Code of Conduct for Meade DSI 1. This group is open to anyone interested in astronomy or astrophotography, without prejudice of previous experience or...
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skywardview
Oct 1, 2010 1:33 pm
Congratulations to Nor Schramm, winner of the September monthly challenge, which was open to all targets. Nor's image of C34/NGC6960 was the only submission...
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m_kwalsh
Oct 1, 2010 5:16 pm
Yeah, I didn't think the color version had the slide -- I was just suggesting you be sure that the sensor is completely dark when you take darks. I doubt the...
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Don D'Egidio
astrojunkie52
Oct 1, 2010 5:58 pm
Dale, The Meade USB2 cable has 20 ga. wires that carry the power to the camera. Most other USB2 cables have either 26 or 24 ga. wires, so that may be the cause...
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Pieter Strauss
spraudp
Oct 1, 2010 6:00 pm
Thanks, Chuck....
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Chuck Reese
chuckr54
Oct 1, 2010 6:12 pm
Yes, they will both attach the same way (if you choose to go that route). I was referring to the focal length of the reducer working or not working (reaching...
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Chuck Reese
chuckr54
Oct 1, 2010 6:16 pm
Nice job, Nor! Mosaics are a real challenge and you have done a very nice job with this one. Would you happen to have a full-size version of the image...
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Jim W.
jwake2
Oct 1, 2010 7:06 pm
Hello Group, I had reversed the polarity of a 12v 4-way usb hub that had connected to it a LX200GPS(via Keyspan serial adapter), and a DSI llC. The Hub seems...
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Chuck Reese
chuckr54
Oct 2, 2010 2:37 am
Hi, Jim Sorry to hear of your troubles. Wish it made you special, but I'm afraid it just makes you a member of the club, LOL. The good news is, I think your...
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Tom King
tking2097
Oct 2, 2010 2:53 pm
Spaceweather.com posted my story today on the rarely imaged phenomenon of "carrot sprites" captured by my observatory's allsky camera. Although certainly a bit...
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Jim Wakefield
jwake2
Oct 2, 2010 5:50 pm
Chuck, I don't know if I had a color-monochrome issue b4, but I certainly have a color option now.   However, the DSI display still has the problem of the...
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Tom King
tking2097
Oct 2, 2010 6:14 pm
Jupiter currently remains very close to opposition and has an angular size of 50 arc-seconds, the closest and largest it will come to Earth for many years to...
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Chuck Reese
chuckr54
Oct 2, 2010 7:55 pm
Don't get hung up on the title of the article, loss of the color button is just one of several issues that can result from this. Obviously that can't happen on...
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Chuck Reese
chuckr54
Oct 2, 2010 8:00 pm
That is a VERY cool catch, Tom! How in the world were you able to identify that you had actually caught the phenomena? A single frame out of 3 years of...
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Chuck Reese
chuckr54
Oct 2, 2010 8:00 pm
That just does not look right at all! I knew the southern belt was missing, but did not realize how broad the white band had become. Was it always that size,...
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Tom King
tking2097
Oct 2, 2010 8:26 pm
It was a jaw-dropper the first time I saw Jupiter without the SEB at the start of the new viewing season! Like many other thing$, we don't mi$$ it until it i$...
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Tom King
tking2097
Oct 2, 2010 8:48 pm
I am a *very* patient man?!? Ok, so I will 'fess-up - The secret is in the software. The allsky video camera is connected to a video A to D frame-grabber...
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Tom King
tking2097
Oct 2, 2010 8:58 pm
And my last reply might even make sense if instead of: The computer in the obs constantly analysis the video frames it read: The computer in the obs constantly...
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Terry
tbdallas
Oct 2, 2010 10:25 pm
Chuck, Gotcha! Since the scope is new to me, and I'm still trying to figure out everything, the only thing I knew for sure was that my DSI, inserted directly...
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Terry
tbdallas
Oct 2, 2010 11:17 pm
Kell, WOW, that is a bunch of good information to go along with Chuck and the others. I really appreciate you taking the time to help me out like that. In...
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William Hamblen
wrhamblen
Oct 2, 2010 11:36 pm
To estimate how much focuser travel you are going to need subtract the reduction factor from 1 and multiply the result by the distance from the reducing lens...
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Don D'Egidio
astrojunkie52
Oct 2, 2010 11:43 pm
Bud, The spacing for the Meade 3.3 FR is 50 mm from the rear element of the FR to the CCD. Don ... From: "William Hamblen" <wrhamblen@...> To:...
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jmancusojohnmancuso
jmancusojohn...
Oct 3, 2010 1:29 am
Were you using the purchased version of UFOCapture or were you using the Free version with limited functionality? Thanks. John Mancuso...
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skywardview
Oct 3, 2010 4:13 am
Hi Terry, Another thing to keep in mind is that compression rings don't necessarily mean better security. Personally, I think compression rings were invented...
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Chuck Reese
chuckr54
Oct 3, 2010 6:07 am
Wow - that 2009 image is a real winner! Chuck...
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wv6stringer
Oct 3, 2010 1:03 pm
Well, I attempted last night to incororate the various suggestions posted here...thank you all. It was a clear, chilly and moonless night and the Milky Way...
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Peter Hughes
caymanpete...
Oct 3, 2010 1:21 pm
Just to add my 2 cents. I put 2nd 'thumbscrews' on my 2" WO diagonals (these are conveniently drilled and tapped with a grubscrew in them already) and found...
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Tom King
tking2097
Oct 3, 2010 2:57 pm
Needless to say, please ignore the prior spam message post. This person is no longer a Meade_DSI group member, has been reported to Yahoo for spamming, and the...
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Tom King
tking2097
Oct 3, 2010 3:20 pm
Hi John, I obtained the licensed version in 2007. UFOCapture deserves special recognition in my way of thinking. It is the best Windows program I have ever...
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Nor
norschramm
Oct 4, 2010 1:16 pm
Dale, I use a DSI-1 to do my imaging using Nebulosity. I have found that I have to turn off the GAIN BOOST in Nebulosity to get images that I can use other...
