The July 2009 issue of the A.L.P.O. Lunar Section's monthly newsletter, The Lunar Observer, has been uploaded to: http://moon.scopesandscapes.com/tlo.pdf A new...
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gavin.buckle
Jul 7, 2009 7:14 pm
Just a quick thanks for the input I've received for the questions I've posted. Much appreciated....
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proboller86
Jul 22, 2009 12:17 pm
I just got the Neximage and i am running vista 32 bit. The driver from celestron and here does not work. Has anyone else got this to work. Brett...
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kkmonte@...
kkmonte774
Jul 22, 2009 1:42 pm
Yea I had posted a while ago a post using the toucam drivers for vista, they work fine with my neximage and 32 bit vista. I'll look when i get home to see if...
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Hein du Plessis
hein4444
Jul 22, 2009 2:02 pm
Hi Guys Have anybody got this working on Windows 7 32bit yet?...
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robert
keysoftune
Jul 22, 2009 5:09 pm
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FERNANDO MAGALHAES
muguinho2000
Jul 23, 2009 1:01 pm
Hi to all,my name is Fernando,and my camera stopped to receive images,but it seems that the ccd can't transmit the image.The Amcap program show only a image...
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robert
keysoftune
Jul 23, 2009 4:30 pm
the most important thing i was told was to make sure the computer has an extensive memory capability and plenty of storage space.. also when you buy your...
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Stephen J McIntyre
mcintyre_sj
Jul 23, 2009 5:20 pm
I've had some trouble running two webcams off the same USB hub with WinXp and other problems running two webcams at all with Vista. In both cases, the camera...
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FERNANDO MAGALHAES
muguinho2000
Jul 24, 2009 2:54 am
Stephen,thanks for the help and interest,I39;m gonna try to follow your advices,first changing the USB hub,I use a DSI at the same hub, and try Virtualdub to see...
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dembowski@...
elton_moonsh...
Aug 2, 2009 4:47 pm
The August 2009 issue of the A.L.P.O. Lunar Section's monthly newsletter, The Lunar Observer, has been uploaded to: http://moon.scopesandscapes.com/tlo.pdf ...
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dnealy02
Aug 2, 2009 5:39 pm
I'm cross posting this on both the cloudy nights forum and here: I finally had a chance to try my NexImage a little bit tonight, and ran into a couple of...
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jim met
starphotom31
Aug 2, 2009 7:42 pm
don't run amcap on auto for astro work. the reason you lost the image when panning is either because you hit a much darker or lighter spot-when this happens...
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Ivan Angell
ivanak47
Aug 2, 2009 7:44 pm
Hi, I had the same problems with jupiter, unfortunately it's only viewable from my location for about half an hour. One thing I'm going to try next time is a...
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imontam
Aug 2, 2009 7:47 pm
Hi, I also use AMCAP. I've never encountered this exact situation, especially the reactivation part after repanning over the area where the image went dead...
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LKnoll
lknoll1234
Aug 2, 2009 7:55 pm
Try K3CCDTools. It can do a lot more than just capture. It can do stacking, aligning, histogram stretching, desharp, culling of bad frames, etc. It has a ton...
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imontam
Aug 2, 2009 7:57 pm
Hi, On the night of thursday to friday, july 30 to 31, the impact spot on Jupiter passed at the planet's meridian at 2 AM local time (6 UT). We have been...
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Bruce Johnson
secondwind1949
Aug 2, 2009 9:37 pm
Great job as usual Monti! The weather in North Carolina has been pretty cloudy too. Glad you have patience. BJ.. Bruce Johnson From: neximage@yahoogroups.com...
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Wyatt Earp
skyc0wb0y
Aug 2, 2009 9:44 pm
Excellent work Monti! Crappy weather in Collingwood, Ontario as well. Wyatt. From: Bruce Johnson Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 4:36 PM To:...
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Stephen J McIntyre
mcintyre_sj
Aug 2, 2009 9:45 pm
I agree that the "Auto" setting is not appropirate for astronomy. Often you will want to fine tune the gain and exposure to bring out subtle features -...
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dnealy02
Aug 3, 2009 12:19 pm
... I wasn't intending to use the "auto" setting to do my imaging, but it was the only way I seemed to be able to get anything to show up in "preview" mode....
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Max Byerly
davenporttennis
Aug 3, 2009 3:38 pm
Is there any software that is compatible with the NexImage and Mac? Freeware or Paid? Any? Max...
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LKnoll
lknoll1234
Aug 3, 2009 4:12 pm
Max: Try this link ... lots of information ... http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1044 I thought maybe Stark Labs "Nebulosity" product (Mac version)...
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LKnoll
lknoll1234
Aug 3, 2009 4:21 pm
Here is what Macam supports ... http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/cameras/index.php It includes a lot of Philips webcams. The Neximage has the same IC's as one...
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LKnoll
lknoll1234
Aug 3, 2009 4:39 pm
Try this as well ... http://www.ioxperts.com/devices/webcam.html I'm procrastinating in the astronomy groups. I better get back to work now. :-\ - Leonard ......
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imontam
Aug 4, 2009 4:33 pm
Hi, I was cleaning up my e-mail when I looked at this post again, and the comment by Jim that simply going from a bright to a dark region of the Moon could...
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Lynn Francis
mlfrancis2001
Aug 4, 2009 5:36 pm
Hello All, I'm learning about astrophotography using both my DSLR for wide field shots and my NexImage for planetary. Using my DSLR and taking flats I can get...
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imontam
Aug 4, 2009 10:04 pm
Hi Stephen, Here are a few question regarding Virtualdub. I basically use AMCAP to capture avis, but also use Virtualdub to process the avis once they are...
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lknoll1234
Aug 6, 2009 12:24 am
Actually I don't know how "new" it is, but it's new to me .... http://arnholm.org/astro/software/wxAstroCapture/ It works with Philips-like webcams, so it...