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Originally Posted by aaronsadler
Dave, some questions. - How much was your toucam?
- Where did you buy it from?
- What else do you need to set it up?
- and how good is the quality of shots it takes?
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$140 for the unit & $45 for the adapter to replace the lens and put inot the focusser & $69 for the universal adapter to attach to most eyepieces under 2", $145 for the long exposure modification
http://www.telescopes-astronomy.com....am_philips.htm is were i bought it from, they can do the long exposure mod
if you have no tracking then you end up taking a video as the object sales by
some videos are here
you then stack them in registax and form an image.
some images of deep space here
http://www.precons.com/iis/gallery/N.../Deep%20Space/
and my best jupiter so far
http://www.precons.com/iis/gallery/N..._0002-wave.jpg
tonights moon shots were hard due to windy conditions
a moon video which has lost alot in quality due to posting on the internet
http://www.precons.com/iis/gallery/N...5-200x_001.wmv
a picture extracted from the original of copernicus crater here
http://www.precons.com/iis/gallery/N...5_200x_001.jpg
Mike salway (iceman) has done brilliant work on the planets with his toucam and a barlow for extra magnification, he also use some tracking though.
Mikes work shows how good the quality can be with a toucam, and i am waiting to finish motorizing my telescope so i have tracking and can try long exposure shots to see how good the toucam is against say a Canon 300d that a lot the guys use that costs $1500.
I would recommend it!