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[QUOTE=Supa Acsum]Thanks for all the info DP, keep me posted how you go when you receive the equipment. I wasnt sure what you meant by Toucam. Judging that your buying a usb, it connects to your pc. How does it work witht the pc?
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Pleasure, I have just faxed Andrews the order for the telescope, cheshire site tube and ultra wide. The ultrawide is a small gamble as there is mixed opinion on what you can get. Some say let them cool down and they work fine. I will be getting back to the forum with my results for the ultra wides.
As mike has explained, the toucam is a webcam that you link to your computer. The modification for $140 lets you take a long exposure or to lots of individual shots. Individual shots for dobs, long exposure for telescopes with equatorial mounts. I am planning to try and link my telescope thru the toucam to my laptop through the wireless adsl to my web servers and then can broadcast to the internet. ambitious, but boy will it be fun to share with the guys on the forum.
My second project like so many other dob guys is to try and motorize the dob (both movement and focusing) to be able to "goto". My feeling is that I will have to buy Mick Pinners equatorial Mount after giving up in disgust and asimov can say "you youngsters, I told you so!"
Will keep you updated
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