N.I.N.A. - "Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy"

Astrofotógrafo que se preza controla vários aspectos do hardware, tais como a montagem equatorial, a câmera, o sistema de foco, a câmera guia, rotatores (que giram a câmera pro correto enquadramento), assim como vários programas que fazem diferentes funções: gerenciar a temperatura da câmera e fazer as fotos, rastrear estrelas, usar imagens pra determinar a exata posição do telescópio, etc.

Existem vários programas que fazem esta função. Um dos mais usados (e gratuito de código aberto) é o NINA, que foi finalmente atualizado hoje pra versão 2.0, depois de mais de um ano de betas e candidatos a versão final.

O changelog não reflete todas as mudanças ocorridas neste mais de um ano de desenvolvimento dos vários Betas, mas aqui vai:

O NINA gerencia as várias funções citadas acima (e mais várias outras), e ainda permite automação de várias tarefas, pra que o fotógrafo não precise ficar acordado a noite toda, ou não precise nem mesmo estar no local pra fotografar. Uma sequência típica do NINA seria mais ou menos assim:

  1. Resfriar a câmera até X graus
  2. Iniciar a montagem equatorial (que vai tirar da posição estacionária)
  3. Mover o telescópio/montagem equatorial pra posição do assunto 1
  4. Determinar a posição e orientação
  5. Corrigir se necessário, girar a câmera pra orientação Y.
  6. Afinar o autofoco
  7. Iniciar o autoguia
  8. Fazer Z fotos de α segundos.
    9.1 Se o foco piorar β por cento, refazer o autofoco
    9.2 Se passar do zênite, inverta a posição do telescópio (pra que ele não bata nas pernas do tripé)
  9. Pro assunto 2, repita 4-9 acima.
  10. Leve o mount de volta à posição estacionária.
  11. Desligue a câmera e todos os acessórios.

Muitas coisas que você não conhece parecem ser muito complicadas à primeira vista. Aí você procura achar um artigo para iniciantes e pronto. O que parecia ser muito complicado para você passa agora ser um certeza.

:smiley:

:hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical:

O NINA facilita o fluxo de trabalho. Boa parte das atividades que eu citei no primeiro tópico são executadas automaticamente por ele, bastando uma configuração inicial, que por vezes já vem default no programa. Recomendo bastante este programa pra quem quer começar astrofoto com qualquer dispositivo de rastreio das estrelas.

NINA 2.0 HF 1 lançado.

Version 2.0 HF 1
Bugfixes

Changed the default value for ASCOM Camera BayerOffsetX/BayerOffsetY to be 0, instead of -1, when not available via the driver
Corrections made to assorted entries in the NINA object database
Fix an issue where for some coordinates, the coordinates were off by one arcminute after reloading it into the sequence from file, due to double precision rounding issues
Touch input is now working properly when dragging the rectangle in framing assistant
When the filter is changed while the Smart Exposure or Simple Sequencer Exposure is already running, the first exposure afterwards no longer uses the previous filter but switches to the expected new filter
Fixed an issue where the Camera Cooling Charts could get stuck and not update anymore

Improvements

Improved error message presentation if the selected sky survey image serivce fails to accept a request
The image save queue size can now be adjusted to allow for more concurrent image processing and save operations. Do be careful when changing this, as it will increase overall system resource usage during fast image captures
Wait For Time | Loop Until Time - When no dusk/dawn is available at the current date the instructions will now show an error instead of falling back to the current time
Wait For Time | Loop Until Time - When the date changes (at noon) the instructions will now automatically redetermine the times
Altitude charts across the app should now automatically update on a new date (at noon with a maximum of ~10 minutes delay)
Replaced old FITS library for reading FITS files with CFITSIO. Opening FITS files should now be much faster
Plugin initialization now shows a status in the application status bar
Framing mosaics can now also be done with overlapping pixel count instead of an overlap percentage
Guider settings could only be set when being connected. Now these settings are also available in the setup screen of each guider without requiring a connection
When cloning a profile, the dock config for that profile will be cloned too
Simple Sequencer - "Cool Camera" toggled to on will also turn on dew heater when available as well as "Warm Camera" toggled to on will turn off the dew heater when enabled
"Wait For Time", "Wait for Timespan" and Settle reports now count down instead of up in the progress report
Standard Autofocus: Break out of autofocus when a large number of points were taken without success or when the focuser hits the zero position
When loading a file for framing that needs to be platesolved the prompt that shows up now has more details and values can be adjusted if required. This should make it more clear of what is happening.

Features

Added interfaces and capabilities so that plugins can inject custom image meta data and image file patterns
Added missing Sharpless, LBN, Collinder, and Caldwell designations to existing entries in NINA's object database
AstcamPan cameras can now be controlled via a native driver implementation
The last plate solve failure in each session, target and solver type will now be kept for further error analysis and automatically cleaned up after seven days
Added a toggle in Options > General > Advanced to only have one imaging tab layout for all profiles instead of it being profile dependent
In Options > Imaging > Layout two new buttons have been added to backup and restore the imaging tab layout
Added interfaces for plugins to register to FailureEvents inside the SequenceRootContainer to react on all failures that are raised during a sequence
Deep Sky Object Containers now also show a section with exposure times done on that particular target.
    When a target is saved these recorded exposure times are also stored with it to be reloaded at a later point
    Furthermore this info will also be used to set the $$FRAMENR$$ for exposures in the context of that target to have a continuous increment
    Rows can manually be removed and the counter will reset
In the Imaging Tab above the image preview, a new button to rotate an image by 90° per click is added. Each following image will then also be rotated. This rotation is for display only and doesn't affect the data

NINA 2.1 lançado.

Bugfixes

  • When an interrupt happens during a meridian flip it in a sequence it is no longer ignored while the flip is running
  • Fix an issue where for some coordinates, the coordinates were off by one arcminute after reloading it into the sequence from file, due to double precision rounding issues
  • Prevent unhandled exception popup to be visible more than once in parallel
  • Flat wizard should no longer try to set a negative brightness value in dynamic brightness mode
  • Focuser tab should no longer clip the “Move” button when window size is small
  • ASCOM Switch target values now adhere to the step size of a switch and round to the nearest value if the user provided a value outside of the step size
  • Fixed an issue where SynchronizeDomeTrigger would run into an exception when evaluating if it should trigger when the dome and telescope is not connected

Improvements

  • Player One Cameras that support different sensor modes can now switch between these via ReadoutModes when using the native driver
  • Player One Cameras that have a temperature probe but not cooler will now show the temperature
  • Solve & Sync instruction will now also sync the sky angle with a rotator when connected
  • Slew instructions will now show a failure when the telescope is parked
  • When a platesolver is not set up the message “Executable not found” will now also tell that this is about the plate solver not being set up
  • Options > General > Profiles are now ordered by Name with the active profile being on top
  • Layout of Switch Tab has been overhauled for a more compact and readable overview
  • Framing Assistant will no longer update the altitude chart on the left while the rectangle is dragged around to be able to drag it more smoothly. The chart will update once the dragging is stopped.

Plugin Enablement

  • New Plugin Eventhook to react on GuidePulses
  • GuiderInfo now includes current RMS Error values
  • Add access to the device instances

Impressionante como essas coisas evoluiram…

Saiu a versão 2.3.

Improvements
Autofocus triggers will now only trigger when the next exposure would be a LIGHT frame
In the Imaging Tab above the image preview, a new button to flip an image horizontally per click is added. Each following image will then also be flipped. This flip is for display only and doesn’t affect the data.
When clicking on the load adv. sequence button, it is now possible to also load in a template or a target
QHY Cameras with GPS modules can enable the GPS mode via device actions. When enabled the GPS meta data will be put into the FITS header.
FITS string value headers can now store longer string values and will utilize the full size of the header card
Player One cameras can now start live view mode for plugins that can do so
Exposure Mid Point is now captured and stored in the FITS header with the keyword DATE-AVG
Log files now automatically create a new log session when hitting the size limit
Database entries for the IC catalog have been expanded
Introduced a GetLockPosition() method in IGuider, and the associated CanGetLockPosition property in GuiderInfo. Implementation currently only done for PhD2. This is available for plugins to be used.

Bugfixes
The profile chooser on startup did not remember the on/off selection to save the selected profile
Fixed SVBony Native driver, that was sometimes showing the exposure before the latest one after a cancelled exposure
Fixed PlayerOne resolution not fully resetting to complete size after subframe or binning
Added automatic retry of exposure start for PlayerOne driver when POA_ERROR_EXPOSING error happens
Prevent an endless loop in the Canon native driver on image download that would cause the app to hang
When a condition is canceled it no longer incorrectly logs the canellation as an error
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NINA 3.0 lançado! Estou usando as revisões beta e candidatas à versão final há meses, e esta nova versão tem muitos recursos que já não consigo viver sem.

A lista de mudanças é extensa e pode ser encontrada aqui:

NINA 3.1! :slight_smile:

Mudanças aqui: N.I.N.A. - Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy Changelog