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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 |
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"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 |
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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. . . |
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"Richard Carlson" wrote in message ... 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. :-) |
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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. |
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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 |
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wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
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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. |
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Thankyou David for your post. You're the first person to answer some of my thoughts about the DSI Meade Imager. Richard |
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People are, by and large, fragmented in their psyches and mind. Cause and
effect, choices and consequences, are thought of as separate issues, not connected. I'm sure many don't see that they perform the very actions that they despise in others. There's also the issue of the original poster gracefully accepting the fact that he did the same typo twice in the same message, among other ones, but along with humor, humbleness seems to be lacking in some people. Just because someone can type, learn how to use a computer, or even write cogently, does not mean they're intelligent, and/or have some social graces, and/or that they can even think. But getting back to the original question. I suspect that eventually, if not already, someone will post images to a website taken with the new Meade camera. I suspect, however, that it has limited capability. Stacking is not a substitute for obtaining a single high signal-to-noise ratio image through a long exposure, as I've experienced myself. It can and does work for the brighter "faint fuzzies" but not for fainter ones. It's not a question of recording the object, but a question of the quality of the final image. Whether this is a cheap way to start Astroimaging is debatable. Whether one should go this route should be based on the technical merits of the camera, the technical support you're going to get from Meade (an issue with which I've have lots of first-hand experience, and of which I recommend "don't count on it") and how far this camera will take you. I personally recommend SBIG or Starlight Xpress or a web camera, depending on your needs. I'm sure there are other technical issues I've not thought of. Sincerely, --- Dave -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pinprick holes in a colorless sky Let inspired figures of light pass by The Mighty Light of ten thousand suns Challenges infinity, and is soon gone wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
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