git get out of jail

--- fetch + hard reset main to match origin (DISCARDS local changes) ---

git fetch origin

git switch main 2>nul || git checkout main

git reset --hard origin/main

python cuda wheels for setiastrosuitepro

 Whilst there's a button for installing torch in setiastrosuitepro's stacking suite, you can also do it manually in the venv. e.g. for cu129:

pip install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu129

or cutting edge:

pip install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cu129

Problems? Try different wheels e.g. cu128, cu130 etc.

probably best to uninstall first:

pip uninstall torch torchvision torchaudio

m1

 From 19:00 to around midnight, before swinging around north-east for the owl. Good seeing when it decided to settle.

supernova m1 cangrejo in taurus
atr533 on gso203    80x4min @ hcg100
process: seti HSS

process: startools

process: seti HOO

process: startools OOH

process: seti HOO + darktable

m97

 OK from around midnight until 03:00 when high cloud developed. After that, blurry, fuzzy stars because the autofocuser couldn't decide on a fwhm due to drifting haze. One with seti-mfd stacking, the other not.

planetary nebula m97 owl in ursa major
atr533 on gso203    36x4min @ hcg100
stack: mfd

stack: windsored 3-3

35-38

 Nice double clusters. Yet more practise at getting the stars right in SASPro. Slowly getting there.

open clusters m38 right with ngc1907 in auriga
veTEC571 on sv550    30x4min @ hcg100

Apart from colour balance...

open clusters m35 with ngc2158 in gemini
veTEC571 on sv550    30x4min @ hcg100

seti stars

 Slowly getting the hang of it.

asterism brocchi in vulpecula
veTEC571 on nt150s

reflection nebula ic5076 in cygnus
veTEC571 on sv550

HDR

 Finally got around to trying HDR. Same image. 2 stretches. One hard. One soft. Pictures explain it better. GIMP's layer mask and judicial use of a black paintbrush. It's almost as good as Star tools.

SASPro

GIMP layers

globular cluster m13 in hercules
atr533 on gso203