Webcam suggestions for webcasting the Moon

[ozskywatcher]

Hi,

I am after suggestions for a webcam or low end ccd camera that I can use for webcasting the Moon or Sun live.

I have a 50mm f3.2 lens (Orion Mini 50mm Guide Scope purchased from Bintel) which I am assuming will give me a wide enough field of view to get the disc of either onto a small imaging chip. I had planned to use it with an old Phillips webcam but have just discovered that it doesn't work with Windows 7.

Thanks in advance.

Paul Floyd.
www.nightskyonline.info

[[1ponders]]

which phillips Paul? 840 or 900? From memory I managed to get the 900 going on Win7

[ozskywatcher]

Unfortunately it is the 840k.

Regards,

Paul Floyd.

[Tandum]

Paul,
I believe you can flash the firmware on an 840 to make it think it is a SPC900NC, which is supported by Philips in Win7. See section 6 on this webpage (http://www.home.zonnet.nl/m.m.j.meijer/D_I_Y/spc900nc.htm). Good Luck :)