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There seems to he a lot of people doing this on SGL, your not the only one that's intrigued buddy. Think you definatley need LE on webcam but have heard good feedback on this, if it works will save a lot of extra weight on the mount. Managed to do this in polar scope just really need to incorporate into viewfinder, come on peeps spill some beans ha ha.

Rich t

Thanks Todd.

I will give it a go, need to get another battery for it next. Have you managed any shots of nebulae yet, im really keen on getting a shot of the horses head in orion when weather allows, its going to be my second target.

Rich T

Hi neil,

It does seem to be slightly out of focus but im also siding towards the camera settings, try reducing the shutter speed as im sure i can see a slight blur on the craters. As a secondry option you could try a tele-extender with the 20mm eyepiece or maybe a baader skyglow filter, it really makes the images crisper and also darkens the background. Is it the 130 Parabolic mirror version you have?

Rich T

Thanks Jim,

So i take it you have managed to find an adapter that allows you to insert the spc900 into the spotter on your scope? or are you using a seperate refractor?

Thanks

Rich T

Hello Newstar1,

Glad your enjoying it. If your camera has a thread hole on bas then this may do the trick, a bit fidly but I have seen some good results with it.

ScopeTeknix ScopeTeknix DigiPix lightweight digital camera adaptor

Good luck.

Rt

Thanks Michael,

I have managed to get this to work on an old laptop which is good, shows theres no problem with my wiring now. However My homepc is defeating me, i have Xp, Win7 and Vista ultimate on there and I cannot get this to work for some reason, Win7 is practically a clean and new install, this makes me believe the USB on the PC is the problem, however it recognises the TTL as a Comms port and had no other issues with any other USB device. One of those headscratchers.

Thanks for your help

Rich T

Sorry 2nd to this it also seems the Direct SLR attatchment on 200PDS is no longer part of the package, again if anyone can tell me different I would love to know.

Thanks

Rich

Thats awesome! The story suggests that is an 8.5" sope but that looks double that to me. Amazing though, how on earth would you track the hubble scope as its travelling so fast?

I here ya, thats exactly what im doing with scopes n skies. I have to send letter to them from consumer direct which will help. I must say the only place I intend to buy anything from is FLO from now on, everyone is so helpful there and there prices are very good to.

Thanks todd8137, just tried seems to install when opened hangs and then crashes. Oh well, sharpcap seems to work well so will stick to that. Thanks again.

Hello,

I have just brought this kit, flashed it fine and showing as SPC900 on computer, however im struggling to get hold of the VLounge software that actually works, the one off the website crashes on opening, can i ask where you obtained Vlounge from?

Thankyou

Rich T