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Kal
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Re: Jupiter 8/08/08
      08/08/08 07:20 PM

Yes Mike, I felt like it was a bit underexposed. I believe that the ideal exposure is to have the K3CCD expsore meter at about 220 (on a scale to 256) and I was at 150. With the Toucam control panel all of the settings are in stops that don't allow fine adjustment, and when I moved the gain up by the smallest amount that I could it would oversaturate. My other option was to decrease the exposure time and then use even more gain, but I decided to keep the exposures as long as I could. I might need to try something different when I am out next time.

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* Jupiter 8/08/08 Kal 08/08/08 10:28 AM
. * Re: Jupiter 8/08/08 Kal   08/08/08 11:17 AM
. * Re: Jupiter 8/08/08 Mike Phillips   08/08/08 12:27 PM
. * Re: Jupiter 8/08/08 Kal   08/08/08 07:20 PM
. * Re: Jupiter 8/08/08 siriusc   08/08/08 08:57 PM
. * Re: Jupiter 8/08/08 Kal   08/08/08 11:10 PM
. * Re: Jupiter 8/08/08 Lunatiki   08/08/08 11:22 PM
. * Re: Jupiter 8/08/08 Kal   08/08/08 11:54 PM
. * Re: Jupiter 8/08/08 Lunatiki   08/08/08 11:57 PM

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