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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2014 0:19:37 GMT
Look fine to me Hemmi, plenty of detail there.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2014 13:44:13 GMT
Here is one more shot using the hacked pimix seawolf sensor. Again this is through clouds at twilight so focus was off a bit.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2014 13:57:08 GMT
Look fine to me Hemmi, plenty of detail there. Thanks Carl! One thing to note is, I never adjusted anything on the camera or in software. The camera did a nice job on auto at adjusting for dynamic range, exposure, brightness, and contrast. This is what I was looking for. An easy camera that required minimal adjustment and could be just displayed on a monitor and enjoyed. The moon has high dynamic range between bright areas and dimmer areas, and on most cams takes some tweaking to get a good balance. I get plenty of tweaking and geeking time with my mallincam on DSO's. The webcams work fine, but wanted something that didn't require a computer 100% of the time. My sammy did a decent job, but required tweaking when slewing around the different areas of the moon. Auto exposure just didn't do a good job on the sammy and it usually adjusted for the brightest of FOV and dimmed the darker regions. The pixim seems to handle this much better. Hemmi
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Post by Dragon Man on Feb 8, 2014 13:59:21 GMT
Fascinating sensor!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2014 14:47:20 GMT
I will try to broadcast with my dob and this camera, next moon cycle. I have surgery this coming week, so the next chance at the moon will be awhile.
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Post by Dragon Man on Feb 8, 2014 15:19:10 GMT
That's OK Lee. It seems to come back every month
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2014 15:29:20 GMT
That's OK Lee. It seems to come back every month I know, its as if it was a cycle or something. Nah probably just a coincidence
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2014 15:32:21 GMT
Also thinking of getting a 3x apo Barlow, that would get me up close and personal
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2014 16:53:24 GMT
I have added another camera to collection (graveyard) the VTC-C770WS. After my success with my homemade (hacked up) pixim sensor camera on the moon, I decided to step it up. This new camera has UTC (coaxition) so I can use my UTP controller for OSD control (big plus). The camera will be used for planetary but it does claim a 0.00008 lux at Sens-up x64. Why the pixim? Well its the best dynamic range sensor you can buy in a consumer cctv camera. Color vividness is unmatched. It also has a electronic IR cut removal for extra night sensitivity, however I will not need HA sensitivity on planets, but could be useful when going after the next comet to grace us with its appearance. Hopefully this camera will not end up in the graveyard, out of all the cameras I have used in astronomy and my other hobbies the pixim has the most life like images (close to what the eye sees). Can't wait to try it out! Found it new on ebay at a heavy discount Here is the spec sheet! www.smarthome.com/manuals/76196spec.pdf
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2014 17:07:39 GMT
Sounds good and its nice and small. Should work out nicely! Dare i ask what the camera count in the graveyard is?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2014 15:23:33 GMT
Looks like a very promising camera. I take it that the limited sense-up (64x) is what makes it unsuitable for DSOs. I'll be following your experiments with this camera.
Kim
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2014 15:29:52 GMT
Looks like a very promising camera. I take it that the limited sense-up (64x) is what makes it unsuitable for DSOs. I'll be following your experiments with this camera. Kim Yes First this is a CMOS type sensor, not near sensitive enough for DSO, even if it had x512 sens it would not be enough. It would also be noisy, these camera run HOT (very hot). But for short exposure with ultra wide dynamic range they can't be beat. I have only tried it so far on the moon, will report and post images as I test more.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2014 2:51:44 GMT
I broadcasted the moon with my pixim seawolf cam on NSN. I made a mosaic of the snaps. Came out Awesome with cool color!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2014 10:20:41 GMT
Here is an Desat and adjusted image. Looks better IMO
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2014 14:51:54 GMT
I saw part of your broadcast on NSN last night. That Seawolf camera and the 10" dob are a fantastic combo. Those were the most detailed moon images I've ever seen using video astronomy. I was/am just totally amazed at the quality of your broadcast.
Kim
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Post by johnno on Mar 9, 2014 23:10:12 GMT
Them images look nice and crisp with that camera much better than a video camera. You should have a crack at some DSO's to find it's limit, I bet it can pick out quite a few
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