From: "Tim" <tjp314@pacbell.net>

Date: January 17, 2007 12:23:18 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Got my C9.25 and Fleas working!


Milton:


Well, I looked at the best of my videos from the other night, and

decided my stars are too soft for me to want to embarrass myself by

posting the M36 pic.  One frame came out pretty nice, but it's got

that grainy multicolored sky background that makes me want to hurl my

lunch when I look at it.


The seeing around here has been awful, with many multi-arc second

seeing.  I'm sure the guiding was chasing that to some degree no

matter what I did.  The stars through the 9.25", even at f/6 were

ginormous at best focus.


The difference in image scale wasn't all that great, with the f/6

reducer and bigger flea pixels on the 9.25" and the finer flea2 pixels

on the Megrez, as well.


Now it's raining.


-Tim.


--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Milton Aupperle <milton@...> wrote:


Hi Tim;


I had the same issues with the Flea 2 and the FireWire 800 cable,  

especially at -20°C as those cables are as flexible as using 1/4"  

steel rods. Twice I had the camera / wire disconnect in mid use which  

was of course right after I @#$#%%$ had calibrated it. I have to  

figure out a faster / better way of calibrating it too especially  

when it's cold out.


What i wound up doing was attaching the camera to the FW800 cable  

first, then make sure you have both screws all the way in and then  

connect the camera to the scope. And I will start doing the camera/ 

cable connect inside where it's warm and then wrap a baggie with  

twist tie around the camera to bring it back inside after use where  

it is warm and humid and condensing water.


TTYL..


Milton J. Aupperle

President

ASC - Aupperle Services and Contracting

Mac Software (Drivers, Components and Application) Specialist

#1005 - 815 14th Avenue. S.W.

Calgary Alberta Canada T2R0N5

1-(403)-229-9456

milton@...

www.outcastsoft.com



On 16-Jan-07, at 5:02 PM, Tim wrote:


I will say, though...


I had a lot of trouble with the cable connection on the Flea2.  Darn

good thing it has screws to attach it to the camera.  Even with these,

I lost connection 3 times when I slewed the telescope.  I had to

tighten them pretty good for this to stop happening, and they're hard

to tighten with bare hands when its cold (the screws are really close

to the cable, and about the same size).  I didn't have a screwdriver

handy, but I will tighten them better before next session.


-Tim.