Ant

Good to hear still just in warranty, one less thing to worry about, i fully understand your comment above, stick with it mate, 

Look like a combination of issues. 

The camera appears to have got confused. The usb lead I think has a fault, and lastly the laptop wasn't plugged in and I think wasn't supplying enough power through the port. 

I think it might be sorted  Big thanks to Grant. 

That must have made you feel a little happier.  There's always hope, and it seems things aren't so gloomy after all. Plus 1 for Grant too.

He did indeed live long and prosper

I never watch star trek, but his image is very nostalgic for me, strangly Iconic & unmistakable. Sad news.

Sadly missed

had a real pain focusing my oiii last niht, but got there in the end

That sounds like nearly every one of my nights.

We all seem to have these nights... does make me wonder why we all continue sometimes :)

Hows the IOM?

Is there some way to make DSS produce 16bit TIFFs instead of 32bit tiffs 104mb ones, maybe it would go quicker ?

Dave

I never thought of that. I'll have a look. Might be under the Output tab? If I find anything I'll let you know.

Only start to worry when its then hairs in your ears turning white that Jane is noticing

Grey hairs are the least of ur coming problems, it's all down hill from here ;)

I notice I have more grey hairs on the floor after I have had a hair cut at the barber or unisex hair salon!

that has just literally happened to me ! Second or third time out imaging this year - mount check, polar align check, scopes balanced check, connect it all up and hope USB behaves check; it's looking good now ! unpark and platesolve, errr why is the screen white !!!! CLOUDED OVER !!!!

It clouded over for me before it even got dark :) But on the upside... I remembered what software to run and in what order. And everything worked - both cameras, FW, wireless controller, and planetarium control. Happy Days. :)

It's all good practice mate. I'm surprised how smoothly mine went. Even did it under a red head torch - practicing not upsetting the visual people.

It has all been a bit pants hasn't it.

Tell me about it. Thank god for some Solar or I'd be wondering about throwing it al in!

Same here, Ant. Been really awful weather lately.

And here in Hull.

its a nice feeling to be out again and we can only hope the winter turns out better than this summer.

Snap!So much for this change in weather .

blumming weathermen

AH! Please don't jinx it!

Shhhh !!! Don't say that yet ... ;)

Oh no! The cloud have heard you RUN!

Been so long I got my full gear out today and set it up for solar viewing. I figure is I can do it during daylight I should be able to do it in during the night as well!!

Not Solar viewing that is!

It's bad isn't it! I opened the cases tonight and through OK... just stared at the contents trying to remember what to do first! Got there in the end... shame it's clouded over :(

Daytime shots of birds dont count ;)

lol

got a cloud filter?

Didn't say it was going to clear lol. The clouds will just be harder to see :)

Woohoo - the nights will be drawing in soon!! :)

And the summer hasn't even arrived yet!

How's your hay fever? Mines cleared but now I have the Mumps!!! :(

the solstice is just around the corner, get your druid outfit on !

Less than a week to go :) hey fever been ok today - awful yesterday!

11 days till the Solstice !

leave some for us!!

I've found the beers :)