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Originally Posted by iceman
I know what you mean, those images are simply the best i've seen from an amateur.
What else do you need for this? A firewire card? Does it work under Windows?
Will you have your new camera for the Mars opposition to use with your current scope, or are you hoping to have the new scope and the new camera ready to use by Mars prime time?
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Firewire is a nice standard, it works inder Windows, Mac and Linux.
At the moment I'm using a Dell laptop, which has a firewire port. I use the usb2 ports on the laptop for external hard disks. The camera comes with a high speed card for a PC that gives me up to 800Mbit, so eventually that will be in a PC that's permanently in the new observatory.
I'll have something ready by Mars time, not quite sure how complete it will be. Mars is not going to be so good for us this time around, only about 40 degrees altitude at opposition.
regards