Starless Ha Lagoon

[gregbradley]

Wow, that is a stunner. I love it.

With the serial to USB adapter you may need to check it in control panel/device manager/com port and see what com port number has been assigned for it. It should be listed there. If it isn't you need to reinstall and do your Windows muckaround to get it listed in the device manager. You may need to let the AO unit know what com port number it has been assigned to. I had to do that with the Planewave focuser and the Paramount ME mount before it would connect.

If you have CCDsoft SX has a plug in for the Lodestar and the AO unit there for free and it works on the Lodestar straight off without a fight.

Greg.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Wow, that is a stunner. I love it.

Thanks Greg. I need the encouragement.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

With the serial to USB adapter you may need to check it in control panel/device manager/com port and see what com port number has been assigned for it. It should be listed there. If it isn't you need to reinstall and do your Windows muckaround to get it listed in the device manager. You may need to let the AO unit know what com port number it has been assigned to. I had to do that with the Planewave focuser and the Paramount ME mount before it would connect.

If you have CCDsoft SX has a plug in for the Lodestar and the AO unit there for free and it works on the Lodestar straight off without a fight.

Greg.

Thanks . Yeah I followed closely your posts re:COMs with Marki and others. I have no problem with COM ports assignments. The problem is with communication under MAXIM DL. I can cycle the AO plate, poll it within the SX-AO Utility and I can drive it with the SX software. Waiting on a Quatech USB to serial see if it makes any difference. Edgeport was also recommended by they don't ship outside US. Quatech as a local representative. If that fails I'll be talking to MAXIM DL about the SX-Universal driver. Posted on CN about the problem in MAXIM as well. Will see if anyone can get me out of that dead end.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

You wouldn't even know stars belong in there. Nice and smooth.

Go the ED80! Oh, hang on.... traitor!

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Collected 10x20min the other night with the C11 while still sorting out cables and stuff. This was taken at prime focus but without the AO as I couldn't find any guide star. Still need to learn and some practice on how to focus the bloody guider. Doesn't take much at all to move in and out I guess when I finally find the spot I can leave it there.

So I did a Fred on the processing. There's a bigger version on my gallery here. Thanks for looking.

Tell me the truth Marc, you shoot the sun behind the clouds here, did you?

Really nice and charming rendition of the lagoon nebula, it makes me feel like I am lost in space floating just in front of an hungry wormhole..

Clear Skies
Marco

[spearo (Frank)]

very well done the starless process
i'm impressed
frank

[Octane (Humayun)]

Marc,

That is hot -- well done!

H

[RobF (Rob)]

Awesome pic Marc, and looking forward to hearing more about your AO exploits.

I think we all must be a bit obsessive compulsive to get into this hobby in the first place - I'm sure you'll conquer the hardware issues before long though - no challenge at all if everything worked the first time

[Alchemy (Clive)]

Very nice, I'm surprised you could do this in Photoshop....... There's no evidence I see, without getting out the pixel-o-rometer anyway.

[gregbradley]

The Planewave came with a USB to serial adapter and software. Prolific.

It works fine.

I also bought one from a computer store. So I could run my Tak mount and Robofocus (both RS232 plugs) and it did not work.

But looking back at it now I would have needed to assign the com port numbers to the software so it would connect and I didn't.

Both the Paramount and the Planewave focuser control unit need to be told which com port to use before they work. As I say the Planewave unit
uses an serial to USB adapter and software patch.

Greg.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by troypiggo

You wouldn't even know stars belong in there. Nice and smooth.

Go the ED80! Oh, hang on.... traitor!

Too hard to get Ha through the ED80 mate. Not patient enough. Thanks for the feedback.

Originally Posted by marco

Tell me the truth Marc, you shoot the sun behind the clouds here, did you?

Really nice and charming rendition of the lagoon nebula, it makes me feel like I am lost in space floating just in front of an hungry wormhole..

Clear Skies
Marco

Thanks Marco Yeah passing clouds in front of the full moon. I've been exposed.

Originally Posted by spearo

very well done the starless process
i'm impressed
frank

Thanks Frank. Glad you liked it.

Originally Posted by Octane

Marc,

That is hot -- well done!

H

Thanks H!

Originally Posted by RobF

Awesome pic Marc, and looking forward to hearing more about your AO exploits.

I think we all must be a bit obsessive compulsive to get into this hobby in the first place - I'm sure you'll conquer the hardware issues before long though - no challenge at all if everything worked the first time

Thanks Rob. Getting closer now. Got to sort ou MAXIM DL drivers issues then direct mount drive and I'm good to go.

Originally Posted by Alchemy

Very nice, I'm surprised you could do this in Photoshop....... There's no evidence I see, without getting out the pixel-o-rometer anyway.

Thanks Clive. It's not perfect and I could have spent a lot more time doing it but the long exposures kept the noise down. I'm looking forward to redo it with the AO next time.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

The Planewave came with a USB to serial adapter and software. Prolific.

It works fine.

I also bought one from a computer store. So I could run my Tak mount and Robofocus (both RS232 plugs) and it did not work.

But looking back at it now I would have needed to assign the com port numbers to the software so it would connect and I didn't.

Both the Paramount and the Planewave focuser control unit need to be told which com port to use before they work. As I say the Planewave unit
uses an serial to USB adapter and software patch.

Greg.

I can connect from some programs but not others and I have tried 3 different brands of adapters so I'm now sure it is a MAXIM DL driver issue. That's verified. Talking to their developer now.

[irwjager (Ivo)]

Oh wow. That's just plain spooky and amazing at the same time!

A very special rendition of M8 indeed.

Marc, is it time consuming to get rid of the stars?

[MarkA (Mark)]

Beauty is in the aye of the beholder.
Well done Marc.
Regards
Mark

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by irwjager

Oh wow. That's just plain spooky and amazing at the same time!

A very special rendition of M8 indeed.

Marc, is it time consuming to get rid of the stars?

Thanks Ivo. There aren't that many left with Ha and they're fairly tight so no, pretty easy. I posted a tut here a while ago using the dust and scratches filter in PS. Same technique.

Originally Posted by MarkA

Beauty is in the aye of the beholder.
Well done Marc.
Regards
Mark

Thanks Mark. Still waiting for yours in RGB. So where's this shot? Posted it yet?

[rcheshire (Rowland)]

That's a beautiful image. Really different.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by rcheshire

That's a beautiful image. Really different.

Thanks for looking mate.