Hi guys Sorry for the long absence but my camera was back in Lima for some upgrades. The turn around was quite swift and the camera works like a charm, thanks...
Hello All, During a windy night, a couple of weeks ago, the sky transparency was good, but seeing really bad. So I pointed the scope towards the zenith and got...
Thanks Nicolas: I'll have one more version to post in a few days. Tony Hallas has given me some good tips and I've substantially improved the star color, star...
Thank you Chris, Thank you John; I appreciate your comments. Thank you to all who have observed the image, too. Best Regards, Giovanni ... Chiacchiera con i...
Mike, All these images are fantastic, I really like the tarentula nebulae, I have observed it since my last visit at San Pedro de Atacama on a Newton 300 mm ...
Thanks Saint Nic! :-) Yes the Tarantular is a wonderful region indeed and you Northeners have nothing that compares. I did this image as an after thought at...
Hello Mike, that is a wonderful image of one of the most spectacular galaxies of southern skies. Best, Giovanni ... Chiacchiera con i tuoi amici in tempo...
Hello All, I love this portion of northern sky. During a night characterized by good seeing (but bad transparency), I acquired this image's data with my...
Hi Giovanni, Good work on this picture, I love the color of stars ! this area in unknown by me and I appreciate this view of an artist. Do you crop some part...
this is a great "challenge" object for my mag 3.2 skies in my backyard. I am shooting this in pure emission line so far and have 7.5 hours of halpha, 7 hours...
Hello Nicolas, Thank you for commenting the image. I cropped the image by pure aesthetic purpose.T he original version was about 50% wider. I don't have...
Hi, When I touch the side of the connected camera with a dry finger I get a tingling feeling. When touched with a wet one it disapears. This lead me to thin...
Thanks Richard. Getting on with the adaptors now. The only issue I cannot resolve is where on the corrector you measure the back focus distance from. The lens...
back metal was my reference datum bottom line is that it needs to be the same irrespective of whether you use the stock Takahashi focuser or another ...
OK - I'll work from that basis. Thanks Richard Rog ... whether you use the stock Takahashi focuser or another ... is ... The ... the ... The ... RoboFocus ... ...
I've decided to pursue either an FLI MicroLine or another small body camera by another manufacturer. I'm trying to locate MicroLine pricing for the 11000M...
I upgraded my version of Maxim last night to the latest version while we had a good layer of clouds and then tonight, with clear skies, opened up the dome to...
Hi Bob, Copy 'libfli.dll' from the FLI directory and overwrite the same file in the MaxIm directory. That should fix the problem. We're working with Doug...
Hi Greg I did as asked and I am still getting a "Error Initializing Camera", The camera settings are incorrect" FLIGrab is not seeing the driver or not...
Hi Bob, when I updated my Maxim to 4.60, I could not get it to work either, until, I first uninstalled the drivers with the camera connected (that way the...
Make sure you delete the FLI debug file. It can fill up from the initial problem and then prevent things from working after you have things correct. At least...
To all, All images were taken with the FLI ProLine 16803 through an Astrodon H-alpha filter. The California Nebula is a composite of four 30-minute exposures...
Hi folks, I've been off the radar for some years and have finally concluded that I may have to start donating / selling off my beloved astro equipment so...
