into it.

Regards
Aco
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