itty bitty telescope

[woody52]

Hi All can the itty bitty telescope be hooked into a computer and if so how
Thanks Len

[mental4astro]

Yep, it can:

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-431-0-0-1-0.html

It shows how to connect a webcam to your scope. Refractor, reflector- doesn't matter.

This article, and one called "astrophotography with a dob" are in the 'Projects and Articles' section on the top left margin of the page you are looking at NOW. The second article has links to software you will need.

The best bit about these two articles is that your 'itty bitty telescope' actually does not need to track- the software does the aligning of the drifting images. It is limited to bright stuff, like the moon and planets. But don't knock it, you will be surprised at the quality of the images you will get- these two pics are just single frames taken through my 5" Celestron C5. You can just make out two of Jupiter's moons.

[woody52]

Hi the itty bitty telescope is radio telescope dish and i don;t know if i don;t understand the artical but it shows the web cam being attached to normal telescope
Len

[erick]

http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/epo/teachers/ittybitty/procedure.html

Well, we can use the webcam to look at it!

Beyond that......?

[astroron]

You should have said so in the first place:shrug:
You could have put your question here http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=40
More information would be appreciated in the future:thanx:
I had never heard of that telescope project and I would guess most others hadn't either:shrug: that"s why the answers you got referred to astrophotogrphy:thumbsup: