Focus and collimation using the Modulation Transfer Function

[Jasem Mutlaq]

Hi Patrick,

That's quite interesting. Is this applicable to amateur setups as well or
more tailored toward professional observatories?

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Best Regards,
Jasem Mutlaq



On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 1:56 PM Patrick Molenaar <pr_molenaar at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Wolfgang,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I first wanted to see if this feature would be
> accepted by the group. If there would be a lot of rejection for this
> feature, then I know I don't have to start with it. I already have your
> vote :-)
>
> I am still in the research phase for this feature, discussing with the
> person from the observatory how he has this feature in mind.
> As soon as I have something more concrete about how I think it can be
> integrated in kstars, I will share it with the group.
>
> Regards,
> Patrick (aka AstroRunner)
>
> ------------------------------
> *Van:* Wolfgang Reissenberger <sterne-jaeger at openfuture.de>
> *Verzonden:* vrijdag 12 juni 2020 12:44
> *Aan:* Patrick Molenaar <pr_molenaar at hotmail.com>
> *CC:* kstars-devel at kde.org <kstars-devel at kde.org>
> *Onderwerp:* Re: Focus and collimation using the Modulation Transfer
> Function
>
> Hi Patrick,
> Sounds very reasonable, why not. Maybe you publish here a short sketch how
> you plan to integrate it. I would expect integrating the pure function is
> not that complicated, but integrating it nicely into the existing
> workflows, events, state machines etc is the main point.
>
> Cheers
> Wolfgang
>
> Am 12.06.2020 um 11:49 schrieb Patrick Molenaar <pr_molenaar at hotmail.com>:
>
> Hi,
>
> Someone from the observatory I visit frequently, informed me that he would
> like to have some software to help to focus and collimate his telescope
> using the Modulation Transfer Function (MTF). He is a scientist with quite
> some knowledge of optics and thought it would be nice to have this feature
> available in KStars/Ekos.
>
> As I have developed the Bahtinov Focus Assistant in KStars I offered my
> help for implementing this feature. Of course I would like to consult this
> group before I start implementing. Do you agree too that this feature
> (focus and collimate using MTF) would be a nice addition to KStars?
>
> I am looking forward to your replies.
>
> Kind regards,
> AstroRunner
>
>
>
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