Post by Deleted on May 26, 2014 18:14:30 GMT
Hi Group
Well I had a chance to test out my new 5 amp AC power supply that has just recently come out with as another way to power both the Xtreme and fans at the same time while maintaining a clean signal. I used to use the MCX AC adapter for both the camera and fans (fans plugged into the camera and main power was plugged into the hanging outlet from the fans wires) and the results were not the best. I then started using a battery for just the fans and camera again (fans plugged into the camera and main power was plugged into the hanging outlet from the fans wires) and the results was very good, but now I had to drag the battery in and out of my house to maintain the recharge (I do not like to leave the power running in my observatory just in case of a storm). ** Now I am using the new 5 amp power supply with the fans plugged into it's separate cable/outlet and the camera plugged into it's separate cable/outlet and the results are just as good if not better than the battery + no more carrying the battery back in after I am done observing.
Here are the results from last night under average transparency condition (slight haze) using my MCX2 and fans. I decided to use my IDAS-P2 since at the time I was viewing only nebulas and this filter is amazing on nebulas. **All image were stacked on the fly 3 to 4 of them using Miloslick, AGC was set to 3 and TEC fully working with fans running, Hot pixel tool removal, amp glow masks were applied all using Miloslick which had to be set only once (takes mere seconds) for the whole night. ** NO post processing was applied to the saved stack image**. I had the sharpness set at 20% which is quite high since I thought this would bring out more detail and stacking will allow me to push it higher.
NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula
www.flickr.com/photos/47296963@N08/14089161359/in/photostream/
M27 Dumbbell Nebula
www.flickr.com/photos/47296963@N08/14089153748/in/photostream/
M17 Swan Nebula
www.flickr.com/photos/47296963@N08/14089250267/in/photostream/
M16 Eagle Nebula
www.flickr.com/photos/47296963@N08/14089154508/in/photostream/
Chris A
Astrogate
Well I had a chance to test out my new 5 amp AC power supply that has just recently come out with as another way to power both the Xtreme and fans at the same time while maintaining a clean signal. I used to use the MCX AC adapter for both the camera and fans (fans plugged into the camera and main power was plugged into the hanging outlet from the fans wires) and the results were not the best. I then started using a battery for just the fans and camera again (fans plugged into the camera and main power was plugged into the hanging outlet from the fans wires) and the results was very good, but now I had to drag the battery in and out of my house to maintain the recharge (I do not like to leave the power running in my observatory just in case of a storm). ** Now I am using the new 5 amp power supply with the fans plugged into it's separate cable/outlet and the camera plugged into it's separate cable/outlet and the results are just as good if not better than the battery + no more carrying the battery back in after I am done observing.
Here are the results from last night under average transparency condition (slight haze) using my MCX2 and fans. I decided to use my IDAS-P2 since at the time I was viewing only nebulas and this filter is amazing on nebulas. **All image were stacked on the fly 3 to 4 of them using Miloslick, AGC was set to 3 and TEC fully working with fans running, Hot pixel tool removal, amp glow masks were applied all using Miloslick which had to be set only once (takes mere seconds) for the whole night. ** NO post processing was applied to the saved stack image**. I had the sharpness set at 20% which is quite high since I thought this would bring out more detail and stacking will allow me to push it higher.
NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula
www.flickr.com/photos/47296963@N08/14089161359/in/photostream/
M27 Dumbbell Nebula
www.flickr.com/photos/47296963@N08/14089153748/in/photostream/
M17 Swan Nebula
www.flickr.com/photos/47296963@N08/14089250267/in/photostream/
M16 Eagle Nebula
www.flickr.com/photos/47296963@N08/14089154508/in/photostream/
Chris A
Astrogate