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Some newly produced QHY5 don't have any hole behind the cmos sensor for cooling, but a solution exists ;-) Cooling the QHY5 imager/autoguider (step 1.5) Best regards !
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Hi ! This hack works with PHD Guiding now ! Have a look at the updated page : Add TTL outputs to your USB Laptop (Part 3, Software on Windows) Best regards !
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This hack can be used on windows too : Add TTL outputs to your USB Laptop (Part 3, Software on Windows) Demo on Vista : Best regards !
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Do you want to know how to use your USB/TTL hack on GNU/Linux ? Just look at this page : Add TTL outputs to your USB Laptop (Part 2, Software on Linux) Best regards !
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Hi ! Please have a look at my polar finder illuminator. Very usefull ! Polar alignment scope illuminator Best regards !
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If you have troubles with your polar alignment scope, have a look at my tips : Tune your EQ5 polar aligment scope Best regards !
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The QHY5 noise cam also be reduced by software. Just have a look on this page to see my experiments on Qastrocam-g2 : How to reduce the QHY5's noise (step 2) It works great ;-) Best regards !
Lire la suiteBored by the QHY5's noise ? Just try these simple advices : How to reduce the QHY5's noise (step 1) To be continued... Best regards !
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Yet another try with the QHY5 on M42 : I will try to filter the power supply to get less horizontal noise. Happy new year !
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I'm still working on the QHY5 support on qastrocam-g2. Things are going well ;-) My first real deep sky with the QHY5 : 14x20s frames, gain at 50%, D=120mm, F=500mm, IR filter This picture needs more pre-processing, but the QHY5 can give nice deep sky...
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