Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2014 9:09:26 GMT
will it started out as the basic setup test. we all been there.. start with this and that.
setup for testing was .... orion 80ed , nexstar 8 goto mount ,scb 2000 ccd, home built wedge.
what was i testing?
will bein the n8 and the video grabber for the ccd both run usb. i went to walmart. got a usb hub. 2 of them. diff companys. only 10 and 12 bucks.. i had ordered a 25foot usb wire. was 8 bucks from newegg. so what the heck..
ok fire up the n8. one star eq alignment on rigel. hook to the usb hub.. check... fire up the sammie. hook to usb hub.. check
plug in the other end of the 25 foot usb to laptop .. check.. fire up gstar did i get cam.. hot dog... i did... sweet...
now the mount... fire up stellarium.. connect.. bang ... things are rocking and rolling..
soooo go thru the fun of tracking good ole faithful... m47... got to be the most used thing in the sky lol ..
anyways... testing for hour or so. few videos . change settings so on ...
high lite polution.. grrrrrr you will see in the photos below..
i only have a little bit of sky to the south. about 20degress each side of around 180 . not much to play with .. so i seen ngc 2438. wow small
what the heck.. go for it. for the fun of it.. bang wow i got it.. faint very much so.. but did i care heck noooo... was awsome just to get a little of it..
heres the screen grabs from videos. 4am here so off to bed. will work on videos next day or 2..
1st image shows it.. 2nd shows where it is.. 3rd and 4th the light polution.. grrrrr also a double pain window. ops forgot ... no foucal reducer on this one.. i did use FR . but didnt get to them videos yet..
setup for testing was .... orion 80ed , nexstar 8 goto mount ,scb 2000 ccd, home built wedge.
what was i testing?
will bein the n8 and the video grabber for the ccd both run usb. i went to walmart. got a usb hub. 2 of them. diff companys. only 10 and 12 bucks.. i had ordered a 25foot usb wire. was 8 bucks from newegg. so what the heck..
ok fire up the n8. one star eq alignment on rigel. hook to the usb hub.. check... fire up the sammie. hook to usb hub.. check
plug in the other end of the 25 foot usb to laptop .. check.. fire up gstar did i get cam.. hot dog... i did... sweet...
now the mount... fire up stellarium.. connect.. bang ... things are rocking and rolling..
soooo go thru the fun of tracking good ole faithful... m47... got to be the most used thing in the sky lol ..
anyways... testing for hour or so. few videos . change settings so on ...
high lite polution.. grrrrrr you will see in the photos below..
i only have a little bit of sky to the south. about 20degress each side of around 180 . not much to play with .. so i seen ngc 2438. wow small
what the heck.. go for it. for the fun of it.. bang wow i got it.. faint very much so.. but did i care heck noooo... was awsome just to get a little of it..
heres the screen grabs from videos. 4am here so off to bed. will work on videos next day or 2..
1st image shows it.. 2nd shows where it is.. 3rd and 4th the light polution.. grrrrr also a double pain window. ops forgot ... no foucal reducer on this one.. i did use FR . but didnt get to them videos yet..