First DSI image (Moon)

[middy]

Finally received my long awaited DSI Pro on Monday :party:

After installing the software, I dragged out the scope for a quick test to check it was working OK. What a drama that was! I'm surprised the image turned out as well as it did.

I was too impatient to read the software instructions. The laptop I have is a Pentium 3 running Windoze 98 and only has USB 1.1 ports. This meant the 'Live' preview screen refreshed once every 2 seconds. and the image that was there was full of interlacing artefacts due to not having tracking and the moon moving rapidly through the view.

I somehow managed to get a half decent focus and got the software to get 13 images from a single pass of the moon through the field of view (don't ask me how I did it though :lol:)

Here is my result de-interlaced and stacked in Registax. I'm happy with it given all the dramas.

What I really need is an adapter so I can hook up the DSI to my old Minolta lenses from my film SLR and use my barndoor mount to do some widefields, until such a time that I can get an EQ6 and do some serious imaging :thumbsup:.

[h0ughy]

fantastic - look forward to more images. Yep the focus is not crash hot but mate - what a start

[ballaratdragons]

Yeah, the DSI ain't a picnic to work out, is it!!!
But you are on a roll, keep it up :thumbsup:

[iceman]

Well done, look forward to the next round!

[Lee]

May have found the source of your drama's! :D
Seriously - with better written, intuitive, friendly software (read - Mac! :P ) the DSI would so much better....
Nice image though.

[Heian]

Andrew,
nice start. If you are looking for an adapter just go the "Mogg Adapters' website via the link shown on the left of these pages. He sells a wide range of items, some of which I use to put slr lenses onto my DSI-C. The fov may not be as wide as you expect, but it's still good. I've always thought the "drizzle' software to be the best thing about the DSI's..

cheers
Mark

[middy]

I already have my eye on a Mogg adapter. Do you have any figures for what the field of view is at a particular focal length. I assume the reason is because the CCD chip is only a fraction of the size of a 35mm frame (probably around 1/5 the size looking at it visually).

I'm sure there must be an online calculator for this sort of thing somewhere. I'll have a search around.