Meads Deep Space imager issues

[crimsonghost]

I tried my DSI tonight and had some troubles I was wondering if someone here might be able to help me with. I hooked it up to my laptop and set my LX200 to track Venus – I removed my eyepiece and placed the DSI in….but the display for the “Live view” was a white screen. When I removed the imager and pointed it at a light from my house it started to show that on the screen. So it didn’t take me long to figure that there was not enough light being collected to result with an image. Does this sound right? Venus is incredibly bright tonight – I used my 31MM Nagler to center Venus then I positioned it high/low and on all sides systematically just incase the imager didn’t line up as nicely as my eyepiece…..I figured that way I would maximize the light. Still I got zippo. I am not at all discouraged, but slightly bummed. Some clouds have rolled in – with some luck they will clear and around 10:30 or so I will attempt to image Saturn, but that will have even less light ! Any advice?

 

[tfwthom]

Well ya might try Astromart Forums.....Meade Deep Sky Imager and LPI Group. They usually have some good answers. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1" color="#3366ff">www.siriuslookers.org</font> </div>

 

[nevers]

Hi CrimsonGhost - <br /><br />I know hardly anything about Meade's DSI and I've never even seen one. So, I did a little reading. Unless I'm mistaken, I didn't see any literature at Meade's website that says you can hook it up to a computer for the purpose of viewing objects in the "live" mode. It seems like it is mainly for taking multiple images of DSO's and stacking them with the software to create a single image. In the photo gallery I only found one picture of a Solar System object - that of Saturn and it was not all that hot. Sorry I can't be of more help and I'm sure you've already seen this, but just in case - Meade Deep Sky Imager<br /><br />Good luck to ya and I'd love to see the results when you get the bugs worked out...

 

[crimsonghost]

Thanks for the replies.<br /><br />I pointed the scope at a neighbors house today and looked at it as "live video" on my laptop -- snapped a couple pics and found it all working well.....really easy actually. It just didn't work so well outside -- I am in PA and its clouded over, I only got about 20 minutes with Venus before the clouds over took it. I'll try again and let you know how it goes. Thanks again !