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[katodog]

A few shots from August 19.

Fuji S6000fd, Owl 20mm eyepiece, 12" LX200R, camera zoomed 10.7x optical, 1489 frames, processed in Registax and PSP. GRS and what looks like a junior under and to the left are visible. I didn't get the detail that I expected, but I got more than enough to be very satisfied with the shots. I'm sure if I run them again and process them again they might be a bit better, but I'm not mad at these shots.

[starbux]

Very nice. Is the Fuji's native video format AVI or did you need to run it through a conversion program before opening it in Registax?

[katodog]

Thanks. It's .avi, but Registax won't run it until I use VirtualDub to convert it into another .avi. If I upload the vid onto the computer, and then try to run it through Registax, it will give me a "decompression failed" error. One time I tried changing it to another .avi, and it worked, so that's what I've been doing. I've had to do that with any video I've shot through any of my Fuji cameras. The only drawback is that the new .avi saves at a higher memory capacity. But, it's not too big of a deal since I usually delete the vids after I get what I want, or I save them to one of my external hard drives.

So far, I've gotten some pretty good images, and some really lousy ones. It all depends on how good I'm tracking, how good the sky is, and how good I'm focused. Plus, zooming the camera in optically adds to any distortions and whatnot that are present in the sky. Using the SCT, I can run a video for as long as the camera will allow, since that scope tracks dead-on. But, I've never done that since it would be way too big of a file. I think Registax and my computer would probably blow up if I tried to run one of those.


I've got a Philips spc900nc that is sitting in the drawer, I've been thinking about getting it back out, but haven't had the time.