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Google Image back-search is an amazing tool - used it lots of times, though not on the Moon!

1 hour ago, happy-kat said:

Long time so a little update

I did flash the Toucam to a npc900nc and it worked under Windows 10 and then one of the updates in spring took out connectivity, tad annoying.

I've cut out very thin rings of veg plastic and have the spacing sorted on the 1.8 lens to the neximage5. This camera is now behaving much better, though still can be noisy, but I'll run with it for now. All the capture softwares have had several updates since last using the camera.

Sort of looking at this project again.

In the end I, too, used a 120MC on AllSkeye and it's been generally OK. I've not been able to clear all the fpn using bad pixel mapping and, as the summer wore on, it seems the fpn has increased. I'm continuing to live with it - there's been so few good clear nights recently - I've tended to be filling up my drive with lots and lots of cloud. I have purchased a 178MC, intending to use that, but am also tempted to use it on planets and the moon, so will see.

p.s. I need to check the last couple of nights to see if it captured any of the Draconids.

If all your quick snaps turn out this brilliant!!!!!

SE, or SW quadrant

Ah, yes, inside the garage - I have the problem too.....

1 hour ago, nicoscy said:

Ah, I don't do closeups - only full disk images. Your scope supports high magnification imaging, mine is a paltry 60mm Lunt with the ASI178MM 

Still, for someone who is not willing to use anything larger than the SW SolarQuest, the 60mm and ASI178 give me some nice disks!

Now, if only I stopped being lazy and try imaging with the DS module on... Something for this weekend maybe!

Now you've done it! Planning ahead to use a DS - classic result in cloud cover.....

I thought, in space, there was no up, nor down.....

You'll have to re-position, and capture it on the other side .....

Jupiter and Saturn in that top one, too...

Definitely something there....

Nice. Lots of little dances around the rim. No chance here, either, cloud and occasional rain.

Weeps - all I saw was cloud and rain....

Interesting inverted image - looks like a watermelon

What is the smart money using?

A certain gentleman is experimenting with Gigapixel AI...

But what you've teased  out - especially the first one - is wonderful. With your 174?

Just now, Cornelius Varley said:

Its actually a .png file.

@LeeHore7 Please reload the file 

Chuckles. I only tried jpg and that worked....

@Lee you appear to have uploaded a PDF format.

I've downloaded and changed to JPG - Looking good!

John, could you put the original in this thread as well, so we can compare.

It is perfect. I run the software 24/7, dedicated PC, but it only takes images through defined nightime settings. It's all there on the website and there's plenty

of support on offer. I started using it on a stick PC, but although it's ok for taking images it failed to have enough storage and enough power to

do the behind the scenes work.

Just followed a long conversation on the CN Forum, from a couple of years ago, about this subject. Conclusion was some liked it, some didn't.

Did you remove the dovetail, or closely tuck in around it? I'd rather not try and remove mine on a Skymax 180Pro....

A worthy experiment to try, if I can find some insulation. I know I have some expanding foam :chuckles:

Cracking images - who needs activity on the disc, when you have such a show on the rim.

We too had intermittent sunshine. I would have been repairing my shed roof, had my back not been playing up! I felt a twang before I was to climb the ladder - thought better of it!

I feel certain it is an owl - would explain the poop on the outer shield too - but that's been there a while.

Hey - you saw that in North Yorkshire Looks very like the one I could see here in NE Scotland - though we had rather cloudy skies....

Thanks Dave - been there done that numerous times - all failed to shift it.

Thanks Terry - unfortunately the dedicated flattener predates the current version with all its adjusting malarky!

I had to buy a baader adjustable spacer - weeps upon weeps - I threaded it carefully onto the WO adapter and it froze part way on.

Nothing will allow me to shift it, further on or even off!

It should at least still work, just can't rely on the scale.

With many thanks -