hello folks....
this is my first post on the new forum, i signed up just 10 minutes ago.
am in germany, karlsruhe, but always been interested in oceania.
am hobby astronomer since january 2010.
needed some help with SC1-modded toUcam and "desire" the easy program from steve chambers. the webcam works super with half a dozen programs, but i cant see to get LX mode activated ? what am i doing wrong..
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heres what i do...
i build up my setup, (webcam, scope,focal extension ring if needed etc.)
start the software "desire".set the number of images to "1" and the exposure time down to like 0.02 or 0.002
point the webcam at object (for practice a tree in the vicinity during daytime)
now i play with the focuser until i have sharp image. thats it i can take simple pictures of the tree and the leaves moving around.
but soon as i plug the control cable into the 2nd USB port of my white macbook (which runs win7), and activate the "LX" (long exposure) switch on the cam. whenever i take a picture i only get grey grizzly snow. why is that ?
i hope i can upload some pictures to clarify the situation...
i wont give up until i see some spiral arms on my tiny CCD !!
cheerio from Mark...
