All,


I have been in contact with Scott and he says he never receieved any post from
the new list. Tim has been forwarded the thread from Scott about the missing
reception.

Gene


> Test, I have not gotten an email from MAPUG in 3 days.
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 6:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Blank 208XT Images (Even after $100 worth Meade Service!)
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> writes:
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> Don't ask me why, but I bought a 208XT a couple of years ago and for various
> reasons I never got around to even trying to use it. I recently figured I'd
> give it a shot in autoguiding and got the whole thing set up with my laptop.
> The communication to the laptop, etc all appeared to be working fine (as
> well as can be determined through the software). I was just trying to get
> familiar with it by running a few test exposures, but every time I tried to
> take a test frame I just got a black image. I messed with the various
> settings and the best I could get was a few random pixels along the left
> edge of the image to react...nothing representing an image.
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>
> HI:
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> To add to Gene's comments...have you tried the camera on terrestrial
> subjects in the daytime? That's the way I start out with any new camera.
> Even a sensitive camera will at least reward me with changes in frame
> brightness to show it's working. And I can usually get an image from a Short
> Tube 80 or other small scope if I use short exposures and maybe aperture
> masks. It's a lot easier to puzzle these things out in the house in the
> daytime than out under the stars at night. From there go on to easy subjects
> like the Moon until you're comfortable with the camera.
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>
>
> The usual problems for new CCDers? Focus and framing.
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> Peace,
> Rod Mollise
> Author of:_Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
> http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html
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