meade dsi exposure

all of my shots of planets seem to be way overexposed. auto exp and
gain/offset changes dont seem to help bring it in. any hints?

it may be that your exposures are OK but the autolevel setting for display
is the problem. Check to see if the data is saturated

be sure you aren't saturated.

planets are pretty bright and can saturate your detector fast

back off on the exposure time if you can and are saturated

try a minimum exposure and see what the ADU level difference is between the
brightest and dimmest parts of the image




"adriang" wrote in message
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all of my shots of planets seem to be way overexposed. auto exp and
gain/offset changes dont seem to help bring it in. any hints?

Camera make/model? Auto-exposure is the first thing to turn off,
usually. If using a webcam (highly recommended):
http://www.burri-web.org/bm98/soft/wcctrl/

Good luck,
--
Rob


"adriang" wrote in message
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all of my shots of planets seem to be way overexposed. auto exp and
gain/offset changes dont seem to help bring it in. any hints?

Sorry - saw you are using (a modified) one (Meade DSI).
R.
"Oldish Git" wrote in message
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Camera make/model? Auto-exposure is the first thing to turn off,
usually. If using a webcam (highly recommended):
http://www.burri-web.org/bm98/soft/wcctrl/

Good luck,
--
Rob


"adriang" wrote in message
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all of my shots of planets seem to be way overexposed. auto exp and
gain/offset changes dont seem to help bring it in. any hints?