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

Date: September 15, 2012 10:24:09 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: New file uploaded to Astro_IIDC

Thanks, Ray.  

I agree about portability. What's amazing about this scope is that it's on the Observatory mount (2 1/2" shafts), but on a transportable pier.  So while it's big, it rolls easily in and out of my garage.  And since the drive corrector is bolted to the mount, I only need to plug it in and get to work!

-Tim.

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Ray Byrne <ray@...> wrote:

Hi Tim,

Great image! As a young man I had a fine 8 1/2" Newtonian and remember the views to be amazing even at that aperture it was a beast though not at all portable.

Love the colour on the image BTW

ATB

Ray

On 15 Sep 2012, at 20:48, doobisary wrote:

Here's the capture file:

=================== File:20120915_115939_U.mov #frames 2001

Color Camera - Model:'Flea2 FL2-08S2C' SerialNumber: 0x61AA7D

IIDC Format:7 Mode: 0 ClrCode: 10 MaxFps: 48.37 MaxPacketSize: 3072 

Camera Display Format: 1032 x 776 16 bit

CCD Image Left: 264

CCD Image Top: 136

CCD Image Width: 504

CCD Image: Height 504

Gamma: 1.00

Blue Gain: 670

Red Gain: 576

Brightness: 295

Black Point: 0

Exposure: 66.67 ms

Sharpness Limiting On: 0

Dark Frame Subtraction On: 0

Flat Frame Correction On: 0

Invert Image On: 0

Flip Horizontal On: 0

Flip Vertical On: 0

Histogram Expand On: 0

Binning Off Color

Live Replace Hot / Cold Pixels: On Cutoff Value: 23

Note: 12.5" f/7 Cave 2x shorty barlow

Seeing 4/10

Trans 5/5

The scope is a vintage 1972 Cave 12.5" f/7 on the big 2 1/2" shaft Observatory mount, but on a rolling pier, that I found on the Los Angeles Craigslist this week. Almost blew it off, but I'm glad I didn't!

-Tim.