Since another clear night, I wanted to try the ZWO camera with the Meade ETX. There was a slight breeze which made it more comfortable and keep away the mosquitoes. I setup the power for the laptop and the DC adapter for the ETX. I went to plug in the ZWO camera but it wasn’t […]
Observing Session–July 26, 2018 Read More »
I was doing some visual observing with my Meade LX70 refractor. I then tried connecting my Canon T3i and was disappointed with the results. I was looking at Jupiter and could make out some of the bands and the moon with the different eyepieces but the image was way too small on the image with
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In preparing for the solar eclipse, I experimented with different SharpCap settings. I settled on these settings: Exposure – 1 ms Gain – 45 Gamma – 25 Brightness – 0 Those settings resulted in the image below. I also added the full listing of settings after taking the image. [ZWO ASI034MC] Pan=0 Tilt=0 Output Format=AVI
SharpCap settings for ZWO AS103MC and Lunt LS50THA Read More »
I went to Madras, Oregon to view the total solar eclipse at Oregon Solarfest. I setup a couple of cameras. The first was using a solar filter over a telephoto lens on my Canon. I took a couple of shots during the first contact phase. The main effort was using the Lunt and ZWO to
Total Solar Eclipse on August 21, 2017 Read More »
I connected the ZWO camera into the Lunt eyepiece holder but I wasn’t able to get it to focus. So, did some research on the Internet. The trick is to unscrew the eyepiece holder and screw the ZWO camera directly into the diagonal. The pull the diagonal back from the telescope to get it close
Focus ZWO AS103MC on Lunt LS50THA Read More »
The initial setup was very easy. The camera was a basically one piece. I screwed in the eyepiece adapter and put on the cover. I was going to use it as a guider so was only interested in the USB cable. There was a small CD with drivers and a manual. I read the manual
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