Welcome to the GSTAR-EX deep sky and planetary CCD video camera users forum. This camera is gaining in popularity with it's extraordinary performance at...
Hi Steve (frogrockqakka) Great to have a group online as it will hopefully be a good repository of info as we all learn the best tips and techniques. It'll...
Hi All Have just joined group tonight I took delvery of my GStar about a month ago and will be using it here in Brisbane.Ihave a Skywatcher 20cm f5 on a Vixen...
I just joined your group. I don't have a GStar yet, but want to get one in near future. So I hope to learn more about it before I buy one. At present I'm using...
Just a quick note to advise that the GSTAR-EX user guide has been updated. Only a small change in the decription on DSO imaging and a table of integration...
Hi Karl, Welcome to the group. For those who don't know Karl, he's using a couple of early model integrated video cameras for specific projects pertaining to...
Hello everyone I'm a recent visitor from the country that established your country lol :). No not a whinging pom but a pom anyway. Have purchased a SW600 and...
G'day Jacko, Glad to hear you are enjoying your time downunder. You have done some very nice images with your camera from Sydney skies. You'll definately have...
G'day Karl, Thanks for joining the group, I'm sure you'll gain plenty of info from it. Hope to see good results when you get your GSTAR. Cheers, frogrockqakka ...
G'day Dave, Thanks for joining the group, have you had good skies up in Brisy. Can we see some results in the gallery. Cheers, frogrockqakka ... here ... the ...
Hello frogrockqakka love the name! i visited your website. great pictures by the way including the film shots, you really are blessed with dark skies. Gather...
Hi Steve Thanks for spending the time in setting up the GStar Users Forum. I feel that we will be able to build a great forum with having a great product in...
i think i have the photo album sorted now. well it looks ok here. i have some more pictures i am still processing and will hopefully post thsoe soon too. the...
nice one frogrockqakka! i'm intersted on your website you say that you use the agc control in manual mode level set to maximum. is this not the same as just...
Hi Everyone Just thought I'd letyou know I have put up a new version of the manual for the camera under the tech support banner at the bottom of this page...
G'day Jacko, I guess if there is a bright star in the field the gain might want to adjust, so I just make sure and leave it maxed out. Cheers, frogrockqakka ...
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thanks frogrockqakka Darren Steve Quirk <frogrockqakka@...> wrote: G'day Jacko, I guess if there is a bright star in the field the gain might want to...
G'day all, I imaged Messier 57 on the 22nd and checked to see how faint the GSTAR can go. Brian Skiff did photometry of several stars around the "ring" and is ...
I just checked the link to the M57 mag seq and for some reason the whole address is not active? Just copy and paste the whole line into your browser address...
Steve Looks like its not encluding the last part of the link but I clicked on the link and just added the missing section and was able to link to the page Also...
Nice work Qakka! That's far better than I'd imagined the camera would perform for a non cooled device. It goes to show just how sensitive the Sony CCD is and ...
Dave I think that is galaxy IC1296 which has a core magnitude of 14.8 but is much fainter out to the spiral arms. I think the image I took from Sydney some...
Hi all Just posted an image of the Hourglass Neb in the images section. It's a lrgb image taken with my 7-inch MAK and 2x barlow os about f/30. Only 50 images...
Thanks Dave, I'll put the lrgb M57 in the photo album. I don't how it ended up "glass like", I guess it might be from the unsharp masking and all the levels...
... Steve Massey was on the money with IC 1296 My NGC2000.0 lists it as 15th magnitude (photographic) I looked on the web for it and found a couple of visual...
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