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...
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William M. Dembowski,...
elton_moonsh...
Apr 1, 2007 6:25 pm
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...
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Ken Thorpe
rosevilleken
Apr 4, 2007 6:51 pm
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...
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Tommy Hartline
starman2010
Apr 4, 2007 9:32 pm
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...
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Ken Thorpe
rosevilleken
Apr 6, 2007 12:54 am
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...
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imontam
Apr 6, 2007 3:59 pm
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...
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rom101905
Apr 10, 2007 5:24 am
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...
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Brian
bnd1430
Apr 10, 2007 1:41 pm
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....
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Paul Ashley
pt_ashley
Apr 10, 2007 2:03 pm
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...
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Darryl Simmons
ldarryls2001
Apr 10, 2007 5:16 pm
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...
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imontam
Apr 10, 2007 7:01 pm
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...
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Brian
bnd1430
Apr 10, 2007 11:59 pm
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....
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imontam
Apr 11, 2007 1:04 am
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...
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Paul Ashley
pt_ashley
Apr 11, 2007 2:46 am
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 ...
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c52au
Apr 11, 2007 12:14 pm
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...
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Mauro Gnesa
wanda_mauro
Apr 11, 2007 1:05 pm
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...
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Eric Leibert
eleibs
Apr 11, 2007 1:17 pm
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...
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imontam
Apr 11, 2007 1:25 pm
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...
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imontam
Apr 12, 2007 8:12 pm
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...
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kkmonte@...
kkmonte774
Apr 12, 2007 9:14 pm
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 ...
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Brian
bnd1430
Apr 13, 2007 2:26 pm
I posted a message 18 hours ago but it hasn't shown up yet. This is a test post only! Brian...
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Brian
bnd1430
Apr 13, 2007 2:58 pm
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,...
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gradyboyce
Apr 13, 2007 4:14 pm
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...
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c52au
Apr 13, 2007 4:52 pm
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...
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imontam
Apr 13, 2007 5:06 pm
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...
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Jim Opalek
stargeezer37031
Apr 14, 2007 12:16 am
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...
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kkmonte@...
kkmonte774
Apr 14, 2007 2:35 am
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...
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gradyboyce
Apr 14, 2007 1:07 pm
Thanks everyone. Weather permitting,I'll be back out tonight trying these techniques. Thanks again, Grady ... fuzzy thing, and when i turn ... you get ... ...
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imontam
Apr 15, 2007 1:59 am
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...
