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Originally Posted by BlackWidow
Webcams lke the philips toucams or SPC900nc can work fine as guidecams, but they need to be the ones that have had the long exposure mod done to them. This allows them to see the fainter stars.
Regards
Mardy
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Hi Mardy, That is not technically true, I currently use a regular webcam but PHD guiding software allows the addition of frames and dark frame to allow for a simple webcam to pick-up some decent stars. Recently I managed to get some really faint stars with 3.0sec software exposure and taking darks frame to cancel out noise. Although I don't think it ill work for some exceptionally dark area with faint stars it does work in the most surprising areas.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1...00960667427185 - is my set-up