From: "Stephen W. Ramsden" <sramsden@natca.net>

Date: March 15, 2012 7:46:07 PM MDT

To: <Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com>

Subject: RE: [Astro_IIDC] Astro IIDC 4.08.00 Alpha 2 Available

Here’s a link to a video using the PGR Grasshopper and the ASTRO IIDC colorized preview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bq_2pMQRN8&feature=share

and the kids enjoying it…

From: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Friedman
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:37 PM
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Astro IIDC 4.08.00 Alpha 2 Available

Thanks... these images have been making the rounds. 

It was hard to assess the speed improvement. I was stacking 1600x1200 pixel images in 16 bit, which always seems slow. Also, I hadn't archived the last of the data captured on Sunday so my hard drive had less than 5 gigabytes free at the time AstroIIDC was working. That said, the speed seemed tolerable, where normally for frames of that size, it is more like unbearable. So it might very well have been significantly faster.

I still have quite a bit of data from Sunday - will pay more attention with the next image.

best wishes, 

Alan

On Mar 15, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Milton Aupperle wrote:

Hi Alan;

Glad to here it. Did you notice much of a speed increase at all?

Also congratulations on the "Portrait of an Angry Sun " mini web
review on Sky & Telescope too:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Portrait-of-an-Angry-Sun-142774035.html

TTYL..

Milton Aupperle

On 15-Mar-12, at 12:18 PM, Alan Friedman wrote:

>
>
> Thank you for these new updates. I stacked and processed this image
> last night using the Alpha01 version. It worked just fine.
>
> http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/x-rated2.html
>
> best wishes,
> Alan
>
>
> Alan Friedman
> avertedimagination.com
>
>
>
> On Mar 15, 2012, at 2:08 PM, milton_aupperle wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks;
>>
>> I have just posted Astro IIDC 4.08.00 Alpha 02 (1.2 megabyte
>> download):
>>
>> http://www.outcastsoft.com/Prototype/AstroIIDC40800A2_20120315.zip
>>
>>
>
>
>
>

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