[Mr Jack Martin]

I was one of the first outsiders to see Moon rock and dust samples in Nov 1969 bought back by Apollo 11, at Queen Mary University of London Chemistry department, who were given small samples for analysis.

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

Eric,

How do I process hot pixels ?

Regards,

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

I tried PHD2 early this morning it appears to be working !

Thanks for your advices,

Jack

Essex UK 

[Mr Jack Martin]

Nick,

I tried this and it still doesn’t like it.

This may be because they are both atik cameras ?

I could try swapping the atik for the lodestar guide camera to see if that works ?

Regards,

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

John,

Thanks for the link, tried it early this morning and works ok.

Regards,

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

Thank you everyone for your comments, very helpful.

Regards,

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

Nick,

Thanks for your feedback.

I am trying to get 2 cameras to work in MaximDL Atik 460 and 314. 

Maxim does not like it and freezes.

What’s causing this ?

How do I configure Maxim for 2 cameras ?

Regards,

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

Thanks for your responses.

Nick, Microsoft.Net is installed.

How do you get MaximDL to guide on a spectrograph slit ?

Eric, I have enabled the pulse guiding box.

Just need a clear night to test the system.

Regards,

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

How to work with the spectroscope by John Browning 1878 Cambridge library collection lists McLean’s star spectroscope for £2 10 0 !

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

Peter,

I don’t know why vista no longer works on your computer BUT;

I used vista at work it was user unfriendly, and consequently withdrawn by Microsoft some years ago.

I suggest Windows 7 as a good alternative.

Remember these are all hybrids of XP, the best Microsoft operating system ever.  

Regards,

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

Bill,

Good work and well done.

What software are you using to data reduce with ?

Regards,

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

Andy,

I agree with your suggestions.

I am prepared to travel to the midlands and happy to help out.

For me its using BASS, perhaps John Paraskeva would run the BASS day ? and a Lhires users workshop.

Regards,

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

Tony,

Please put your list up here.

Regards,

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

Michael,

Nice spectrum

Good work,

Regards,

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

Kevin and Andy,

I will be at the meeting on 29 Sep.

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

I have spent a small fortune on my Lhires getting it upgraded and buying all 6 gratings. Now it suffers from light loss which I have been unable to solve as its enclosed in a film changing bag ! Bearing in mind other peoples issues, would it be possible for the BAA to organise a Lhires users weekend ? It would give users sufficient time to compare notes and maybe solve some issues.

Regards,

Jack 

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

Andy and  Dominic,

Thanks for your efforts,

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

Martin,

I understand why people need to upgrade, but wonder how user friendly Windows 10 is for a minority Astronomy group, as it was made for the masses.

I am in Rayleigh,

Regards,

Jack

Essex UK

[Mr Jack Martin]

Paul,

Yes XP is ok provided you stay off the net as I tend to do.

Regards,

Jack

Essex UK 

[Mr Jack Martin]

For what its worth, for Spectroscopy, I still run on Windows XP, the be best operating system Microsoft ever issued, also Windows 7 without any problems.

All later Microsoft OS are hybrids of Windows XP, vista and 8 were withdrawn because of problems / complaints.

 For what I do both work ok with the software, I have never had a problem.

Regards,

Jack

Essex UK

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