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Thanks. Were you stopped down with a mask? Could be a focus
problem. I hope to get out Sunday night and try again. Weather
here has been cloudy of late. Ill check focus and other tips
sent this way.


On Sun, 19 Oct 1997 BFiolek@aol.com wrote:

> Hi Wayne
>
> I have just came in from imaging Jupiter Saturn and the Moon using exposures
> from 0.2 sec to 0.5 sec and the full 10" aparture of my scope and the images
> displayed on the screen ok. Is there a way to change the way ccdops displays
> the images on the screen. I am using a 416 and Pictor 2.0. My brightest
> pixels were reading out at 55000 so I dont think yours are overexposed. Maybe
> the problem is in your focus and your just not seeing any detail because of
> that. Also exposures shorter than 0.1-0.2 seconds makes the image noisy. Try
> using a barlow to make the image bigger on the chip this also cuts down the
> brightness. I will be putting my images of jupiter on my web page in about a
> week and you can see them there if you want to.
>
> Bob Fiolek
> Allen Park MI
> http://members.aol.com/bfiolek/astro.htm
>

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