Back home again... with NexImage!

The NexImage webcam system finally arrived the day before we returned home. I really wanted this for the Cedar Key trip. (Thanks, Astronomics...)

With little idea how to use the capture software, I set up the C8 with TV85 piggybacked, slapped the camera on the C8, hooked up the Dell laptop, ran the capture software, and... got an error. Fuck it, I grabbed the Mac and used BTVPro to capture some clips of the Moon and Jupiter. Spending the next few days figuring out Registax on the Dell downstairs, I managed to produce the following stacked and processed images:


Not great, but not bad for "first light". I've done some homework, so next time it will be "first clue" and the results should be better. The Jupiter clip may or may not be a basket case, I have had trouble getting it into Registax.

UPDATE: This image from 050521 was processed in Lynkeos on the Mac on 050605:


Before doing any imaging, I observed Jupiter just after sunset when the sky was still bright blue. I was shocked at the amount of detail I saw! Also tried using a washer under the TV at the front bolt; this helped bring objects much closer to center of field in the TV when the same object is centered in the C8. Now it should be close enough to be fine-tuned with the adjustment screws.