[proudy]

bkm,

A few other points.

The GSTAR is 795x596 pixels. Steve Quirk ( and Steve Massey) use a capture card which is 768x576. My card only does 640x480. Its a numbers game - minimise all errors (noise)

Plus set the card to Pal(I) and S Video not RCA Video - S video is better signal.

I use a portable DVD player ($100) connected to the RCA Video outlet at the scope to centre the object (plus the image on the DVD player is way brighter than on my laptop which helps for locating the object). I then have 15m of cable running to my laptop in my office and image from the comfort of the indoors.

I use a motorised focuser to get focus - can't do it manually - it wobbles the image.

From the scope I have 15 meters of S-video, G-Com, power and focuser cables to my laptop (S-video from the shop, I made up the G-Com, power and focuser extension cables myself) plus I use a 15m ethernet cable from the hand control so with all this I can control the scope (recenter image ) and focuser and control the GSTAR from my office!

Plus 500 images stacked in registax to get rid of the noise and dark frame subtracted.

Hope this helps.