As someone new to both astronomy and astrovideo cameras it is inspiring to see the quality of images posted on this site. I have posted my first colour image...
Nice start to tri-colour imaging Lindsay! What settings are you using during capture?. The contrast seems very steep. If you can set you capture driver...
Hi Tony Yep..had a great session of it this afternoon after a very frustrating time with the camera trying to get it to detect Mercury in broad daylight....
Thanks for the feedback Mike... much appreciated. In fact, I learned a harsh lesson tonight using my wonder JayCar spray which led me to understand perhaps a...
Hi Dave and Tony Glad to hear you'll have a backyard soon to work from Dave! Thanks too for the mention on the article. It was just a quick one at the request...
Thanks for advice I will check settings on my next session.I just added an image of NGC253 that suprised me as it didn't look much until I increased brightness...
Great defintion in the lunar images Steve. You'll soon be able to image the LLM's and finally put an end to the Apollo mission conspiracies. Cheers Michael ......
... These moon images are really the clearest & most inspiring I've seen for a while. Almost makes me want to get out and try imaging the moon myself. Cheers ...
Greetings all, I received my new Gstar last week and it works fine with my Imperx PCMCIA card and Imperx capture software, but I cannot get either VirtualDub...
Hi Keith This sounds like a common problem to do the chipset drivers for your capture card. Most basic capture cards today are only designed for use with...
G'day all, Had a go at imaging Pluto over the last few nights. It showed up very nice even with a bright moon in the sky. Once I got the correct position it...
I have finally got round to setting up my GStar (MINTRON) camera with Steve's software, however, I have a problem getting the program to work completely...
Hello Shevill I don't use the GStar capture software as it's still under development for whatever problems there are that Steve is trying to sort out for XP...
Thanks, Tony, I downloaded the standalone software, GSTAR_COM However, I don't have a serial port on my laptop but 4 USB ports, I do have a USB- serial...
Thanks for that feedback Tony. I spoke with Chris Wakeman today who will be compiling a little "How to" post over the next few days to help Shevill and any...
Hi all Just thought I'd post a message to let you know that Steve.Q (frogrockqakka) has managed to image the distant dwarf planet (as we must now refer to...
Thanks Steve, Tony, & Chris, the combined efferts look like producing a final answer to this vexing problem. The GStar program is too good to just lanquish -...
Thanks Stevo, for the post, also to Dave for the post on the video astro users group. I didn't want to let it out till Rob McNaught had confirmed the ...
Hi everyone, Please note that there is a much improved version of the GStar-Ex capture (freeware) software now available - it is V1.4. You can download from...
There were earlier messages about changing the colour or wattage of the on/off light on the back of the GStar-EX, but I would like to ask about disabling it...
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Hi Rob Thanks for posting the question. In short, the answer is yes. In most electronic circuits, the power LED is parallel to the power supply with an in-line...
I just changed my original M42 colour image for a newer picture which I think is an improvement.I also got rid of the green LED on my camera via Steves...
Hi all I received a message from friend Steve Wainwright in the U.K regarding the availability of XGA converters that can cope with monochrome signal input....
Hi Lindsay Keep at it mate. Unless you are specifically aiming to image only the inner portion of M42 then you're on the right track exposure-wise but I'd...
Stevo, Great image of Mercury. I don't know how you get such fine detail out of a boiling blob :-), at least that's all I can get from location. Location,...
G'day Lindsay, You have great colour saturation in that RGB image of M42. Have you tried combining it with your other B&W image as the Luminance channel. That...
G'day all, Just added to the gallery my observations of dwarf planet Eris taken on 12 to 14 Oct. Unfortunately, the seeing went right off ahead of an ...
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