AstroColibri Plugin for N.I.N.A available

Astronomical Equipment and Tools
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Hello N.I.N.A users!
A small Astro-Colibri plugin is available now!
Check the list of available plugins and you find it (due to alphabetical order) quite on the top of the list.

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A short description here: Readme.md on Github

Suggestions are welcome here:
Issues · chrisastrophoto/Nina.AstroColibri

Have fun!

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Congratulations and a big thank you for this great contribution! Integrating Astro-COLIBRI alerts directly into the N.I.N.A. interface is a valuable step forward to streamline transient follow-up observations, especially for the amateur astronomy community. Your plugin will undoubtedly strengthen the collaboration between amateur observers and professional science.

Now all we need is for T CrB to finally explode — and we’ll be ready!

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A new version of the Astro-Colibri plugin for N.I.N.A. is available now.

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It includes now a new condition and a new instruction.
Furthermore a test mode has been added.
Read more here or here.

Suggestions are welcome Issues · chrisastrophoto/Nina.AstroColibri

Have fun!

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Don’t hesitate to register… It’s free and it is for amateurs…
You still can ask to make a short talk.
I’m interested to hear from you as developper for Wivona..

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Hi Jean-Paul,
would like to … but I am still working (almost retired :wink: ) and a customer expects me to be present that day …

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OK, I have registered anyway, but I am not sure when exactly and for how long I can attend. Therefore … a talk does not make sense.
Currently there are 67 downloads of the plugin’s latest version.
Would be nice to see the functionality of the integration into Prism and maybe learn something from that.

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We’ll also make the recordings of the workshop available afterwards. So you can catch up on the parts you may miss.

Another upcoming opportunity to exchange is of course the Astro-COLIBRI workshop! :wink:
Preferably in-person, but remote participation is possible as well. Registration deadline at the end of June!

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A new version of the Astro-Colibri plugin for N.I.N.A. is available now.

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Showing only events visible during night time of observation day above custom horizon and minimum altitude.
Adding a switch to automatically save the running sequence.
Read more here or here.

Suggestions are welcome Issues · chrisastrophoto/Nina.AstroColibri

Have fun!

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BTW: I have no information on how to join the event on Tuesday (technically). Is this info coming or did I miss something?

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A Microsoft Teams link should be sent out later today.

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A new version 1.3.0.1 of the Astro-Colibri plugin for N.I.N.A. is available now.

Main new featuers:

  • Load events from the past maximum 24 hours by button click (configurable time period)
  • Buttons for this functionality on plugin page and dockable on imaging tab
  • Ability to remove all or selected events from the imaging tab.

Requires use of N.I.N.A. version 3.2.0 or later.

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Hi Christoph, could you make a quick tutorial on YouTube (perhaps by recording the screen) on how to use the plugin in a NINA instruction set?

Thanks

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Hi Jean-Pascal

Have you checked the info : here ?

Sorry, but I do currently not have the time to make a “quick” YouTube tutorial. Give me some time, eventually I can make some screenshots. But I am pretty busy with other things.

Since the interest in this plugin does not seem to be too large … eventually we can organize a google meet session (or similar) and I can show you how to use it.

Regards

Christoph