Meade DSI ccd Imager

Anyone got one of these? What kind of success have you had with it? What
size scope and what is a typical stack of Images for a deep sky photos?
(i.e. 20 30-sec stack images ideal for most situations?) I've got a 5' f/5
refractor and a 5' f/12 mak. Pictures of the moon and Saturn look pretty
good a 60X with the Mak. Will need to use a 2x or 3x barlow to see what
kind of detail can be had with Saturn and Juipter. Let me know what your
impressions are of this camera and what your success rate has been
photographing various Messier objects, planets, etc. I'd be interested in
hearing from anyone on this subject. I'm new to this kind of thing and it
intrigues me.

Richard

"Richard Carlson" wrote in message
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Anyone got one of these? What kind of success have you had with it? What
size scope and what is a typical stack of Images for a deep sky photos?
(i.e. 20 30-sec stack images ideal for most situations?) I've got a 5' f/5
refractor and a 5' f/12 mak. Pictures of the moon and Saturn look pretty
good a 60X with the Mak. Will need to use a 2x or 3x barlow to see what
kind of detail can be had with Saturn and Juipter. Let me know what your
impressions are of this camera and what your success rate has been
photographing various Messier objects, planets, etc. I'd be interested in
hearing from anyone on this subject. I'm new to this kind of thing and it
intrigues me.

Richard

You have a 5 feet diameter refractor? Must be a hell of a concrete pad you've
got it sitting on! lol

George wrote:


"Richard Carlson" wrote in message
...
Anyone got one of these? What kind of success have you had with it? What
size scope and what is a typical stack of Images for a deep sky photos?
(i.e. 20 30-sec stack images ideal for most situations?) I've got a 5'
f/5 refractor and a 5' f/12 mak. Pictures of the moon and Saturn look
pretty good a 60X with the Mak. Will need to use a 2x or 3x barlow to see
what kind of detail can be had with Saturn and Juipter. Let me know what
your impressions are of this camera and what your success rate has been
photographing various Messier objects, planets, etc. I'd be interested in
hearing from anyone on this subject. I'm new to this kind of thing and it
intrigues me.

Richard

You have a 5 feet diameter refractor? Must be a hell of a concrete pad
you've
got it sitting on! lol


OK, I've got some typos. Is this newsgroup swamped with idiots also? Seems
to be a lot of them surfing the newsgroups. I guess the lack of intelligent
discourse is what brings them all out , as you can also find them in
'sci.astro.amateur' too.

Back to my original questions please. . .

"Richard Carlson" wrote in message
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George wrote:


"Richard Carlson" wrote in message
...
Anyone got one of these? What kind of success have you had with it? What
size scope and what is a typical stack of Images for a deep sky photos?
(i.e. 20 30-sec stack images ideal for most situations?) I've got a 5'
f/5 refractor and a 5' f/12 mak. Pictures of the moon and Saturn look
pretty good a 60X with the Mak. Will need to use a 2x or 3x barlow to see
what kind of detail can be had with Saturn and Juipter. Let me know what
your impressions are of this camera and what your success rate has been
photographing various Messier objects, planets, etc. I'd be interested in
hearing from anyone on this subject. I'm new to this kind of thing and it
intrigues me.

Richard

You have a 5 feet diameter refractor? Must be a hell of a concrete pad
you've
got it sitting on! lol


OK, I've got some typos. Is this newsgroup swamped with idiots also? Seems
to be a lot of them surfing the newsgroups. I guess the lack of intelligent
discourse is what brings them all out , as you can also find them in
'sci.astro.amateur' too.

Back to my original questions please. . .



Sorry Richard. No offense intended. I just couldn't resist. :-)

Back to your question. My understanding is that for the money, it works pretty
well. Having said that, if it had been available at the time I bought my SAC
IVD (good for planetary work only), I would have bought the Meade DSI Pro with
the color filters. In fact, if I ever do get some money to blow in the near
future, that is likely what I will buy. Here is a link to the DSI Pro:

http://www.meade.com/dsipro/index.html

I'd love to have one of those ST-8XEs, but I like my wife too much to risk a
divorce. :-)

OK, I've got some typos. Is this newsgroup swamped with idiots also? Seems
to be a lot of them surfing the newsgroups. I guess the lack of
intelligent
discourse is what brings them all out , as you can also find them in
'sci.astro.amateur' too.

Back to my original questions please. . .

How about back to a decent sense of humor....
Many of us idiots like to laugh with each other, not at each other.
geez..

If USENET is too full of idiots, then go to a moderated site.

Richard Carlson wrote:

SNIP

OK, I've got some typos. Is this newsgroup swamped with idiots also?
Seems
to be a lot of them surfing the newsgroups. I guess the lack of
intelligent
discourse is what brings them all out , as you can also find them in

'sci.astro.amateur' too.

SNIP

Two points spring to mind:

1) Why not take more care with your typing then people wouldn't point
out the mistakes to you?

2) If you expect answers from this or any other group a sense of
humour and some manners will get you answers - the kind of rudeness you
exhibit won't.

Regards,

Tim Kearsley

wrote in message
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Richard Carlson wrote:

SNIP

OK, I've got some typos. Is this newsgroup swamped with idiots also?
Seems
to be a lot of them surfing the newsgroups. I guess the lack of
intelligent
discourse is what brings them all out , as you can also find them in

'sci.astro.amateur' too.

SNIP

Two points spring to mind:

1) Why not take more care with your typing then people wouldn't point
out the mistakes to you?

2) If you expect answers from this or any other group a sense of
humour and some manners will get you answers - the kind of rudeness you
exhibit won't.

Regards,

Tim Kearsley

Obviously, he gave up. If he had been a little patient, he would have gotten
his answer.

George wrote:

Obviously, he gave up. If he had been a little patient, he would
have gotten
his answer.

I just find it incredible that someone has so little sense of humour
and is so rude when they are expecting people to answer questions and
help!

Regards,

Tim.

Originally Posted by Richard Carlson

Anyone got one of these? What kind of success have you had with it? What
size scope and what is a typical stack of Images for a deep sky photos?
(i.e. 20 30-sec stack images ideal for most situations?) I've got a 5' f/5
refractor and a 5' f/12 mak. Pictures of the moon and Saturn look pretty
good a 60X with the Mak. Will need to use a 2x or 3x barlow to see what
kind of detail can be had with Saturn and Juipter. Let me know what your
impressions are of this camera and what your success rate has been
photographing various Messier objects, planets, etc. I'd be interested in
hearing from anyone on this subject. I'm new to this kind of thing and it
intrigues me.

Richard

I get one
http://www.dsi-astronomie.de