Hello! I am new to astrophotography and I need a little help getting started. For some reason, when I attach my ZWO ASI 385 to my telescope (I have an Askar 103 APO), I can't see the sky. If I get an object centered in my telescope, (such as the moon) it appears as a very small dot, or as though I'm looking through a tiny hole at the end of my telescope tube. I've tried focusing it, using extenders, adjusting my settings, etc, etc. I think it's the way I put it into the telescope, but I'm doing it exactly as directed. Does anyone else have this problem?
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avez vous tester de jour pour faire une mise au point sur quelque chose comme une montagne, une colline, bâtiments, églises, etc..
mario:
avez vous tester de jour pour faire une mise au point sur quelque chose comme une montagne, une colline, bâtiments, églises, etc..
Hello! Yes, we tried that. It's as though the camera just shows a small dot of light/whatever the telescope is pointed at. We could see the moon through it, but it was extremely small with a black area (inside of telescope tube?) that wasn't the night sky around it.
Avilla:
Hello! Yes, we tried that. It's as though the camera just shows a small dot of light/whatever the telescope is pointed at. We could see the moon through it, but it was extremely small with a black area (inside of telescope tube?) that wasn't the night sky around it.
votre camera est vendue avec un objectif qu'il faut retirer pour l'utilisation sur le télescope. il se dévisse et vous installez l'adaptateur au format 1"25 sur la camera .
avez vous fait celà?
mario:Avilla:
Hello! Yes, we tried that. It's as though the camera just shows a small dot of light/whatever the telescope is pointed at. We could see the moon through it, but it was extremely small with a black area (inside of telescope tube?) that wasn't the night sky around it.
votre camera est vendue avec un objectif qu'il faut retirer pour l'utilisation sur le télescope. il se dévisse et vous installez l'adaptateur au format 1"25 sur la camera .
avez vous fait celà?
Yes, but for some reason, it works better with out it. With it on, I believe the screen was black or it showed only the small dot of light.
Avilla:
Hello! Yes, we tried that. It's as though the camera just shows a small dot of light/whatever the telescope is pointed at. We could see the moon through it, but it was extremely small with a black area (inside of telescope tube?) that wasn't the night sky around it.
*** Ecrivez votre réponse ici *et lorsque vous utilisez la camera avec son objectif (camera tenue dans vos mains non montée sur le télescope )**
en faisant la mise au point voyez vous le paysage ou maison ou autre avec?
je précise bien sans l'installer dans le télescope
mario:Avilla:
Hello! Yes, we tried that. It's as though the camera just shows a small dot of light/whatever the telescope is pointed at. We could see the moon through it, but it was extremely small with a black area (inside of telescope tube?) that wasn't the night sky around it.
*** Ecrivez votre réponse ici *et lorsque vous utilisez la camera avec son objectif (camera tenue dans vos mains non montée sur le télescope )**
en faisant la mise au point voyez vous le paysage ou maison ou autre avec?
je précise bien sans l'installer dans le télescope
*** Sorry- When not attached to the telescope and without the telescope adapter, I can see clearly and full-screen. However, with the adapter on, I see a white screen and it changes to dark if I hover my hand over it. ***
Avilla:
*** Sorry- When not attached to the telescope and without the telescope adapter, I can see clearly and full-screen. However, with the adapter on, I see a white screen and it changes to dark if I hover my hand over it. ***
donc la camera n'a pas de probleme si vous voyez bien ce qu"il y a autour de vous lorsqu'elle est équipée de son objectif c'est juste une histoire de mise au point à mon avis.
quel télescope avez vous?
pour les réglages quel logiciel utilisez vous: asi studio ou sharpcap ou autres?
êtes vous en mode vidéo et le gain sur 100 environ ?
mario:Avilla:
*** Sorry- When not attached to the telescope and without the telescope adapter, I can see clearly and full-screen. However, with the adapter on, I see a white screen and it changes to dark if I hover my hand over it. ***
donc la camera n'a pas de probleme si vous voyez bien ce qu"il y a autour de vous lorsqu'elle est équipée de son objectif c'est juste une histoire de mise au point à mon avis.
quel télescope avez vous?
pour les réglages quel logiciel utilisez vous: asi studio ou sharpcap ou autres?
êtes vous en mode vidéo et le gain sur 100 environ ?
*** I have an Askar 103 apo. Also, we tried it with an extender and the 1'25 adapter on, (doesn't fit but we managed) and we got a clear image. Should I need an extender? I use ASI Studio and even with the gain on 100 I can see nothing no matter how much i focus. ***
le format de l'image dans Asi Studio est bien 1920x1080 ?
pour ce qui est de réglages contraste, gamma, saturation et autres, tout en bas vous avez "par défaut"
avez fait un essai en reculant la camera à la main du tube optique et voir si vous pouvez obtenir la mise au point?
avez vous une barlow pour augmenter la focale?
pour ce qui est de réglages contraste, gamma, saturation et autres, tout en bas vous avez "par défaut"
avez fait un essai en reculant la camera à la main du tube optique et voir si vous pouvez obtenir la mise au point?
avez vous une barlow pour augmenter la focale?
Here it is with the barlow lens on. Is this normal? I have the settings on default and changed the resolution as you said
the amount of reduction in focal length it takes to turn the moon into a dot is impossible to have with your native focal length and your camera
Avilla:
Here it is with the barlow lens on. Is this normal? I have the settings on default and changed the resolution as you said
I think that's a planet
let me see if I can find out what planet, hold on
Oscar:
maybe can you show us a diagram of your image train, or a picture of it? the way you used it when you say you saw the moon as a dot; I think that would clear up everything in a flash
the amount of reduction in focal length it takes to turn the moon into a dot is impossible to have with your native focal length and your camera
you say you "see", can you explain what you mean by that, what are you seeing through?
*** Sorry for the confusion, I'm not sure if you can see the photo I just sent, but the moon was in the 'little hole' as a small, unfocused dot. ***
Avilla:Oscar:Avilla:
Here it is with the barlow lens on. Is this normal? I have the settings on default and changed the resolution as you said
I think that's a planet
*** Looks like it, but that's what shows when I put on the barlow lens and point it at anything. ***
could you take a picture of your image train?
²cette image n'est pas d'aujourd'hui! car la lune n'est pas pleine actuellement c'est le premier quartier
mario:
²cette image n'est pas d'aujourd'hui! car la lune n'est pas pleine actuellement c'est le premier quartier
I think it's not the moon; the amount of focal length reduction required is impossible to have with the OP's native focal length; no reducer or field flattener or barlow would do that
tout à fait d'accord avec vous ce que l'on voit sur l'image n'est pas la lune (pleine) avec une lunette de 130mm et camera au foyer au format 1920x1080
Oscar:Avilla:Oscar:Avilla:
Here it is with the barlow lens on. Is this normal? I have the settings on default and changed the resolution as you said
I think that's a planet
*** Looks like it, but that's what shows when I put on the barlow lens and point it at anything. ***
could you take a picture of your image train?
*** I'm completely new to this so I hope this is what you mean. Had to make it small because of size limit
***de quelle pays, région êtes vous avez vous un club d'astronomie prêt de chez vous ?
Oscar:mario:
²cette image n'est pas d'aujourd'hui! car la lune n'est pas pleine actuellement c'est le premier quartier
I think it's not the moon; the amount of focal length reduction required is impossible to have with the OP's native focal length; no reducer or field flattener or barlow would do that
*** Correct. The 'moon' you are seeing is the view I get when I attach my camera to my barlow and telescope. That's not the sky, or the moon. I'm confused as to why it is showing only a small dot of light***
Oscar:mario:
²cette image n'est pas d'aujourd'hui! car la lune n'est pas pleine actuellement c'est le premier quartier
I think it's not the moon; the amount of focal length reduction required is impossible to have with the OP's native focal length; no reducer or field flattener or barlow would do that
*** Correct. The 'moon' you are seeing is the view I get when I attach my camera to my barlow and telescope. That's not the sky, or the moon. I'm confused as to why it is showing only a small dot of light***
mario:
de quelle pays, région êtes vous avez vous un club d'astronomie prêt de chez vous ?
*** I'm in the US, and I don't think I have an astronomy club anywhere near me***
Can we see what is attached to the camera, if anything. I mean, just the camera not the barlow or the scope, just the camera and whatever else is screwed onto it?