The best I can get from the Toucam

[ballaratdragons]

These 3 images that I captured tonight are about as good as I can get the Modded Toucam to go.

I have pushed further than anyone should push!!!!

Minor Processing as I am happy with the way they came from the Toucam, just cleaned up a bit.

Time for a new Camera :lol:
I hope you like them, they took a lot of work to get!

1. Orion heavily over-exposed and levels pushed
2. Omega Centauri
3. Trifid even more exposed than Orion Neb and levels pushed

[ballaratdragons]

Ooo, and I forgot this one.

A single image of NGC 6530 Open Cluster in Lagoon Nebula. I only got one image as the lightning started and I had to pack up!

[iceman]

I like them Ken, a lot! It's great when people use what they've got and push it to the limits.

[middy]

They look fantastic Ken. You've come a long way with that camera.

If you are considering a new camera, should I keep my eye out for a used Toucam on the 'for sale' pages soon? ;)

[h0ughy]

congratulations Ken, they are excellent.

[Garyh]

Very well done Ken!! I don`t think you could get better than that with a webcam!!! or maybe a DSI even!

[acropolite]

Excellent results Ken, I've not seen better deep space shots using a ToUcam.:camera:

[sheeny]

Well done, Ken!:thumbsup: They're excellent for a toUcam!

But why a new camera??? What about cooling the chip???:shrug: ;) :poke:

Al.

[RB]

I agree 100%.
These are world class DSO ToUcam images, I don't recall seeing any better anywhere !

I take my hat off to you Ken.

[janoskiss]

they look great Ken! :)

[Ric]

Fantastic stuff Ken, I really enjoyed the Trifid Nebula.

Excellent imaging

[ballaratdragons]

Wow! Thanks everyone, that's a big rap. I am so happy with the results, pity a lightning storm had to come and ruin the rest of the session. The seeing was 9/10!!!! Best I've seen it for about 2 years.



Andrew, when I step up, I won't be selling the Modded Toucam. I will pass it along. And hopefully whoever gets it will also pass it along too.



Al, although cooling will decrease the amount of Amp Glow, the Toucam will still give star blooms even when cooled. There's only so much light that will fit into the pixels on a Toucam before they overflow and flood the surrounding pixels. :thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

Terrific work Ken, you are right to proud of them.

[ballaratdragons]

Thanks Jeanette,

Now get that G-Star of yours fired up. I wanna see how good they are :)

[EzyStyles]

those images look like they came out of a DSI than a toucam! probably the best i have seen so far. keep up the great work Ken esp the M20 shot. niceee

[Dr Nick]

The best YOU can do with a ToUCam?
I think that might be the best that ANYONE can do with a ToUCam!

I love the trifid and M42 especially! ;)

[sheeny]

Yeah, I know the problem well, Ken. I was just being a bit cheeky since HOughy's cooled camera is performing so well! Hence the ":poke:".

:)

But I always like it when someone can push something simple/cheap/inferior to perform like something more complex/expensive/superior...

Again, you've done well with the ToUcam.

Al.

[ballaratdragons]

:lol: :thumbsup:

[ballaratdragons]

Dunno Nick, I haven't seen many DSO images by Modded Toucam on the net. Maybe I'm just putting mine up so people can see them and there may be others who put there's in obscure places which are hard to find, I dunno :shrug:

Surely there must be others getting results somewhere, or the Modded Toucam wouldn't have got its reputation as a good DSO mod in the first place.

[leon]

I bet that Toucam is very tired Ken, fantastic work,

Leon

[matt]

Great work, Ken.

These can most definitely be used as examples of what the modded ToUcam is capable of:thumbsup:

The triffid is great!

[ballaratdragons]

It and me Leon :lol:

I imaged until 4 am :P