Hi Tom, Well I puttered around in Corel and found the curves adjustment, also sharpened the stacked image and posted 2 new files, in my folder. I am much ...
Hi All, I have posted new pics in my folder under astronut please feel free to offer up any comments you think may be helpful this is my 3rd attempt with the...
Hi: With most USB devices, it's critical NOT to plug the device in during installation until you are told to. The instructions and the onscreen prompts are the...
Hi: If you're getting a lot of drift, you need to do a better polar alignment. That's basically square 1 (I assume your scope is in polar mode). This is...
Hi Matt; I am looking for a portable setup for my Orion ED80. What is the cost on just the mount alone? I do want it to guide properly though. I don't know of...
Okay, decided to take this one step at a time for clarity. Starting with my PC and Win XP: *I reinstalled the autostar suite software from the CD, without the...
Hey Neil, Try layering it with both the L and the R layers individually, set it's blend mode to "lighten", then adjust the HA layer to show through. Save those...
I plan to set them up side by side and do that very thing soon Don, I'll post about it as soon as I have a chance, still waiting for Harry Siebert to send my...
Darn Chuck!!! You just gave away my one true secret to post processing, lol!! MattT ... From: chuckr54 To: Meade_DSI@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 31,...
So that's why, I had heard this 42000 number before along with the suggestion of 42000 on the high end, but I didn't know why other than to say that it keeps...
Isen't that something Chuck? For as long as these mount have been around you would think there would me more information on the web about them, but when I was...
First off let me thank you for the incouraging reply it's good to know there are friends here to help. my scope is a meade lx200 gps 14" I am awaiting a meade...
Hi Matt; Thanks for the info. Yea these mounts (650 and 750) have a vague history to them. I am going to have to spend $1000 with Meade and I don't know what I...
OK folks, it is June 1st (where has the year gone?). If you have an image for the Challenge for May, please get it posted by tonight so I can get the polls...
Hi As I am currently using the Meade Deep sky imager with my Nexstar 8i SE, which I purchased 2 months ago. And as I have no auoto-guiding for my setup, I...
Thanks for the details, Bruce - this is very helpful. --> My responses inserted like this below ChuckR ... know ... --> No problem - this group rocks! ... ...
Hi: One potential problem? If you're using the 3.3 reducer, you'll find it very difficult to get both the guiding eyepiece and camea in focus at the same time....
You have done a fine job in bringing out more detail and showing the multitude of stars M13 has to offer (100,000+) with more aggressive processing. There is...
Hi, Bruce Yes - you have to buy (& install) a wedge :-) Don't worry about that for now...limit your exposures to 30 seconds or less until you learn where in...
Hi everybody. Can anyone answer the following question(s) for me? I'm trying to correct some fishy looking stars in the periphery of my images when using my 8"...
In a message dated 6/1/05 4:56:51 PM Central Daylight Time, brian_clever@... writes: a) a natural side effect of .33 reducers b) a defective reducer c) a...
Most probably it's what we call field curvature, an effect SCT's naturally show. The f/3.3 does somewhat correct it, but just somewhat. Bernhard ... From:...
I picked up a factory sealed version of PE 2.0 off Amazon.com for $13.00 plus shipping. Genuine Adobe, not a cheap copy but it has no documentation. Can...
hi all after carful,reserch,i have all i need to run theD.S.I. I had to buy a copy of windows xp i recomed you all do the same it will crash with 2000 nt. my...
Hi, I've already got a DSI-c and SC3 mod ToUcam webcam ( ICX424AL ccd ). For this webcam that is b/w I got got a Astronomik LRGB c2 filterset and a "Gerd...
Hi Jan, What you should do is swap the faceplates on your DSI-c and DSI Pro so that the DSI Pro just has t-threads on its faceplate that you can screw the ...
Matt, Yes. In order to maximize the linear dynamic range (ratio of largest pixel value to the minimum pixel value in a scene), you should expose a single...