Hello, I posted 2 images from last night (early and late) in my bnd1430 folder. The shots are okay because seeing was only okay. I'll collimate my OT tonight...
The April 2007 issue of the A.L.P.O. Lunar Section's monthly newsletter, The Lunar Observer, has been uploaded to: http://www.zone-vx.com/tlo.pdf Back issues...
Hello to all, I joined the group about a week ago and have been "lurking" since then and reading through the postings since Day One. (Did you know there are...
Hi Ken , I live in Burleson Texas just south Of Fort Worth. I have the CPC 800 series XLT with gps. If you want a good camera to go with your scope try this. I...
Hi Tommy, thanks for the reply to my posting. As a result of what you told me, I looked at the DMK firewire camera and it looks real good! I also noticed...
Hi Ken, I read your messages, and went to see Tommy's site. I particularly liked the Moon-Saturn occultations shots. For those who might be interested in...
I'm using a Celestron CPC800 GPS. F.L.=2000mm,f/10. I added a JMI ev- 1 focuser to give me finer focusing but getting a sharp image on a laptop screen is still...
Rom, I routinely use a 1.6x Barlow (W.O. for Binoviewers) and a 2x Ultima Barlow together with my C8. So If I do the math right it's about 1,300 magnification....
I purchased an equatorial mount to learn on. It is advertised as a Chinese made CGE 5. I have it together. It did not come with instructions. Any recourses...
The Orion EQ1 page has a PDF instruction that you can download. Of course you do not have and EQ1, but many of the concepts are the same, especially the...
Hi Rom, My telescope is exactly the same as yours, a 200mm Celestron SC CPC GPS. I only use the laptop (sometimes)to zero-in on the focus as I jump from one...
Monti, The image on the cover page is from my 8" C8S-GT scope taken on 13- Feb-07 from my house in Manila. Effectivily this is the same OTA that you have....
Hi Brian, I'm a bit of a novice so I have to tread carefully. But that, to me, seems very impressive coming from an 8 inch telescope. I just recently saw an...
Thanks Darryl. I downloaded the EQ1 manual. I has helped. I an going to see if the North Star is visable tonight. It is just turning dark in LA. Thanks ...
Hello. I'm new to Neximage and Amcap and am wondering if anyone can tell me how big to set the file size before taking an Avi. For example if I wanted to take...
Hello, I've also not too much experience but I always put some "Big number" like 10 (or 11 to be faster on keyboard) as reserved space. The AVI will be saved...
I also found that the file size is unrelated to space I allocate in advannce. When I put in a big number (my avis can be 500mb) it took time for the PC to...
Hi, I guess the space allocated could depend on your HD limitations. With a 250G disk I just went ahead and allocated 1G for AMCAP capture. Many of my...
Hi, We enjoyed the first clear skies in ten days, yesterday, so out came the telescope (Celestron 200mm SC, CPC GPS). While I was setting it up, I saw ISS...
obviously try rebooting and trying it again. If that still doesn't work, you could try using k3ccd tools to capture something, you can download an eval ...
Monti, My re-posting…. Try this download for diagnostics on the cam it may point out the problem area: http://www.softlookup.com/download.asp?id=98617 Also,...
Hey, This is a perfect time to ask my question: I can get Saturn in the Neximage screen when I do not use a barlow (centered and all). Then when I insert the...
Thank you all for the advice. At least I have some kind of starting point now. I am finding the capture software a little frustrating, but that may be due to...
Hi Grady, The problem arises because the field of view is much smaller when you add on a Barlow. Saturn mays have been in the center of your FOV as seen...
Hi Grady, Another important part to the puzzle of finding an object after you insert a barlow is that the image is greatly reduced in brightness. I suggest...
Yea I was going to suggest the same thing, I always crank the brightness/gain all the way up, and usually i will see a faint fuzzy thing, and when i turn the...
Thanks everyone. Weather permitting,I'll be back out tonight trying these techniques. Thanks again, Grady ... fuzzy thing, and when i turn ... you get ... ...
Hi, A bit off topic now, but with regards to my NexImage camera that went hopelessly black the other night in the middle of an imaging session, well I finally...
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