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Originally Posted by dugnsuz
What magnitude stars will an unmodded webcam be able to work with?
Cheers
Doug
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I have never cheked a magintude value of the brightest star for the DSOs I took picture of but
here it says:
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Many webcams have a limited exposure time that sets the lower limit on how dim a guide star can be
used. With an unmodified Toucam, I can easily guide on a magnitude 7 star using an 80mm refractor as
a guide scope or on a magnitude 9 star with a 203mm Schmidt-Cassegrain guide scope.
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