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Originally Posted by rumples riot
Ken things to check.
Your first image looks like the focus is out. So check and recheck focus until your satisfied it is good. Take all the time you need, don't rush this part.
Next; settings change from night to night. You want the image to look bright but not too bright. This is controlled by gain, exposure or gamma. What I like to do is lower my exposure to somewhere around 1/50 and then adjust the gain to brighten the image. Don't be afraid of the gain. You need to have gain to get the fine details. Now in your scope the settings for exposure will be different. You have a fast scope so you may have to go much lower at say somewhere around 1/100 or 1/250.
Also I would get K3CCDtools demo version. The controls are easy to handle and better than the phillips software.
This is the way it will work from now on....
Try to keep brightness at 50% and then don't touch it again. I like to leave saturation near 100% Gamma just a little over 5%.
I have found that experimentation can often lead to break throughs. So try a little experimentation. If you really get stuck go to the default settings and start again.
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Paul, that is about the exact settings I had it on. Wierd huh! Davo P recommended those settings a month or so ago and I have been sticking with them.
Also, that was in focus. The best that could be acheived. Not the scope either coz I dropped an EP in and the scope was fine. Collimation was spot on. Looks as if I will have to go back to factory settings and start again.
Davo, bit scary cutting the switch off
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Originally Posted by Davo
You will post every mars pic.
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I only just got this one when re-reading it. I thought you meant 'post it' to you. Yes, I can post all my Mars pics in here.