From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: December 21, 2008 9:23:48 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Flea 2 peltier cooler etc...


Hi Mark;


Glad to hear it's working for you.


Your also going to have to connect up two pins (Pin 0 and Pin 1)on the "Rat Tail" GPIO connector for the Fleas cameras, and then check mark the ""Allow extended PGR cameras exposure times. " (see page 61 of the Astro IIDC manual). That's how you can get exposures to 60 minutes with it.


Where I am now, the out door temp is -30°C or lower, so I don't need any active cooling at all, but I do need an electric blanket on the back of the LCD of the Laptop or it freezes solid and stops displaying.


TTYL..


Milton Aupperle



On 20-Dec-08, at 11:30 PM, Mark Gaffney wrote:


Hi Milton, Thanks for your help choosing the parts for the peltier cooler set-up. As you may

have gathered I now have the Flea 2, heatsink/fan & power source & am awaiting the cooler

itself. I`ve posted a photo to my "set-up C9.25XLT OTA" folder in photos to give you an idea

of the comparative size of the parts. I`ve also added a new file with my latest mosaic done

with the Flea 2. Will maybe investigate further processing options for the images. Interesting

that you were able to synchronise so many different nights' imaging in your recent Messier

52 image. I`ll hopefully soon be coping with some DSOs myself. Have a nice Christmas! Mark.