i now have one for my celestron c4r refractor how do you get the eye peace imager to the telescope. If it has to be in the yard maybe 20 to 30 feet from the...
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mark
imzame
Nov 1, 2005 8:14 pm
Thats why this hobby is so addicting. People do very interesting things to setup for taking pictures. I have a computer straped to a wheelbarrel! I just wheel...
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Andre Paquette
majikthyze
Nov 1, 2005 9:04 pm
Howdy, I just wanted to share a couple of notes regarding the NexImage long exposure modification. I made the mods as described on Freddy Diaz's site: ...
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Tommy Hartline
starman2010
Nov 1, 2005 9:22 pm
I bought a cart at a tractor store and strapped my pc down, actually it was my birthday present. and mark it sounds like you need a lot of bb's. ... ...
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Scheck, Andrew E.
schecae1
Nov 1, 2005 9:29 pm
I shoot about 50 ft away from my computer and use a pair of USB ethernet adapters and a 75 ft ethernet cable (I've also got a 150 ft) and it works just fine. ...
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astrovoyager
Nov 1, 2005 9:54 pm
Hi Group. I tried out the NI last night with TOA-130, but on the laptop, all I saw in real time was a white circle. Do you use filters to or what? Should the...
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gstrumol
Nov 2, 2005 12:04 am
No. This comes from having the gain, brightness, or saturation too high on your settings. Drop them down to < 50% and see if that improves the screen image. If...
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Ed Hitchcock
ehitchcock_bvg
Nov 2, 2005 1:16 am
I posted my first Mars image, from my first real imaging session with the Neximage. It's in the Ed H folder in the files section. It shows the image beside a...
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Robert Ray
rhray49
Nov 2, 2005 6:17 pm
Hi group, I tried Mars again this weekend (clouds came in by the time Saturn was up). Seeing was not real good (hazy) but I captured this image. Not as sharp...
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Robert Ray
rhray49
Nov 2, 2005 7:13 pm
Nice shot, Ed. What kind of scope & drive do you have? Robert ... with...
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rcole_sooner
Nov 2, 2005 8:02 pm
I've been lurking and reading and practicing with my new neximage. I will post pictures, but first a few questions: About Raw Color Mode and amcap: I tried the...
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Andre Paquette
majikthyze
Nov 2, 2005 8:35 pm
Hi Russell, I just tried AMcap in raw mode and it shows up in black and white for me. Is it possible you used the optimized color mode instead of raw mode?...
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Andre Paquette
majikthyze
Nov 3, 2005 2:32 am
I got a chance to play with my LE-modded NexImage this evening. I used my NS8GPS in Fastar mode (F/2). You can find them in the Photos section under Andre...
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rcole_sooner
Nov 3, 2005 5:21 am
Andre, You are right. I got home and tried it again (viewing a street lamp out my window). Using either AmCap or Iris the capture is in B&W for raw color mode....
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blandp11
Nov 3, 2005 12:19 pm
Hello all! Last night I took my first decent Mars image. I posted it to the phot section under the folder philip. Here is the direct link: ...
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Brian
bnd1430
Nov 3, 2005 2:00 pm
Andre, Very respectable images you have posted! I am just going to play with the RAW mode tonight and will be looking into the LE mod soon. Also, I posted a...
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steveo40348
Nov 3, 2005 5:18 pm
Hi Everybody. New member. A colleague imaged Mars last night with the NexImager, ran his file thru Registax, and at some point got a "compression error" ...
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Andre Paquette
majikthyze
Nov 3, 2005 6:06 pm
LOL -- I love the message subject. If you got a "Failed to decompress AVI frame" message, it probably means that the AVI file was too long for Registax. You...
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Ed Hitchcock
ehitchcock_bvg
Nov 3, 2005 6:36 pm
This was taken with a fork-mounted C8 with RA drive at ~f20 using an Ultima 2x barlow. I have a Meade 644 flip mirror to help centre the target. Ed ... ...
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steveo40348
Nov 3, 2005 7:23 pm
Thanks a bunch, Andre. Sounds like that's the problem. I imaged, for the first time last night, and ran it for about 70 sec., getting something over 1000...
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Andre Paquette
majikthyze
Nov 3, 2005 7:33 pm
No problem Steve. I think the single-file Registax limit is about 2G and that works out to just over 2300 frames, so 1000 frames is fine. I usually try to...
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astrovoyager
Nov 3, 2005 11:09 pm
Thanks to all esp. Tommy Hartline for the tips. I got a look last night and finally saw color and features. Now all I need to do is develop a way to get focus...
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Freddy Diaz
fjdiazg
Nov 4, 2005 12:14 am
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}..shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Great images Andre,...
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gstrumol
Nov 4, 2005 2:04 am
Try first in auto mode. You'll get the image, but it will be too bright. But you can center it and roughly focus, then go back to manual mode for precise focus...
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karpa_lino
Nov 4, 2005 8:51 am
Hi, I have similar problem with all avis (captured with amcap) when opening them with Registax. I open avi-files in Quicktime, cut some frames from the end and...
Could yu give some settings when you captured the mars photo. Richard ... From: Ed Hitchcock To: neximage@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 8:16...
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rtheuni
Nov 5, 2005 12:02 am
Hi All, I've been using the Neximage for a few months now, but only just learned of this forum. I've been using a Tak Mewlon (dall-kirkham cassegrain)with a 3x...
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Andre Paquette
majikthyze
Nov 5, 2005 7:34 am
More fun with long exposures tonight in my photos area: Nov4 M42: 300x5s, raw mode Nov4 M33: 50x60s, raw mode As with the last images, these were at F/2 on...
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drrmfields
Nov 5, 2005 3:58 pm
Andre, Those photos are excellent! ... I ... Photos ... under the ... that...
