From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@me.com>

Date: December 19, 2009 7:37:17 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Re: star images...

Milton, 

You`re probably right.. I`ve also re-set it by unplugging re-plugging the cable...On another issue, my Flea 2 appears to have a speck of dust that`s on the chip not on the filter glass. I`ve tried cleaning it with a little detergent in water & also Windex but it has no effect on this speck. I don`t know how this is possible as the chip is enclosed behind the filter as you know. Despite warnings (previously) from PGR that removing the IR/UV filter will void the warranty I`ve tried undoing the small Phillips screws but it seems like another case (like I encountered with one screw in the optical drive of the iBook). They all seem to be done up to industrial tension & any extra pressure on the screws will have me burring them. Have you ever managed to undo the screws on your Flea? If so how did you do it?

Mark.

On 20/12/2009, at 1:06 PM, milton_aupperle wrote:

I sent this previously, but Yahoo ate it.

That sounds like a cable issue or possibly something with the camera.

HTH..

Milton Aupperle

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@...> wrote:
>
> P.S. I did notice with the camera inside, attached to Astro IIDC &
> pointed at a room light that depending upon settings sometimes I`d get
> light registering in the CC window sometimes not. A couple of times I
> had to turn Astro IIDC off & on again to get the camera to work
> properly & this may have been what was confusing me out at the scope..?
>
> Mark.
> On 18/12/2009, at 10:07 AM, Mark Gaffney wrote:
>
> > Last time out (2 nights ago) I was having trouble obtaining any traces
> > of star images with my Scorpion. I`m not entirely sure (Betelgeuse
> > which I was using) was on the chip as I was getting cloud obscure
> > first Betelgeuse then Rigel (& back again all night). On my 3 star
> > alignment Betelgeuse & Procyon were much brighter than the star I`d
> > selected as Rigel (I don`t know if this was due to clouds)?This may
> > have put my Go-To out, though Betelgeuse was centred in the eyepiece.
> > I`ve re-looked at the Manual & the sharpness (& FWHM- HFD section). Is
> > there a rule of thumb for exposure readings-(I know it`d vary from
> > camera to camera). I couldn`t focus upon this star anywhere in the
> > range. I did manage to get the extended PGR exposure times working
> > with a plastic bag tie taped into the GPIO pin out. I tried both with
> > this switched on & off... Into the bargain my finder had been bumped
> > removing the scope cover & wasn`t very accurate. Last night was
> > perfect but I didn`t get out, feeling too frazzled. Probably too much
> > information but yesterday began with a car accident on our dirt-
> > gravel road-A woman had rolled her car near us & we had to help
> > getting her out of the wreck...!
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> >
>