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....I really don’t want this to become a Malincam vs. the world discussion. Your images with the Malincam are extraordinary. I am definitely hoping to one day be able to equal them. However, specifically with M16 and the Horse Head I have not come close yet.

I often wonder why this forum specifically is so one sided? It just seems that if someone tries to find a new way to do near real time viewing then the immediate response is to attempt to discredit the method’s used. Which is fine if your intent is to also help try to resolve those issues to the fullest extent as well.

It just seems that if someone posts images from anything other than a Malincam that are not up to the standards the response is “Get a Malincam”. If someone posts results that are decent then you get virtually no response at all so that the thread gets buried at the bottom of the page. And if someone posts less than stellar images from a Malincam the response is always positive and insightful as to how to improve those images.

I thought the intent of this forum was to help further the real time viewing experience no matter what methods and devices you are using?

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How true Travis. Keep those alternative 'video'/imaging options coming with different cams etc

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All 3 images are much better and well done Travis. Great job and keep the DSLR images coming please.

Clear skies

Chris A

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Thanks. Technically these are not DSLRs though. These cameras don't have mirrors.

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I would place higher confidence in a polar borescope alignment than I would in a software-based approach! If your borescope is properly aligned within the mount, you can get to within 2 arcminutes of the pole. I doubt the multi-star software procedure can do better than 5 arcminutes. The final arbiter, of course, is a drift alignment, which permits to better than 1 arcminute.

Remember that polar misalignment results only in drift in declination. If you see elongated stars with a RA component, your drive rate is the issue. If there is no N-S elongation, your alignment is good enough, at least in for tracking in that part of the sky.

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I believe that is M8 Lagoon Neb- nice work- ya know something I think would be cool to see is a short video of your video setup-if you get a chance.

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. . I often wonder why this forum specifically is so one sided? It just seems that if someone tries to find a new way to do near real time viewing then the immediate response is to attempt to discredit the method’s used. Which is fine if your intent is to also help try to resolve those issues to the fullest extent as well.

It just seems that if someone posts images from anything other than a Malincam that are not up to the standards the response is “Get a Malincam”. If someone posts results that are decent then you get virtually no response at all so that the thread gets buried at the bottom of the page. And if someone posts less than stellar images from a Malincam the response is always positive and insightful as to how to improve those images.

I thought the intent of this forum was to help further the real time viewing experience no matter what methods and devices you are using?

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We have been over this exact point in other threads in here, and you know that, because you posted in those threads.

This is not a Mallincam Forum and it better not become one either.
The whole idea of the V&EAA Forum is to discover new ways to do V&EAA.

I was witness to two different people broadcasting in NSN by using DSLR's with 'Live' view and stacking on the fly and to me this is exciting! It is the type of advancement in this field that we DO want to hear about. There was NO post-processing done. It was all on the fly.

Yes there are probably a few Mallincam Biased people in here. But there are also a few Samsung Biased folk too.
No doubt we will probably end up with some Canon Biased people too once this method takes off.
I have 2 ToUcams, a Samsung, a Mallincam, and a DSLR and I always hoping for an ever better way than these to replace my Eyepieces for visual work.
That's what this Forum is for.
Try any camera. Report the findings. Give tips. Experiment.

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I was witness to two different people broadcasting in NSN by using DSLR's with 'Live' view and stacking on the fly and to me this is exciting! It is the type of advancement in this field that we DO want to hear about. There was NO post-processing done. It was all on the fly.

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