If you missed the close encounter of 073C Schwassmann-Wachmann and M57. Here is chance for another close encounter. Albeit not as spetacular as M57. On this...
Hi, Has anyone had drizzle stop capturing images without clicking stop? It seems to stop capturing images after about 30 images have been stacked. I'm taking...
Same here. I purchased a long USB 2.0 cable so I could run the camera from indoors. I was geting the same error message until I bour a powere USB hub. The...
Hello, I decided to take a picture of Jupiter and then a second longer exposure to layer in the Galilean moons. I think I labeled them correctly. Exposure...
Hi Howie, I am curious as to where this information came from. Comet chasing (www.skyhound.com/sh/comets.html ) shows that 73P is now a southern hemisphere...
Hi Bob, Yes it has happened to me a few times too. I'm not sure why it did but when I closed the program and started over it helped. I believe it is because of...
Hi all, I have received much help here trying to get the LX 90 8" I got used to track good enough to take pictures of DSO. Now it has a new problem in that the...
After looking through more of the Jupiter image sequences I shot the other night, I found one with Io visible. I tweeked the wavelet processing in Registax a...
Aye Jim, Nice work. Recalling the "thing" that got me hooked on astrophotography was a Jovian shadow I found when using an Orion color electronic eyepiece on...
Glenn, Not really a faux pas, and I'm certainly not passing judgement, but you may want to label the image as a "composite" of two different images. Also, it...
Glenn, Nice work! I also agree that it should be noted as a composite of two images. I think composites and hybrid images are becoming more common. I attended...
Hi Jim, I see that you have been active with Jupiter lately. As always, your work is very nice. I have not captured one image of Jupiter yet this year. I need...
I do see that at the Sky Tools web site. Not sure why they are posting it as such. But from my Planetarium program to many internet comet orbital element...
I took a photo of M13 last night and everything went well, with thousands of stars showing on the monitor and excellent tracking with pin-point round stars &...
http://tinyurl.com/hbfw3 Captured this pix of M13 last night (6/02/06) using my DSI Pro Luminance only, & although I used .jpeg Normal, it's my best ever of...
Hi all, I keep getting this error message during image capture with my DSI Pro when trying to capture in any of the Fits formats. It does not happen when...
I imaged M57 from Fort Davis, TX last memorial weekend. I have the original DSI and this image is not my first attempt, but I think the image is worth...
Craig I,m just starting out also and if I can get an image as good as yours I'll be tickled pink!! Pat Tehachapi Mountain Observatory 118°29'W 35°08N...
I appreciate the compliment. I have a lot to learn yet and I'm just beginning. I see other images of people using the DSI and I'm jealous and those pictures...
For those of us interested in learning about objects appropriate for imaging, I have compiled two more tools that will help out: 1) SAC (Modified) Images...
I’m pleased to announce the next release of my CCD Calculator images project. As you may recall, I have put together a set of supplementary images for ...
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I was just wondering how any of you with a LX200 10' are able to carry it? I have a LX90 8" and I'm thinking of getting the LX200 10" but when I saw that it...
Hi Dan, You just get used to it. I generally use one hand on a handle and the other hand underneath the base. When I bought this scope, I was torn between the...
I've got a 10" LX200 and it's a beast. I built a dolley for to move it from the garage to driveway and only take it out to our dark site in OK. More than...
Dan Here is how I move my 14". Nothing to it. Melvin www.mcshaffer.com ... From: Dan To: Deep-Sky-Imager@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 12:18 AM ...
I have the LX200GPS 8" and use it on a wedge. Originally, I wanted the 12", but it was simply too big to manage. The box that it comes in is gigantic and...
Well I'm starting to get the hang of the DSI Here is a shot taken last night with 1st quarter moon These are 30 sec exposures X16 I still need to fine tune my...
Neil: I downloaded your new CCD Calculator, tried it out, & felt compelled to congratulate & thank you for such a very helpful tool for imaging! Both of my...