Chris Schroeder
Postmaster
Reged: 12/11/04
Posts: 5098
Loc: N.E. WI Sky Glow
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M27
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Chris
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus
10" DSH with SC DSC, CPC 800 XLT
M102ED S.V., ZS 80FD 10th Anniv, ZS 66SD, PST
POD XL3 http://POD.SchroederCity.com
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Chris Schroeder
Postmaster
Reged: 12/11/04
Posts: 5098
Loc: N.E. WI Sky Glow
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M51
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Chris
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus
10" DSH with SC DSC, CPC 800 XLT
M102ED S.V., ZS 80FD 10th Anniv, ZS 66SD, PST
POD XL3 http://POD.SchroederCity.com
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Chris Schroeder
Postmaster
Reged: 12/11/04
Posts: 5098
Loc: N.E. WI Sky Glow
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Jupiter
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Chris
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus
10" DSH with SC DSC, CPC 800 XLT
M102ED S.V., ZS 80FD 10th Anniv, ZS 66SD, PST
POD XL3 http://POD.SchroederCity.com
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Jack Huerkamp
Vendor - Waning Moon
Reged: 10/13/05
Posts: 519
Loc: Louisiana
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Chris,
Did you record the video on your Archos and then grab the frames? What did you use to grab the frames? What focal reducers were you using?
Jack
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Orion ED80
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
Tricked-out 17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans
 Waning Moon II Observatory
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HendyPhoto
Sith Lord
Reged: 08/09/06
Posts: 1492
Loc: Bountiful, Utah
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Chris, are you sure you havnt had that camera longer? LOL VERY nice, especially in the first week of owning it! It's so cool to see how new mallincam owners have INSTANT results. 
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~jon
SparkCast
CGE1400XLT w/HyperStar
90FD 66SD C6-R SN-8
CPC1100XLT Hutech 20D
Manny-Mod Vixen Porta
Mallincam MCHP
SPC900NC
CG-5 GT
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe." --Albert Einstein
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JAT Observatory
Space Freak
Reged: 02/20/05
Posts: 5651
Loc: Eastern PA
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Last night I had trouble sleeping so I sat down at the computer in our spare bedroom and fired up the obs. I observed the Moon for a few minutes until I got sleepy enough to go back to bed. (one click start-up & shut-down has its advantages).
It was fun to just jog the scope around the surface not looking for anything in particular..just looking. If the weather holds up I may remove the reducer so I can get a better look tonight. I like the moon.
The image below is one of the last observations before I called it a night..er morning.
Setting:
Camera: MallinCam Hyper Color Video camera
Single frame capture. No cooling. No integration
Shutter 1/12000
Sense OFF
AGC Manual
White Balance Manual/User
Telescope 12" LX200R with .5x reducer on Paramount ME
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-Marcus
The problem with free speech is even the stupid have a voice.
http://jatobservatory.org
12" LX200R on a Paramount ME
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gavbray
sage
Reged: 12/31/06
Posts: 232
Loc: Gold Coast, Australia
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Jon
What caused the smiley faces??
Gavin
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14" LX200R + SV90T + AP1200GTO
31mm, 22mm, 17mm Naglers, 13mm Ethos, 10mm Pentax XW, 2X Powermate, AP MaxBright
Mallincam Hyper Plus Color, DFG/1394 video converter, Optec 0.33 & 0.7 FRs
IDAS LPS, DGM NPB & OIII, Lumicon Deep Sky
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Chris Schroeder
Postmaster
Reged: 12/11/04
Posts: 5098
Loc: N.E. WI Sky Glow
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Quote:
Chris,
Did you record the video on your Archos and then grab the frames? What did you use to grab the frames? What focal reducers were you using?
Jack
Yes Jack I used the Archos to record the images and then used Regitax to extract the images. For Jupiter, no Reducer and zoom at 2X, all the others MFR-3 with two 10mm rings. I do have a Meade 3.3 SCT reducter and I have the items per your example, except I'm using a 2" to SCT for the MCHP.
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Chris
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus
10" DSH with SC DSC, CPC 800 XLT
M102ED S.V., ZS 80FD 10th Anniv, ZS 66SD, PST
POD XL3 http://POD.SchroederCity.com
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Chris Schroeder
Postmaster
Reged: 12/11/04
Posts: 5098
Loc: N.E. WI Sky Glow
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Thanks Jon, although I can't take the credit, that goes to Rock for having something so easy to use to the rest of you guys as I've read about experiences here.
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Chris
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus
10" DSH with SC DSC, CPC 800 XLT
M102ED S.V., ZS 80FD 10th Anniv, ZS 66SD, PST
POD XL3 http://POD.SchroederCity.com
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Jack Huerkamp
Vendor - Waning Moon
Reged: 10/13/05
Posts: 519
Loc: Louisiana
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Gavin,
Is APC set too high? Where are the H and V sliders set?
Jack 
Jack
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Orion ED80
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
Tricked-out 17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans
Waning Moon II Observatory
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HendyPhoto
Sith Lord
Reged: 08/09/06
Posts: 1492
Loc: Bountiful, Utah
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Jack, you nailed it! After taking these images I adjusted the APC and it took care of alot of it. I think the fastar lens was also bloating stars. I am hoping when I replace it with hyperstar, it will help. Collimation was wayy off too because the fastar isnt collimatable.
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~jon
SparkCast
CGE1400XLT w/HyperStar
90FD 66SD C6-R SN-8
CPC1100XLT Hutech 20D
Manny-Mod Vixen Porta
Mallincam MCHP
SPC900NC
CG-5 GT
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe." --Albert Einstein
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Bill Cowles
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/16/06
Posts: 644
Loc: Utah
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John went to SparkCast and it's a windows download, I have a Mac. 
Bill
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Lunt LS60TS50DS/B1200/FT (on order)
TV Gensis/Solarmax 60 filter
PST DS/Herschel Wedge/C4-R
C6-R /Atlas Goto/Moonlite CF2
12" LightBridge/Round Table
MCHP/8" Orion OTA
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gavbray
sage
Reged: 12/31/06
Posts: 232
Loc: Gold Coast, Australia
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Quote:
Gavin,
Is APC set too high? Where are the H and V sliders set?
Jack
Jack
That was Jon's picture not mine. I just wondered how he got the happy faces. I've had cloud and rain the last couple of weeks so no pictures from me. 
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14" LX200R + SV90T + AP1200GTO
31mm, 22mm, 17mm Naglers, 13mm Ethos, 10mm Pentax XW, 2X Powermate, AP MaxBright
Mallincam Hyper Plus Color, DFG/1394 video converter, Optec 0.33 & 0.7 FRs
IDAS LPS, DGM NPB & OIII, Lumicon Deep Sky
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midway199
super member
Reged: 04/21/04
Posts: 108
Loc: Illinois
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Single frame M3 at 8.5 seconds
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Matthew Sherman
StellaCam 3
Celestron NexStar 11 @ f/3.3
Starmaster 12.5"
Starmaster 18"
Tom Osypowski Equatorial Platform
Butterfield East Video Observatory
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midway199
super member
Reged: 04/21/04
Posts: 108
Loc: Illinois
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Four 8.5 second frames stacked with brightness, contrast, gamma, and sharpness adjustments.
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Matthew Sherman
StellaCam 3
Celestron NexStar 11 @ f/3.3
Starmaster 12.5"
Starmaster 18"
Tom Osypowski Equatorial Platform
Butterfield East Video Observatory
Edited by midway199 (07/29/08 06:39 PM)
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mielejr
sage
Reged: 05/29/05
Posts: 311
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Nice star images! How do you grab/capture your frames?
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ZielkeNightsky
sage
Reged: 10/01/06
Posts: 230
Loc: Denmark
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Was out tonight, although its still not really dark.
M27 The Dumbbell Nebula
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Lars
10", 8", 4" Newton
80mm Scopos
4" Achro
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midway199
super member
Reged: 04/21/04
Posts: 108
Loc: Illinois
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Thanks! The cheap-o $30 capture card on my PC came with a video recorder program called Honestech TVR. It's got a somewhat cheesy interface and overall feel to it, but seems to be working fine. Google it for their website. I was comparing caps with Honestech versus the free version of Screen Hunter and the Screen Hunter ones were not as sharp. I'd like to keep this whole image capture business on the cheap. At least I have something reliable to get the ball rolling.
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Matthew Sherman
StellaCam 3
Celestron NexStar 11 @ f/3.3
Starmaster 12.5"
Starmaster 18"
Tom Osypowski Equatorial Platform
Butterfield East Video Observatory
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ZielkeNightsky
sage
Reged: 10/01/06
Posts: 230
Loc: Denmark
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Inspired by Nytecam post here:
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2543695/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1
I got this very special star around mag 18.
I just love my cam....
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Lars
10", 8", 4" Newton
80mm Scopos
4" Achro
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gavbray
sage
Reged: 12/31/06
Posts: 232
Loc: Gold Coast, Australia
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Great shot Lars! And not too shabby for 14 seconds. 
Gavin
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14" LX200R + SV90T + AP1200GTO
31mm, 22mm, 17mm Naglers, 13mm Ethos, 10mm Pentax XW, 2X Powermate, AP MaxBright
Mallincam Hyper Plus Color, DFG/1394 video converter, Optec 0.33 & 0.7 FRs
IDAS LPS, DGM NPB & OIII, Lumicon Deep Sky
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