From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: September 21, 2010 9:08:38 AM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] First Uranus image ever

Hi Jim;

On 21-Sep-10, at 7:34 AM, Jim Chung wrote:

This is the first time I have ever managed to image Uranus.  It is so

faint that I usually have trouble actually finding it visually so that

I can center it on the ccd.  This morning is was quite close to

Jupiter which made it easier to find.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4852049/Uranus.jpg

Nice Image. I tried it once with my C8 at 2,000 mm and got a bluish greenish "dot" at 7.5 fps. Seeing wasn't good enough to go to a longer FL.

Seeing was quite good so Jupiter image to follow.

Great. I'm hoping to image Jupiter later this week, if it really does  to clear up as the forecast calls for. I'm tired of rain showers, snow showers and seeing the lawn white.

Milton, PGR replied to me and apparently some Flea2s do not come with

the PGR logo and some earlier Flea2s might be down on sensitivity.  I

supplied them the s/n for them to verify this.  I tried the Flea2

again this morning an ensured the same gamma was used as with my Flea,

significantly less sensitive.

That might be addressable with a Firmware update for the Flea 2 cameras. The most current firmware load is Flea2 Firmware v1.2 Release Candidate 0.

HTH..

Milton Aupperle