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Author Topic: Feature request: virtual Bahtinov mask for focusing  (Read 13068 times)

skoop

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Feature request: virtual Bahtinov mask for focusing
« on: January 01, 2012, 10:29:10 AM »
Can you please add Bahtinov mask functionality for focusing.
Working "prototype" is available at Niels Noordhoek’s weblog http://www.njnoordhoek.com/?p=660
For additional improvements, please see http://www.btinternet.com/~gfcarey/bahtinov3.htm

Please ad similar functionality to ATIK software.

bwa

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Re: Feature request: virtual Bahtinov mask for focusing
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2012, 08:11:51 PM »
This would be a "nice to have" feature.  A blind plate solver would be nicer... for re-alignment on multiple night imaging of the same target.

bwa

skoop

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Re: Feature request: virtual Bahtinov mask for focusing
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2012, 05:53:36 PM »
I am  sure your telescope mount can accepts coordinates so you can locate a correct patch of sky. Lets keep every new feature request in a separate thread.

Thank you.

BTW, when your image is out of focus, right patch of sky will be useless.

skoop

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Re: Feature request: virtual Bahtinov mask for focusing
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2012, 04:32:09 PM »
bump....