LPI help

[ving]

hello to the lpi users out there... i know theres a handfull of yas :)

just wondering what sort of settings you used in order to get natural colours when shooting stars? er... asuming you use k3ccd i guess.

many thanks.
V.

[joe_smith]

Dont know about the LPI but this might help you get the colors out of the stars it's a video photoshop tutorial looks ok.

http://www.waidobservatory.com/tutorials/star-color/star-color.html

[CoombellKid]

Never used k3ccd, but in Autostar LPI you can switch between mono and
colour. I assumme you should be able to do the same thing with k3ccd, but
as I said I have never used it. However when I have shot stars or clusters
it's in colour mode and usually lots of 2-4 sec exposures only due to the
limitations of my mount.

hope this helps, I'm sure someone should be able to enlighten you.

regards,CS

Rob

[ving]

Thanks guy :)

anyone else?

[Hitchhiker]

Sorry, ving. I've never used K3CCD Tools, only Envisage, so I'm no help.

[EzyStyles]

sorry ving Envisage :P

[Robert_T]

Het Ving, what sort of colours are you getting now? I used (long ago) the LPI with K3CCD tools, but only ever once or twice attempted long exposure with it. I wonder how much colour the CMOS chip can pickup? Anyway,have you tried the yahoo LPI user group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meadelpi/

If anyone can help they should be able to.

cheers,

[Dennis]

Hi Ving

The few doubles I managed to image with the LPI were all captured with the native Meade software, AutostarSuite.

Here are the settings used for Rigil Kentaurus & Acrux:
Gain 100, Offset 45, Exp 0.25 secs, Track, Combine, Quality=50, Kernel=Medium, Log=unchecked. Approx 20 frames combined.

Here are the settings used for Antares:
Gain 100, Offset 45, Exp 0.5 secs, Track, Combine, Quality=50, Kernel=Medium, Log=unchecked. Approx 20 frames combined.

Here are the settings used for the Trapezium:
Gain 100, Offset 45, Exp 2.8 secs, Track, Combine, Quality=50, Kernel=Medium, Log=checked 0 to 82. 12 frames combined. Dark Frames used.

Equipment Used:
Vixen ED102mm f9 refractor, TeleVue x5 PowerMate and/or Vixen x2 Barlow, Meade LPI CMOS digital camera.

I’m not sure how these translate to the K3CCDTools settings?

Cheers

Dennis

[ving]

thanks again guys. much help.
:)