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Old 15-10-2004, 11:49 PM
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between the logitec and the phillips touCam the general opinion seems to be that the Phillips has the edge

I have also read somewhere that the Logitec may have the same model number but a different CCD chip depending on country. I dont know if this a furphy but still should you go the Logitech route worth double checking before you buy

The other alternative is a low lux video cam

something like

http://www.allthings.com.au/Catalogu...%20camera.html

these cams go by various names -Stellcam, Mintron etc I think

If you have a Dob and no tracking this may be an option worth considering..I have seen some great work done with these.

Mind you I have no personal experience and have only seen stuff on the net.

I did buy a board B &W security cam from Dick Smiths-cost about 30 $ I think-and about 20 $ for a regulated 12 V power supply- and removed the lens and glued a cut off film canister on it.

I got some really good images of the moon in particular and also Saturn which I usually watched on TV. I also observed the triple moon transit of jupiter earlier this year on TV using this rig and my 5 inch reflector

It actually worked allright-especially considering the price- but as my primary interest is deep space objects I moved on to an Atik 1 c, which is a modified Phillips Tou cam
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