petercc

great that's really helpful. ill try that. didn't realise how technical this all is, but I'm enjoying learning

thanks for the info, i will play more with the focus and see if i get anything. i also have no idea how to set up the exposure, gain etc, i can see that those things are adjustable on the OAcapture user interface, but i have no idea what any of that jargon means and how to set about working with it, so far i have not found any resources that explain it.

yes. the telescope is open and focusing perfectly with a 12mm eyepiece. i then whip the eyepiece out and pop in the neximage camera. the oa capture software i think the image preview window of OAcapture goes from light grey to black once the pc is wired to the Neximage. but it does not show any actual image. same issue if i aim it at a mountain during daytime.

Does anyone have any experience of using Celestron NEXImage 10 with a mac. I have downloaded the OAcapture software and set it all up. But no image appears in the preview window. Camera is in perfect focus with Jupiter super bright, but the OAcapture image preview screen is completely black. i can't find any troubleshooting guide for what to do next......