Which Meade to pick!

[bmitchell82 (Brendan)]

okay thas cool, ive used CCDsoft with the meade 402-me and you can easily see on a decent size screen, then change your bin eg 1x1 2x2 ect ect, plus it gives you a nice readout of when the view is getting clearer ( i guess this is where the bhatinof mask would work a treat).

With the live view you can see it on the camera, though can you port it though to the computer for a live view at the laptop? if not how accurate can you get the view before you have to take a photo and have a look how you have gone?

[Zuts]

Originally Posted by bmitchell82

okay thas cool, ive used CCDsoft with the meade 402-me and you can easily see on a decent size screen, then change your bin eg 1x1 2x2 ect ect, plus it gives you a nice readout of when the view is getting clearer ( i guess this is where the bhatinof mask would work a treat).

With the live view you can see it on the camera, though can you port it though to the computer for a live view at the laptop? if not how accurate can you get the view before you have to take a photo and have a look how you have gone?

Hi,

Live View is Live View, it is great for focussing on the brighter stars but since it is giving you sub-second exposures it wont perform like a mallincam or g-star x with an integrating option so it wont give you an accurate view of say the horsehead, you still need to take that 15 minute sub

Cheers
Paul

[bmitchell82 (Brendan)]

fair enough, i guess thats why you guys are using digital micrometers so that you can get it close on focus its all coming together now!