Tarantula and Sombrero with a Toucam!

[ballaratdragons]

I had a fantastic night last night!

Absolutely no wind, mild temps, and a sky as clear as glass!!!

I finally captured Tarantula a bit better (it ain't great) and as a Bonus, I also image my first GALAXY with the Modded Toucam! (and I'm very happy with it) :cool:

Both these images were taken with Modded Toucam 840k Pro II, ED80 on EQ6, captured in Desire, stacked in Registax and processed in PaintShop Pro.

1. Tarantula - 7 x 1 minute

2. Sombrero - 5 x 3 minutes

[avandonk]

That is great imaging Ken. I would be scared to see what results you would get with high end gear. Would autoguiding have helped?

Bert

[DobDobDob]

Awesome Ken, the Sombrero is fantastic :thumbsup:

[ballaratdragons]

Thanks Bert :thumbsup:

Yep, autoguiding would certainly help because there is still quite a bit of drift in the stars in my pics. Once I get the Shoestring Guiding cable i'll be in business. :)

[ving]

great stuff ken. I love the sombrero shot the best! :D

[Astroman]

Nice ones Ken, not too fond of the trantula but M104 looks awesome, well done.

[ballaratdragons]

Yeah Andrew,
I'm not happy with the Tarantula pic either, but I stuck it in coz it's the best pic of it I've got so far. Next time maybe ;)

[matt]

Well done, Ken:thumbsup:

[davidpretorius]

very very impressed, how awesome is sombrero!!!

well done ken.


hmmmmm a canon 400d is on the cards me thinks!

[janoskiss]

the world's gone topsy-turvy!! you're doing deep sky with a webcam while eric is firing away at jupiter with the 350d. maybe you two should swap cameras.

that sombrero is awesome btw.

[Starkler]

Amazing sombrero :thumbsup:

Yes conditions were fantastic last night. I was out last night in the darkest most transparent skies i have yet seen just North of Euroa :eyepop:

[EzyStyles]

excellent images ken esp coming out of a toucam!

[h0ughy]

top result ken (feels like dejavu as I thought I replied to this thread this afternoon). Looking forward for more

[rogerg]

Great shots for a ToUCam Ken. And what's better is you really anjoyed a great night :thumbsup:

[Ric]

Nice images Ken, the Sombrero is a beauty.

Cheers

[ballaratdragons]

Thanks everyone above.

I am going to be flogging the Toucam at Camp over the next 4 nights and hopefully learn how to use the capture settings better from the experts, and how to stack better. I still don't know how to use Registax properly :lol:

Lots to learn at Camp :thumbsup:

[RB]

Hey great images Ken.
The Sombrero is fantastic.

Excellent work !!

:)

[strongmanmike]

If Kenny the Toucam can, you too can Toucam!..:help:

Rather amazing images coming from a tropical bird mascarading as an imaging device! :P

Hats off to you Kenny

Mike