Hi All, I have been out of town for a few days and just checked this thread. I have a version of iCCD that has a Blink routine in it. Unfortunately, it is not...
... Great news, Jeff! Love to see it. I had KeyNote up to do manual blinking in seconds, but there seems to be no way to automate it through goto or loop...
Hi All, So is the Mac mini the new astronomical control computer. • Apple introduces Mac mini. New member of Mac family Slot-load Combo optical drive. Play...
... Now there is a thought! I use AstroViewMacX ($20 !) to control Equinox (and my scope, webcam, SBIG, ...) on my PowerBook from my desktop Mac inside the...
Wow, thanks Darryl. I think I will try AstroViewMacX. Jeff Jeff Terry Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago IL...
Hi!, Kind of makes me wish I'd waited instead of getting the iMac for my little iMac experiment. Oh well....., still think I've got a good thing going (I hope)...
Did anybody catch that part about iPhoto supporting RAW images now! It also has new editing features (not sure what they are yet). Can't wait to check it out....
Hi All, Someone asked me today if any of the Mac Astro programs can control Astro-Physics mounts? Anybody know? I must be getting lazy, I could read a few...
... I just took a look at the command manual. It "looks" like it emulates LX200 commands so any program that can control LX200 scopes might be able to control...
Hi Guys, Thanks, I will let the person who asked me know. Jeff Jeff Terry Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago...
Hi Jeff, ScopeDriver can do it: <http://www.adpartnership.net/ScopeDriver/> I have a few users who are successfully using ScopeDriver with their AP mounts....
Hi Steve, Great, I will pass that info on as well. Jeff Jeff Terry Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago IL...
Hi list I've seen driver panel for my camera and saw a strange item "ibotAstro" but it is disable. did you know what is all about? Vladimir...
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Hi Folks; Anyone whose into stereo pairs for Astro Imaging should check out http://139.134.5.123/tiddler2/stereographer/gallery/nebula/nebula.htm Some of them...
Hi All, Set up in the back-yard last night with the intent to do some f/20 shots of the Moon last night with my N11. Conditions were terrible, gave up on that...
Paul, Nice shot! I'm on the California central coast (~200 miles north of you) and had the same problem last night. Very turbulent air. You could see Sirius ...
Bob, Thanks for the comment. You're right, I didn't take any flats. Since I'm still set-up, guess I better do some tomorrow and reprocess. (And fix my...
Boy, flat-frame calibration really did the trick! That turned out to be a real nice picture. Good composition. The marine layer came in last night and really...
Hi Milton How you evaluate a total sensitive of webcamera with 2x2 bin mono+CCD Over Ride features? - if, say, sensitivities of this webcamers, based on sony...
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Hi Vlad; I'm not exactly sure what your question is. Using 2x2 binning will be gather approximately 400% as much light per pixel as un binned. Using CCD Over...
Well, i know that all of this lx not correct term of sensitivities (but all sellers prefer to use it in their ads) Ok, well-known Sony ICX098BQ (all webcamers...
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Hi Vlad; ... Without qualitative measurement, LX values are basically "bunk" and marketing hype. ... Your wrong on the CCD assumption. You don't know what CCD...
... actually this not a big problem since Sony marked all of your sensors and you can see this mark on the sensor with microscope(at the bottom side of chip)....
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Hi All, I figured that I might as well share these images here as well. Alan Chen ( http://www.heavenlyview.com ) graciously provided me with a series of M42...
Jeff, That Lucy-Richardson deconvolution really does a nice job! How long did it take to run on that 6.1M image? Bob fishcamp engineering 105 W. Clark Ave. ...
Hi Bob, Not Long, I didn't time it but it is not uncomfortable. I didn't move away from the laptop. I did 4 iterations with a gaussian kernel of 4 pixels. Any...