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Old 05-02-2014, 07:37 PM
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Recommendations for a planetary setup?

Folks,

Could anyone recommend a planetary cam that would work well with my 2 yo dual core ultra book? I've got a QHY 5L-II and can't get 30fps out of it at full resolution 1280x960. Prefer OSC as I'm new to this experiment! I don't seem to have problems with transfer speed across USB or writing to the HDD but connecting the dots doesn't seem to work out. I'd rather not replace it if I can get away with it as no decent laptops are cheap IMO.

Or will I run into the same problems capturing either way? In which case, should I try 640x480 or something from the above? I'd just like to capture some footage of our planets this year that a starter could be happy with, although tips on getting past that also welcomed

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Old 06-02-2014, 05:46 AM
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You don't want to capture planets at full res, you will just end up making large files that take a long time to process. Unless you are trying to fit moons in then use the smallest crop you can without the planet falling off the edge all the time.
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Old 06-02-2014, 02:29 PM
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Ah ok thanks Raymond! Looks like I'll have to work on my mount setup some more, I was getting a little drift and figure out how to setup the ROI.

What sort of frame rates/exposure are optimal? Just trying to get an idea of what I should be aiming for.
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