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17679
Well, mostly. You will need to install the included software on your PC. The DSI will plug into a USB port, this should be a USB2 port with sufficient power....
bruce_star_guy
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Nov 1, 2008
2:56 pm
17680
Greetings, Still the new guy. I have looked at some sites with wonderful photos taken with an ETX-125. What is the .3 and .5 focal reducers function. Do I need...
Mark
megdog1992
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Nov 2, 2008
1:09 pm
17681
The focal reducer shortens the apparent length of the optical system. This cuts the magnification. It makes the field of view wider. The 0.3x reducer is for...
Gregg
starryskyn
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Nov 3, 2008
2:03 am
17682
... Bud: You hit the nail on the head. I would have never thought that the software that comes on the disk has to be downloaded as two separate programs....
Bernie_Poskus
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Nov 3, 2008
3:48 am
17683
Folks, Just an FYI, I've listed my DSI & Mogg adapter on e-bay (for the 2nd & last time). I've lowered the price as much as I possibly could. I've enjoyed...
Al
ndbdxr
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Nov 4, 2008
1:42 am
17685
I can't find it there, how about a link? Andrew...
Andrew
andrew678121
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Nov 4, 2008
8:33 am
17686
I am getting a new laptop and forgive me for asking this AGAIN but I have been out of using the scope for sometime. I have the first dsi and lpi and was...
freeomano1959
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Nov 12, 2008
2:33 am
17687
I believe Dell is still offering XP for certain laptops, for example the Vostro series. I'm not sure at all about other manufacturer's. John In a message dated...
jbarnes520@...
jbarnes520
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Nov 12, 2008
3:36 am
17688
I've heard this too. I've also heard that if you go to the "Business" side (vs. the "Home" side) of the Dell web site, you can get just about any notebook...
bruce_star_guy
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Nov 12, 2008
6:25 pm
17689
After I posted that response, I checked Dell's site and they're offering a package that includes XP Pro on the laptop with Vista on CD and ready to be ...
jbarnes520@...
jbarnes520
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Nov 12, 2008
6:37 pm
17690
Hi, I have bought several DELL laptops for the reason that they offer XP Pro SP2 or VISTA, as well as many options to customise your machine to suit what you...
Shevill Mathers
shevillmathers
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Nov 12, 2008
6:50 pm
17691
And you can bet Windows 7 will be on the Vista platform and not the XP platform. This means we'll still suffer in the backwards compatibility category. The...
John Marks
jmarks99us
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Nov 12, 2008
7:08 pm
17692
Ever since I loaded Envisage version 7, all the stars are elongaged and uncolimated. This is on a non windy night, on a perfectly colimated scope and when...
rufusboy10
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Nov 13, 2008
3:29 am
17693
Unfortunately, Microsoft counts this as a Vista sale, instead of an XP sale. I understand that the Vista license includes the right to run XP. So how many...
bruce_star_guy
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Nov 13, 2008
7:06 pm
17694
Hello Dale and others, I had a similar thing to happen to me when I installed envisage 7. Only my cameras (DSI-c and DSI pro) stopped working altogether. I ...
Lanny H
lhenrytw
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Nov 27, 2008
4:18 pm
17695
Whenever I use my old (original) DSI ProI (mono) with Envisage 5.85 and save procedure FitsInt and "Normal Operation" or "Save all uncombined images" I get...
canopus56
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Dec 8, 2008
12:06 am
17696
Hi Kurt, I'm glad that you posted the FITS file. I looked at the header of your file. This example says that the file was saved as 32 bit floating point. I...
bruce_star_guy
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Dec 8, 2008
4:05 pm
17697
... <Bruce.Star.Guy@...> wrote: <snip all> Thanks, Bruce. I'm upgrading to Envisage 7.0 to exclude software problems as a cause. I'll post back with a...
canopus56
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Dec 9, 2008
1:04 am
17698
... <Bruce.Star.Guy@...> wrote: <snip> Thanks Bruce. I am going to table this for the moment. It may be an image capture problem that will resolve with a...
canopus56
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Dec 9, 2008
6:47 pm
17699
... called NGC7331, a galaxy with a smaller companion galaxy. This is a very dim deep space object, so it's difficult to get a real clean photo with the light...
rajesh.psuresh
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Dec 10, 2008
2:43 am
17700
Once again, we have published TWO issues of AstroPhoto Insight Magazine: our typical December issue available in standard and enhanced editions, PLUS our...
Deep-Sky-Imager
deepskyimager
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Dec 12, 2008
4:51 pm
17701
This is what I have. Celestron 8 Stellarvue F80M Finderscope ASCG5 Mount DSI Pro guider camera with GPUSB IS 3CU Color CCD GPS I was trying to get this set up...
Art
bikerart
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Dec 14, 2008
6:50 pm
17702
I have never read anywhere that the DSI cameras plug into a Firewire card. The instructions say it plugs into a USB port, and it comes with the standard USB...
Gregg
starryskyn
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Dec 15, 2008
5:55 pm
17703
Ya my mistake. I bought an adapter card that had FW and 2 USB ports. I am using the USB ports. Art...
Art
bikerart
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Dec 16, 2008
5:08 am
17704
Art: The DSI is not a Fire Wire camera. It's a USB camera. If you don't have enough USB ports, you will need to get a powered USB hub. Bill...
William P. Suriano
wsuriano2002
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Dec 20, 2008
2:01 pm
17705
The DSI is a USB device don't know how the GPUSB is supposed to be hooked up. There must be some set of directions for it on the manufacturer's website....
John Marks
jmarks99us
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Dec 20, 2008
2:01 pm
17706
I purchased an 80mm APO refractor to use as a guide scope for a larger telescope, and also as an imaging scope. I now find myself limited to only having the...
leshalfhill
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Dec 20, 2008
8:49 pm
17707
Has anybody opened a DSI Pro II and determined where they (Meade) place the temperature sensor (thermocouple)? I'd like to add this "Feature" to my DSI Pro,...
russell_swaney
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Dec 23, 2008
6:13 pm
17708
Art, The DSI and GPUSB each plug into a USB port. As suggested, if your computer doesn't have enough ports you can get a USB Hub - they work great. I've found...
russell_swaney
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Dec 23, 2008
6:32 pm
17709
Hi all, hope someone can help out here. 1. I am pretty sure I installed the wrong driver, after I hooked up the DSI, it chose an old driver from a Pinnicle...
denebola1973
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