Thanks, Chuck - I will give the RGB a go tonight and see how the tracking copes with longer subs - if this lovely weather holds up, that is! Will post the...
Chuck, You're probably right about the power issues. Unfortunately, my computer has only two USB 2.0 ports and I need one of the ports for a USB/Serial adapter...
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Hi Kel, In TeleGizmo's web site, I saw the Meade 16" lightbridge cover for horizontal park position to 90 degrees down. Is that the one you have for your 8"...
Hi Art, The one I got is T33D, 94" circumference and 78" height (not quite the biggest I guess!). It reaches to the joints in the legs of my Meade tripod (for...
Thanks Kel, I plan to eventually build a permanent pier at my cabin in the Canadian "bush" and the weather gets pretty nasty, however, you can't beat the clear...
... I have been aligning in Autostar using RGB Alignment but it does not appear to work for me. My take on this,therefore, is either I'm not doing the...
Nigel, Great! I wasn't able to view the image (broken link?) My skies are *trying* to clear up, but this either happens towards morning hours, or it is mostly...
Congratulations, Jeff! ChuckR ... Galaxy Imager certificate for his galaxy images submitted in the Certified Imager Program. You can see his images on...
Hi, Jimmy The 3rd camera of my "Triple threat" was a Canon EOS, so i was only using 1 DSI as a guider, 1 DSI as an imager (luminance), and the EOS for color....
Oh, that *is* lovely, Nigel! I would encourage you to take a set of flats for this...you have the makings of a truly outstanding image here! chuckR ... the...
Nigel, I was finally able to view it. Very nice! From your site I noticed you're located in N. Cyprus? Seeing conditions there must be great all the time! Nick...
Hi Jimmy, I have a grand total of one evening's imaging time with my 3 DSI's. DSI Pro II shooting luminance, DSI II shooting RGB (actually LRGB and we'll see...
Hi Nigel, That is a wonderful image! I've been following your observatory progress on the Flip-Obs group. In your footsteps, I am starting to convert my flat...
Apparently some of you are able to run more than one DSI to your computer through a hub. I posted this on the LX200GPS group and got some good feedback,...
I'm new to astrophotography with dsi pro II. Just trying to get a decent image of M42. I have tried an exposure of about 1min 30 secs. This picks up nebulosity...
Mark, Whoever told you this could not be done was, well... completely wrong, it is how I run my setup all the time. You can see the specifics here: ...
Finally able to control the scope with Cartes du Ciel. The keyspan adapter arrived and so did the right cable and all is well with camera control. Can't thank...
Thanks very much, Stephen, Kel, Dave, Chuck. Very glad to receive it and the support from the group. Jeff ... Galaxy Imager certificate for his galaxy images...
Nigel, Great image. You've captured a lot of detail. Hope your weather holds up. Jim S. ... the idea! ... so we should get a clear night. ... differently...
Chuck I really appreciate all the help you and Kel have given me. Yes, I concur with you Chuck that Envisage has only one place to enter a directory path; both...
Hi Byron, I wasn't aware that such a thing existed. Thanks for the heads up. I just ordered two. Best, Danny ... Re: OT: Protective Telescope Covers Instead of...
This usually means Envisage (actually, cfitsio.dll) doesn't like one of the characters in the path. Could be your directory name, or your camera name, or your...
Plus signs, slashes, periods, and parentheses have gotten me in trouble. Maybe minus signs too. Brackets, percent, asterisks... you get the idea : ) Kel ... ...
Hi, Objects like M42 have a wide dynamic range. The only way to deal with that is to take several short exposures (about 20-30 seconds) in addition to your...
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Mar 2, 2008 2:35 am
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I've checked to make sure all the ports that I'm using are USB 2 using USBInfo software. The cable from the laptop to the hub is maybe 2'. The hub is powered...
Got everything up an running including being able to connect the DSI as the guide camera to PHD. Waiting for some clear skys. Art **************Ideas to...
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