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Old 14-11-2013, 11:16 AM
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Using FireCapture that came with the camera, Gamma 50, gain is almost zero, 5 ms exposure @ about 28 fps. Probably more a limitation of the USB to download them, camera gets to 60 on USB3 supposedly.

I underexposed and used brightness\contrast to set levels. Took a number of 300 frame vids, this was just one of them.
Nice area for sure. I don't know the moon but it caught my attention when I was scanning around for somewhere.

FireCapture also shows the camera chip temperature, does Sharp cap do that? I intend to peltier cool the camera later so very useful to know the delta T and stability.
I close the Ob door to shut out the breeze, surprising how much of a difference it made.
I also had to cut away some carpet that was touching the pier base. Everytime I moved the pier picked it up !!

EDIT: I think the max exposure time using FireCapture is 3600 seconds, 1 hour. I want to try this out on DSO's.
Also want to see if I can get the Autoguide function working.
Pretty clever wee beast if you ask me.
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