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You should be able to get it lower, have you tried or it just does not appear on the pulldown list ? I'm also pretty new, but I always try to use a x2 Barlow if you have one and play with the histogram to get it away from the left(Blacks/darks) and no more than 80% along to the right. By reducing the ROI, it also enables you to whack up the FPS, I did manage over 500fps the other night(poor seeing mind) with my new ASI462MC with a small ROI. Raw8 and I still tend to stick with avi, although the experts use Ser
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Seeing as the weather is bad, I am going back through some video clips and stacking less frames, apart from the nasty artefact on the side, a bit more detail. Only 30 clips to go!
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EQ5 or EQ6 (De-forking Meade 8" LX10)
KEJ replied to KEJ's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
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EQ5 or EQ6 (De-forking Meade 8" LX10)
KEJ replied to KEJ's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
Thank you. Part of me is thinking, right for planetary no more manual controlling to keep it on target(so a tick in the box), then I was assuming for DSO with a reducer so down to where you mentioning, I thought it would be fine especially if I was guiding! Sounds like more researching required. -
EQ5 or EQ6 (De-forking Meade 8" LX10)
KEJ replied to KEJ's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
Dom thanks........I must admit I thought it would do better, is that with or without guiding. -
EQ5 or EQ6 (De-forking Meade 8" LX10)
KEJ replied to KEJ's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
Wise words and my gut feelings are with you...........thank you -
I have a Meade 8" LX10 (Old RA clockwork drive), I like the scope and was thinking of de-forking it and mounting it on a GoTo mount. Then using it for planetary, but also for with a reducer for the more faint/distant DSO's or am I wasting my time. However, I cannot seem to be able to find the weight of the actual telescope tube on its own, so that I can determine which mount to buy based on payload. Questions: 1) Does anyone know the weight of a Meade 8" LX10 Telescope (Tube only) ? 2) Has anyone out there done a similar conversion and is it just a case of de-forking
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A different target than the more popular choices, nice work.
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Really impressive. I must admit I have recently ordered a ZWO to Nikon lens adapter, I assume you have used something similar ? Great picture though.
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I haven't tried the 462 for any long exposures and for DSO work I did in the end buy the 533 - sorry.
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Nice picture and that's pretty clear.
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Lovely picture
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That looks pretty good to me. I was out on Mars again last night(ASI462MC), at the same time had a crack at a few other objects with the ASI533 MC Pro, M27 (image taken from the iPad)I fired off a load of 1min exposures, the others less time. I will revisit another night! C11, C30, M27(WO Z61 533) & Mars (LX10 8" Barlow 462).
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I haven't had chance to test it on longer exposures, conditions were not 100% here(hopefully that will change tonight). Cloud grounded me last night, the night before I got out early between 19:30 and 20:30, so Mars was lower in the sky and again cloud put a stop to proceedings. However, with a tiny ROI had it up to 750 FPS(RAW08) and for a normal Mars shot up to around 450 FPS, It's brilliant getting 10000 frames in well under 30 secs(but genuinely not great seeing) Fig01. Unlike, Damien Peach Fig02 (BBC Website) But, I am hoping for better things, I'm also on my LX