Is there anyone in the Seattle area that might be willing to help me
troubleshoot my 216XT?

thx

Jeff

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Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 2:22 AM
Subject: [M]: SV: Problems with 216XT


> I started in daylight.
> Aimed at a distant object.
> Covered most of the frontlens (70%)
> Used very short exposure (about 0,1s)
> And could then calibrate for focus and a parfocal eyepiece.
> /Joe
>
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Dillon
> Skickat: den 3 oktober 2001 08:50
> Ämne: [M]: Problems with 216XT
>
>
> I took advantage of a clear night and the full harvest moon to try out my
> 216XT for the first time.
>
> I followed the CCD tutorial as described in the manual, using the "scotch
> tape" method to achieve focus before attaching the CCD.
>
> All the images were nothing but noise. Mostly like 50 vertical white lines
> about a pixel or two across. Sometimes nothing but black, but pressing the
> left/right arrow keys a couple of times would display solid white on the
> right 1/2, and solid black on the left 1/2 of the image. Nothing even
close
> to an image.
>
> I tried subtle focusing in and out many times, but the images were always
> pretty much the same noise.
>
> I had essentially the same results using MaximDL and PictorView.
>
> Any ideas? Just symptoms of poor focusing perhaps?
>
> Jeff
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