Hi all, Still working out the bugs with this new web cam. Did come up with a new mount, a GM-8 which makes a world of difference when working @ f/30 or f/40...
Jim, I like your images, I'm curious, what scope did you use and what were the frames/processing info on the images you did used in your composite? I also...
Hi Stephen, The Mak is an Intes-Micro M603 - a very sweet little package. I was capturing 5 frames per second at 1/33 second shutter using K3CCD tools. I...
Jim, From a review on the Cloudynights website, here's a quote on the specs of the Toucam: The Phillips ToUCam Pro is a webcam featuring a CCD sensor giving an...
Stephen, the 2HS uses a 1/3 inch Sony ICX242AL HAD chip that is operated progressive scan. Guess its the same setup as yours, just a larger chip. Its suppose...
Jim, I've uploaded the best I had from Friday night to this URL: http://migol.com/images/Jupiter-4-2-05.png Details are soft, the air was just not very stable....
Stephen, these are splendid images, particularly with 4 inch aperture. There is certainly much to be said for color contrast. As for the wavelets, I guess...
Jim, Blue is most likely from atmospheric refraction, as Jupiter never really gets above 80 degrees and the early pictures it was definately lower in the sky....
Jim, I wanted to give you a reply to your question about the difference in the images. If you look at this URL: http://www.astrosurf.com/astrobond/ebrawe.htm ...
Hello, I am interested in getting an application and camera setup to show realtime video on a portable computer from my telescope. Can someone advise a pure...
A lot is going to depend on what kind of objects you want to show on the computer. If lunar, solar and planetary, than a simple and inexpensive security video...
All, I'm hoping to try my hand at some slide exposures soon and have the requisite E200 for nebulas already. I've also heard that E200 is not necessarily the...
Not a great image, but a good image.....IMHO, of course. Shot with a 12cm achromat @ f/3.5 with an Atik 2HS CCD camera from my backyard in Livermore. Sky was...
Will emission line filters (OIII, HA, and SII) work with single-shot color cameras (like the Starlight Xpress SXV-M8C), or must they be used with monochrome...
Ray, if you're listening, drop a line and let us know what you're up to. I haven't heard from you in a long time. Hope all is well. Cheers, Paul Sterngold ...
Hi all, still playing with my web cam and results, at least for me, have been most rewarding. I'm still not to the point of doing guided long exposures so...
Hi Paul, I just got the GM8 and will be getting auto guiding on line in the very near future. Meanwhile I'm sorting out proper polar alignment and will be...
BTW Ray.... Just used Pempro 1.19 (purchasing this week :-)) PE down below 1.5 arc seconds peak to peak on my AP900. I continue to be impressed. Pete _____ ...
Hi Pete, Hey that is great! Thanks for the purchase! :-) I'm readying a new maintenance version of PEMPro now (v1.50), which will have a lot of new features....
Jim, I think those are amazing images considering that you were using a web cam. I know you probably mentioned this before but which web cam are you using? ...
Hi Taylor, You probably will be better off with a monochrome CCD with narrowband filters. Color CCDs usually have a pattern of 4 different filters throughout...
Hi Ray, The camera is a commercially modified 8 bit ToUcam with a 1/3 inch monochrome CCD; an Atik 2HS. I'm using K3CCD as the camera operating software. As...
... I completely agree, which is one reason why I enjoy following your results and others who use these inexpensive cameras. However, I can't help but chuckle...
Oh, well, yes....modest is indeed a relative term. ;-) Still, not counting the computer, the setup - scope, camera and mount - to shoot the deep sky images...
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