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alexgscraft
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I have recently got access to a FLI Microline camera with a filter wheel, which are both mounted to a large telescope and a mount which I control with TheSkyX Pro. I am able to focus the telescope to an object, but when I try to use the FLI grab software to take a picture, I get a black image with a lot of small dots, and very low clarity, I tried different exposure times aswell. I will try using the equiment again tonight and check if the filters and the camera are installed correctly.

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what kind of exposure times are you taking about? depending on the telescope, you might need an exposure of 15-20 seconds just to get some stars in the picture. If you are trying to capture celestial objects like a nebula, you will likely need many very long exposures that you would stack in post processing.

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I have recently got access to a FLI Microline camera with a filter wheel, which are both mounted to a large telescope and a mount which I control with TheSkyX Pro. I am able to focus the telescope to an object, but when I try to use the FLI grab software to take a picture, I get a black image with a lot of small dots, and very low clarity, I tried different exposure times aswell. I will try using the equiment again tonight and check if the filters and the camera are installed correctly.

 

Which exact series of FLI Microline camera?  What sort of telescope?

 

I can help you set things up correctly for astrophotography, I've done it several times with my DSLR.  But this is the first time I've seen anyone using a Microline for it.

 

I also suggest you go and post this question on a proper astrophotography/stargazer forum.  I'm certain there are many more people experienced with using such a camera there than on this non-photography forum.

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Which exact series of FLI Microline camera?  What sort of telescope?

 

I can help you set things up correctly for astrophotography, I've done it several times with my DSLR.  But this is the first time I've seen anyone using a Microline for it.

 

I also suggest you go and post this question on a proper astrophotography/stargazer forum.  I'm certain there are many more people experienced with using such a camera there than on this non-photography forum.

Thanks for the help, I will try getting the exact names of all the equiment. What are the best astrophotography forums?

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Thanks for the help, I will try getting the exact names of all the equiment. What are the best astrophotography forums?

 

I don't know which forums are good, just do a google search.

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