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The equipment of choice seems to be a large Schmidt-Cassegrain (theĬelestron C9.25 is a favorite) heavily mounted and barlowed to the hilt. Astrophotography, and webcam imaging in particular, is all about theĪ lot of planetary imagers bragging about the quality of their optics. Visual astronomy is all about the optics and the mount.Meade 3X barlow was used to boost image scale.Ĭelestron C6 SCT on a CG-5 mount. Nights of playing with the device, I was able to get the following on a borrowed The telescope was sitting on an alt-az mount and was unguided.Ĭlavius region of the moon just after first

My first night out with a TeleVue Pronto at prime focus. The images people have been getting out of this $100 imager are simply NexImage is a USB 1.1 device, so on fast captures, it’s going to drop a lot ofīut you know what? None of this seems to matter in practical use. Is a one-shot color device, so your final resolution will be even less than the Get Jupiter 200 pixels across, you’re doing well, and Saturn and Mars are even Matters worse, your planetary image isn’t even going to come close to filling Don’t be – it’s plenty, and even some of the nicer cameras out ManyĪre put off by this when they first hear it. Original Philips ToUcam (L), and with custom 1.25' nosepiece (R)Ĭhip’s resolution is VGA, at 640 X 480. One of these people scouring ebay for a ToUcam, don’t bother – just get the

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Alas, the ToUcam has been discontinued (used models have held their valueĮxtremely well on the secondary market.) Luckily,Ĭelestron is now selling the NexImage, a rebadged TouCam with the 1.25”Īlso bundled it with some capture software and an early version of Registax The model that people settled on fairly early was the $100 Philips ToUcam which Many webcams have been used for astronomical imaging, but It sounds like black magic but it works wonderfully well. Stacks the remaining good ones together to form the final image. Stacking software like Registax, it is possible to filter out the images caught Put together – at 30 frames per second, a webcam can capture 1800 images each Webcams capture video at variable rates, anywhere from around 5 fps to 60 Stock lens and attaching a 1.25” nosepiece on the end. A few years back, people began modding their webcams by unscrewing the Stick in front that makes your videos look so bad. Out the chip inside your webcam is just fine, it’s the lousy little lens they The hero in this scenario comes from an unlikely source – Is there a way to do astrophotography without the massive investment in time and

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And besides, beginners have their hands full just learning the sky and I’ve spent a lot of time warning beginners not to jumpĮxpensive, too time-consuming, too frustrating. Various Reviews, Various Reviews, ġ) Celestron NexImage (Planetary webcam imager, $119 list, about $100

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