Kel: Thanks for the compliments! Although I use PS extensively, I am not anywhere near an expert at it, so I'm having trouble understanding what you mean by...
The April 2008 Issue of AstroPhoto Insight Magazine (Volume 4, Issue 2) is now available. In this issue you'll find: * Testing QSI's 532WS Scientific CCD...
Imaged M106 Galaxy a few nights ago, Luminance only. 7" Mak with .33 FR & 30mm spacer, unguided, DSI Pro I camera, 50 mintes total exposure, 1.24 sec. each. ...
Hi, I would like to get opinions on using a DSI for PEC training. I have not had much luck with long exposures even after drift aligning and other methods of...
There are not 200 "teeth" for the 8 minutes of PEC training. There are 200 "memory positions" in the single turn of the worm's shaft, which also takes 8...
Photo of the Moon Feb. 2008 taken with my Sony DS 717 camera on a fixed tripod, from Gulf Shores, Alabama. Although way over-exposed, I thought the color and...
Right on McDude, that is an interesting and classy photo. Very nice indeed. Dennis 45°27'17" N 123°51'12" W NW, US ... fixed ... thought the ... photo. ... ...
I was very busy with work and just got back to see your post. I decided to try an aluminated retical 9mm. I did a PEC training and 1 update tonight. No point...
I have cntinued movement I'm not sure how to fix when I slew left in RA. Moving to left in RA it dose not stop when I let up on the key. Never dose this in DEC...
Anybody here use the DSI to guide a Gemini mount? Im a future owner of a G11 and I want to use the DSI Pro as a guider on this mount. I understand that you...
... I removed the fork cover and installed a sandwich bag full of pennies, taped tightly into a block and wedged snugly under the cover. Balances perfectly and...
Dose any one know what this is? When I slew with the hand box on my LX200 in DEC it stops slewing when I take my finger off the key, It dose the same slewing...
Hello, I am having the same problem with the focal reducer. Sounds like I need the OTA, microfocuser then focal reducer. I have a LX-200R and cannot find a way...
I am planning to purchase a DSI I imager to go with my ETX 125 scope. I know that I can drop it in the eyepiece and use it from there as about a 9mm lens...
http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/storage/15/351581/33focalreducer_2. jpg is a pix of ETX>FR>DSI arrangement. http://www.scopestuff.com/ss_adap1.htm ...
Thanks for the info. I actually decided to get the ATIK .5 reducer instead. Some reading has turned up that the 3.3 can be a pain to use so I'm not going to...
How can you find out what the spacing of teh FR to the CCD should be? ... http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/storage/15/351581/33focalreducer_ ... will ... ...
Full moon rising for most of the night made things difficult,but I'm used to a less than dark sky! Anyway this is what I captured. 25x600 ED80 scope f7.5. My...
My first attempt at M42 using an 80 mm Minolta lens/DSI Pro 1 camera, piggy-backed to my Meade 7" Mak. Taken about one month ago and processed in PS7....
Thanks Dennis! I appreciate the compliments! Bob ... From: Deep-Sky-Imager@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Deep-Sky-Imager@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of dnns_shrdn ...
The MidWest Astro-Imaging Conference is less than two months away (June 20-21, 2008), so there's still time to register but don't delay. Jerry Bonnell,...
I bought my new DSI and had great skies that night unfortunetly the DSI was defective and would not work. I took it back and while I am waiting for my next new...
Hi Ken. Looks like you're off to a great start. That LPI does a good job. I wish I had an electric focuser on my SCT, it'd sure make life easier, especially...
I purchased a Meade Deep Sky Imager Pro II with AutoStar Suite Monochrome CCD Camera during the recent half off the sale price. It came with DSI I software. I...
Hi Charles, My first night out was a little frustrating as well, figuring the ins/outs of the PRO II and envisage, requires quite a bit of patience. Here are a...
Regarding "parfocal", if you use a 6.3 or a 3.3 focal reducer and have your star centered using a 32 mm eyepiece, there's no need to use a parfocal ring. When...
Hi Bob, nice capture. Lots of detail starting to show up in the arms. M106 sure is a looker. What mount are you using for tracking? ... with .33 FR & ... 1.24...
Hi Brandon, Hop over to myastrospace dot com and post in the forums. Radar, the creator of that site uses a G11. I'm sure he'll be able to enlighten you. Just...
Thanks for the compliment! Would have liked to have gotten more Blue frames, but high clouds had other ideas. My mount is made by Meade, and is the one that...
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