Hello group, This is my first post here and my first try on Venus. I was late a bit at home yesterday but try Venus around 18:30 (Montréal, Québec). This is...
Hi Don: I use K3CCDTools (K3) with two Neximages. One Neximage is unmodified and I use that for imaging planetary stuff. The other neximage has a SC1 mod which...
Thanks Leonard....got it and having been playing with it....just waiting for clouds to part (it's been since Thanksgiving!!!) Don ... and I use that for...
Hi Daniel, Nice Venus shot!... This is the first season I try imaging Venus, and I find it a very strange planet to shoot. Looks simple at first, but there are...
Hi monti and all, Yes it is difficult (for me) to image Venus. I didn't used a barlow lens tough I should have tried it, but I was a bit in a hurry that night....
Hi Daniel, Check out past posts in this forum (search on “UV” and Venus”) if you haven’t already. The filters mentioned are not UV Blocking as I had...
Yeah, It will be dimmer, but I understand that the Maksutov - Cassegrain optics should yield nice contrast. BUT the main reason I ordered it is as a grab and...
Nice picture Bruce, Galileo would have been jealous of your views! ... From: neximage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:neximage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bruce...
Hi Bruce I will check and try it.... Good idea for the shed. You know what? You talk to me about your scope in your shed and I decided yesterday to buy a...
Daniel. My next step is to build a SkyShed. I already bought the plans. Just need to spend some time and money. The scope on wheels seems to work OK for me...
Thanks Darryl. By way of comparison, this is one taken with my 10" at f/25 and over three times the number of frames. Size matters! But I'm still working to...
I recently moved from a cold (winter) state to a colder state. I'm concerned about exposing my notebook and camera to subzero temperatures. Will be building a...
You don't want to run your LCD display below the specified temperature for operation. That will, almost immediately, damage the fluid. Note that there are...
Hi Jim! There is this product I bought and it is a good quality. Its 'a Lapdome. It can prevent from humidity, cold not sure but certainly some degres and...
Hi Jim, Being in Quebec, Canada, I regularly image in very cold weather during winter months. Though I do have a system by which I can remotely do it from...
computers will actually work better in the cold, the only thing that will start to go crappy is the LCD screen. in real cold weather the LCD screen will ...
Hi Ken, I do have a question about your comment. Though it has never happened yet to my laptop, what are the consequences of the LCD screen freezing? Does it...
No, there is some permanent damage. The actual results for a given display depend on the severity of the damage (how long and how cold), and the fluid ...
Hi Ken, Monti, Paul et al: Thanks, everyone, for suggestions on the care of equipment. I will be cautious this winter and will rely on heated control room...
Hi, I was getting ready to do some Venus imaging, but before starting I had decided to search the horizon for Jupiter. Suddenly, Mercury appeared in my finder....
Hi just joined the group and was trying to down load the disk from Celestron and got an message that the program may have a conflict with the windows logo? I...
Hi Pat, I'm guessing that you have Windows XP? You may get The software your installing has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify it's compatibility with...
Thanks Wyatt I guess the the tales of your demise were greatly exaggerated I do appreciate the info I dug through the messages and someone said the same thing...
Hello Everyone: My name is Larry Stephens. I live in Monticello,Georgia.I just got my neximage with a printed out manual and really did not see anything on how...
Hello Everyone: My name is Larry Stephens. I live in Monticello,Georgia.I just got my neximage with a printed out manual and really did not see anything on how...
Hello all, I have just retired recently, and am just getting my feet wet using my NexImage camera. I have just one question for now. Has anyone had any success...
Hi Roger, Yes indeed. It is something I had also wanted to try for some time, and it was a lot of fun doing. Though not all that easy. I did it once, several...
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