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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Meade_DSI@yahoogroups...
May 1, 2012 10:32 am
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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Meade_DSI@yahoogroups...
May 4, 2012 2:58 am
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the Meade_DSI group: Select your choice of the best overall image in the April 2012 Monthly Challenge...
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skywardview
May 4, 2012 2:58 am
Please cast your vote for the April 2012 Challenge, which was opened to all targets. http://autostarsuite.net/photos/meade_dsi_challenges/category1331.aspx or,...
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skywardview
May 4, 2012 4:45 pm
Apologies for not being on top of posts and questions regarding the monthly challenge. Life has almost been as busy as the sky is cloudy lol. The "close of the...
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Mark
qteaser2002
May 4, 2012 4:48 pm
I dont know what clear sky is any more. I may have to re learn how to operate all of my stuff. That Damn Chuck keeps sending them Minn clouds my way. Mark -- ...
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Chuck Reese
chuckr54
May 5, 2012 4:00 am
Yep, I sure do...and Kel keeps replacing them with fresh new ones as fast as I do. We have actually had a some decent nights here, I just haven't been able to...
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skywardview
May 8, 2012 3:20 am
Congratulations to Mike Skovan, winner of the April monthly challenge, which was open to all targets. Mike imaged M97, aka the Owl Nebula, using a DSI Pro II...
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thred_kllr
May 8, 2012 11:15 pm
Thanks all. Here's hoping for clear skies and lots of pics for this months challenge. ...........Mike http://autostarsuite.net/photos/mike7mak/ LX200gps 7" Mak...
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dadeo822
May 9, 2012 6:01 am
Congrats, Mike. That's a great shot of the Owl. Maybe I'll post another for May if the clouds ever clear from the Houston area. Randy...
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thred_kllr
May 9, 2012 6:29 am
Thanks Randy. That seems to be the big "IF" for almost everybody these days. ...........Mike http://autostarsuite.net/photos/mike7mak/ LX200gps 7" Mak ...
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Richard Bacon
lordradyn
May 9, 2012 10:18 pm
these are some great pics, I am very new to this and alot of this sounds like greek to me. I have an 8" meade LX200ACF and color DSI. Where can I find a...
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thred_kllr
May 9, 2012 11:33 pm
Hi Rich, It's common to think in terms of magnification when first starting out with a camera but it's more helpful and accurate to think in terms of field of...
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Simon Morgan
skmorgan1944
May 10, 2012 6:56 am
Wodaski's FOV calculator is excellent (http://www.newastro.com/book_new/camera_app.php ) and free! His book is pretty good in my opinion in explaining the...
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dadeo822
May 10, 2012 2:57 pm
Thanks, Rich. I am no subject matter expert by any means, however I started out just like you with an LX200 (12") and a Meade DSI Pro II. The first things you...
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Chuck Reese
chuckr54
May 12, 2012 5:56 am
Nicely done, Mike! This object is difficult to capture, and in my experience even more so to process. You did the target and the DSI both proud :-) Chuck...
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Richard Bacon
lordradyn
May 12, 2012 11:54 pm
I have a Meade de-rotator, " if I can get it to work" will this replace the need for wedge? Rich...
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thred_kllr
May 13, 2012 3:59 am
Hi Chuck, been a while, thanks. Yeah that was not one of the 'easier' ones. Only consolation was my guiding seems to work really well up there where M97 hangs...
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Jt
jimbo_books
May 13, 2012 4:38 am
Rich, If I might offer an insight, I've not used the de-rotater although I would think it would work very well. When I was looking for a better way to do long...
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lelandschliep
May 14, 2012 2:03 am
Is there an archive of previous posts of this group where a newby could hunt for answers without bothering everyone?...
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Rick Evans
hilton_evans
May 14, 2012 2:15 am
... Have you tried the search window on this page http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade_DSI/ Rick...
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Terrence R. Redding R...
w6lmj
May 14, 2012 11:58 am
I believe you can search all 73,000 previous messages, most are organized by thread - subject line. One could almost spend all of their astronomy time reading...
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don
cdonwaters
May 14, 2012 1:12 pm
Yes, just click on "messages"; on the left (I think you have to be a member to do this) and you will see over 70,000 messages you can search. Don...
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Tom King
tking2097
May 14, 2012 2:28 pm
An abundance of materials can be found in the "Files" and "Links" areas accessed using the left-side menu options. There are tutorials, technical data sheets,...
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lelandschliep
May 14, 2012 2:45 pm
Thanks so much for the prompt replies. It must have been too obvious for me to notice the "search". :) I will probably be spending a lot of my time reading...
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Don D'Egidio
astrojunkie52
May 14, 2012 2:49 pm
If you don't find what you need, feel free to post your questions. Don Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless ... From: lelandschliep <leland@...> ...
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Mark
prosuite69
May 17, 2012 2:43 pm
Hello, Yesterday I had a verry good night in Belgium at least;-) I have taken shots of the M3-5-13-56-57-92 I used a LX 10" and focal reducer +DSI Pro III and...
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Kevin Muenzler
wb5rue
May 17, 2012 2:46 pm
Are you using a wedge? If not what is the length of your sub-exposures? Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE Eagle Creek Observatory http://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org My...
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esmaeel morradi
esmaeel_morradi
May 17, 2012 3:54 pm
Hi too all I am new user in this group, I have many problem with my DSI I!! I can't install and used autostar suite and envisage on windows 7 X64!! I...
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phils67
May 18, 2012 2:14 pm
Meade has a special version of the DSI drivers with a Win7 compatible version of Envisage on their web site. If you installed the older version, even by...
