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Hi Dan,
This is a great image you have captured.
I came across your posting here from last year, and wondered if I might ask you and the group some questions.
We are new to both using this telescope, and new to Astrophotography-
and are in the process of setting it all up right now in remote Baja, Mexico.
We are also using an 8" LX200R, with a DSI III. Also, a NextGEN Widefield 0.5x Telecompressor, and a NextGEN MAXfield mounting plate #17392 - 2.05 (both by Optec). The DSI III is connected to an XP partition on a MacBook Pro via USB 2, and we're using the AutoStar software that came with the camera. (Bought the camera new a week ago)
The camera and photographic image are appearing in the AutoStar software, but we're not getting much more than an amorphic pixilated blob. Regardless of focus adjustments I've tried so far.
By night or day testing.
Terrestrially by day- aiming at a wall down the bay, or aiming at Jupiter by night.
Any tips or info that you could refer us to on the specifics of the setup of one of these systems would be a great help to us.
Thanks to all for your time.
Howard
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