bigdob24
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Nice work Neal, I was hoping to show some of the group I was observing with one of your broadcasts. We had one great night out of three.I was Mallincaming untill 3 am.
Dan
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"EveryDay is Like a New Moon Friday"
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bigdob24
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Here is one I like
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"EveryDay is Like a New Moon Friday"
Dan
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Rob Lambert
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Posted my first attempts at capturing images from my MCHP. They are located in the Mallincam Photos under Rob's First Attempts. I'm hoping the lack of color is a result of the light pollution from here in North Las Vegas. I've purchased a broadband light pollution filter and will give that a try on next attempts.
Not really impressed with the image capture software I inherited with my MCHP. It's Ulead VideoStudio 6 used with a USB capture device. Images can't really be enlarged without pixilation. Any recommendations on the best image capture software/hardware? I hear that Pinacle makes a better system.
Thanks for all the shared experience.
Rob
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Rob
Las Vegas Astronomical Society
Website: www.scopegeek.net
Orion XT10i w/ COL
10" Meade LX200GPS w/ Peterson EyeOpener II, Televue Diagonal, Celestron 6.3 FR on Scopebuggy
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus w/ MFR3
Orion ST120 Refractor (piggybacked on LX200)
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smokin oakum
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Posted my first attempts at capturing images from my MCHP. They are located in the Mallincam Photos under Rob's First Attempts. I'm hoping the lack of color is a result of the light pollution from here in North Las Vegas. I've purchased a broadband light pollution filter and will give that a try on next attempts.
Not really impressed with the image capture software I inherited with my MCHP. It's Ulead VideoStudio 6 used with a USB capture device. Images can't really be enlarged without pixilation. Any recommendations on the best image capture software/hardware? I hear that Pinacle makes a better system.
Thanks for all the shared experience.
Rob
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Hey Rob. First off, very nice grabs!
I don't think the the colorless issue is due to LP. I have a ton of it here as well, and my M42s look like rainbows. My guess would be either your capture software has a setting under it's proc amp section that is giving you the problem, or in the cameras menu under B/W they are all turned to the left.
Take a look and tell us what those are set at.
Neil
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Jack Huerkamp
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Rob,
As Neil suggested, wheck the W/B (white ballance). I set W/B to Manual with the Red 2 to the left of center and the Blue 1 to the right of center when I prepare cameras for shipment. This is because the CCD sensors have a higher red sensitivity.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.
Jack Huerkamp
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Orion ED80
Lunt80 with DSII
AT 102EDF
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Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain
Byers 812
SkyWatcher AZ-EQ6
CPC 1100 with HyperStar
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Rob Lambert
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Neil/Jack,
I did have a couple of settings askew. The AGC was "On" rather than "Man" and the W/B was on "ATW" rather than "Man". I hope that makes a difference.
I found the PDF document for Mallincam settings. I now understand most of the setting options, but will have to experiment with them to see the effects. Is there a newer version of this reference?
Thanks for the help.
Rob
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Rob
Las Vegas Astronomical Society
Website: www.scopegeek.net
Orion XT10i w/ COL
10" Meade LX200GPS w/ Peterson EyeOpener II, Televue Diagonal, Celestron 6.3 FR on Scopebuggy
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus w/ MFR3
Orion ST120 Refractor (piggybacked on LX200)
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smokin oakum
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Neil/Jack,
I did have a couple of settings askew. The AGC was "On" rather than "Man" and the W/B was on "ATW" rather than "Man". I hope that makes a difference.
I found the PDF document for Mallincam settings. I now understand most of the setting options, but will have to experiment with them to see the effects. Is there a newer version of this reference?
Thanks for the help.
Rob
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Yes, the B/W set to ATW will take away most of the color, but works well on the Moon. Set it back to MANU and you'll be good to go.
Neil
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Broadcasting live views of the night sky @
Sparkcast
C11 CGE / Hyperstar
MallinCam Hyper Plus Color
Orion 12" XTi f/4.9
MoonLite Focuser
Round Table Platform
12" Parralax rings
Cape Fear Astronomy Club
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Rob Lambert
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Loc: Las Vegas, NV
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Folks,
I've posted some new photos where I was experimenting with the settings on the Mallincam while observing M42. I took Neil's advice about the B/W settings and then experimented with using the Preset of 3200K. Integrations were 2 and 7 seconds with variations in the sensing settings. Even at 7sec, I was able to reduce the sensing setting to x32 before the image started flashing. I was excited to see the color that was rendered in the photos after I switched to the 3200K setting.
The other set of photos is an accidental capture of a moving object in Orion. As I was moving back to M42 from another object, my goto wasn't very accurate and stopped just NE (I think) of M42. I think I identified the star field being just down and left of M42/M43. The object moves from right to left over about 30 seconds. My MCHP was on 2sec and I captured 13 frames once I noticed the object moving. With that narrow FOV it couldn't have been a satellite or other nearby object. I'm assuming that it was most likely an asteroid. If you choose to view the series of pics, view them as a slideshow to see the movement.
Take care.
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Rob
Las Vegas Astronomical Society
Website: www.scopegeek.net
Orion XT10i w/ COL
10" Meade LX200GPS w/ Peterson EyeOpener II, Televue Diagonal, Celestron 6.3 FR on Scopebuggy
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus w/ MFR3
Orion ST120 Refractor (piggybacked on LX200)
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Chris Schroeder
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Hi Guys, lets please keep this thread for use of displaying images from Astro Video and move discussions about settings and such to new thread.
Thank you.
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Chris
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus
10" DSH with SC DSC, CPC 800 XLT
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Rob Lambert
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Sorry Chris,
Didn't know it was inappropriate to mention the settings I used to capture the images I was referencing. I know it's been helpful to me to know what settings folks used to get a particular image. I didn't want to flood this particular thread with several postings of images, that's why I just gave the location and settings used. I'll limit any future postings to providing notification of the image locations, if that's ok.
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Rob
Las Vegas Astronomical Society
Website: www.scopegeek.net
Orion XT10i w/ COL
10" Meade LX200GPS w/ Peterson EyeOpener II, Televue Diagonal, Celestron 6.3 FR on Scopebuggy
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus w/ MFR3
Orion ST120 Refractor (piggybacked on LX200)
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Rob Lambert
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Here's M42 captured with my 10" LX200GPS with both a Celestron 6.3 and MFR3 focal reducers for an effective f/r of between 3.75 and 4.5. I was experimenting with the B/W settings and captured this one with the B/W=manual and Preset 3200K setting. Integration was 2sec with sensing of x94. The Trapezium blows out the center but I thought the colors were nice.
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Rob
Las Vegas Astronomical Society
Website: www.scopegeek.net
Orion XT10i w/ COL
10" Meade LX200GPS w/ Peterson EyeOpener II, Televue Diagonal, Celestron 6.3 FR on Scopebuggy
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus w/ MFR3
Orion ST120 Refractor (piggybacked on LX200)
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Rob Lambert
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I forgot to mention that the above image is a single frame unprocessed image. What you see is what I saw on the monitor as I captured it. I've since learned that my resolution setting was only 320x288. I'm anxious to try again at 640x480.
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Rob
Las Vegas Astronomical Society
Website: www.scopegeek.net
Orion XT10i w/ COL
10" Meade LX200GPS w/ Peterson EyeOpener II, Televue Diagonal, Celestron 6.3 FR on Scopebuggy
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus w/ MFR3
Orion ST120 Refractor (piggybacked on LX200)
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Rob Lambert
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I'm setting up a web/blog page at www.scopegeek.net, if anyone is interested in stopping by and viewing the images of a beginner MallinCam user. The site is still under construction but is functional.
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Rob
Las Vegas Astronomical Society
Website: www.scopegeek.net
Orion XT10i w/ COL
10" Meade LX200GPS w/ Peterson EyeOpener II, Televue Diagonal, Celestron 6.3 FR on Scopebuggy
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus w/ MFR3
Orion ST120 Refractor (piggybacked on LX200)
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greg
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Rob, it's looks like you're getting the hang of it.... Great images....
Greg
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Home Built 14.5" F 3.3 MallinCam Newtonian
Building a 12" F/3 MallinCam Newtonian
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10' Home Dome
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Gavin Bray
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One from the north: M1 through 14" LX200R + Optec 0.33FR + MCHP
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14" LX200R + SV90T + AP1200GTO
31mm, 22mm, 17mm Naglers, 13mm Ethos, 10mm Pentax XW, 2X Powermate, AP MaxBrights
Mallincam Hyper Plus Color, DFG/1394 video converter, Optec 0.33 & 0.7 FRs
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Gavin Bray
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And one from the south: NGC2070 (Tarantula) through 14" LX200R + Optec 0.33FR + MCHP
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14" LX200R + SV90T + AP1200GTO
31mm, 22mm, 17mm Naglers, 13mm Ethos, 10mm Pentax XW, 2X Powermate, AP MaxBrights
Mallincam Hyper Plus Color, DFG/1394 video converter, Optec 0.33 & 0.7 FRs
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Ruthenius
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Hi,
I'm still alive!
After surviving 2 gruelling courses, I needed to get the observatory going again, so here's M42 with my B/W MallinCam Hyper and a 10" Meade LXD-55.
Enjoy! And more to come!
Michael
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Michael F. Vasseur
Galaxy Blues Observatory
IAU Observatory Code H89
Gatineau, Quebec, CANADA
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Ruthenius
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Hi again,
And Here's M1.
Michael
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Michael F. Vasseur
Galaxy Blues Observatory
IAU Observatory Code H89
Gatineau, Quebec, CANADA
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mark Jimenez
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Loc: Atlanta GA.
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Hello,
Here is my first attempt at capturing an image using my Stellacam 2. The entire setup is new so Im still getting used to everything.
Celestron C10N-GT controlled via laptop w/ Starry Night Pro w/Stellacam 2 and old 13" TV.
Single 8.5 sec. frame, not very good but Ill keep trying,
NGC891.....
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Celestron ASGT
Orion ED80
QHY8
Meade DSI pro
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John Miele
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Hi Mark,
Actually I think this is a very nice image wrt the star images which are nice and round. The galaxy shows up well and the background is very smooth. I'll bet if you stacked up a bunch of these, you would get a great image out of it!
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Edge 8 SCT
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