A few planetaries.

[coxellis]

All shots taken using my old ATK-2HS 1/3" B&W CCD, adapted toucam pro.

First one is M27 the dumbell nebula at ~1.5 arcsecs/ pixel

http://www.coxellis.pwp.blueyonder.c...so/m27_6_8.jpg

Next, the ring nebula, M57 at ~0.7 arcsecs/ pixel

http://www.coxellis.pwp.blueyonder.c...so/m57LRGB.jpg

Third, the blinking planetary, NGC6826 at ~0.35 arcsecs/pixel

http://www.coxellis.pwp.blueyonder.c...26Blinking.jpg

Fourth the blue snowball, NGC7662 at ~0.35 arcsecs/pixel

http://www.coxellis.pwp.blueyonder.c...62Snowball.jpg

All shot using my newt, the last three using barlows.

Andy

[Mick (Michael)]

WOW stunning images.

[Robby]

Cool Andy, I must get onto some more planetaries. I know we can see some of those down-under.
Cheers

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Great shots with the atik

cant wait for the clouds to clear so I can have a go at some of these myself

[rumples riot]

Lovely stuff. Dumb bell is very good.

[ving (David)]

makes me wanna go chasing planetaries! wd!

[coxellis]

D'ya get the Atiks down under? They're very nice cams considering the price, and the relatively small chip's ideal for planetaries. I used a 2x skywatcher shorty for most of these - crappy barlow, but a big enough piece of glass for the atik. Now I use a GSO/ Astrola 2" job -should be nice and flat.

Cheers for the coments

Andy

[astro_south (Andrew)]

Andy

Love the shot of the 7662 (blue snowball). It reminds me of the central structure (brighter oval) I see in the Ghost of Jupiter through the 12.5". The fainter outer structure in the image is very nice as well.

I love looking at planetaries, though I have never bothered with this one (might have to see if it is visible from here and track it down towards the end of the year). I wonder how much of the structure is visible to midsize scopes

oh...the other images are also great

Andrew

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Originally posted by coxellis
D'ya get the Atiks down under? y

I bought it direct from perseu in portugal..not sure if they have a dealer in Oz..think Malaysia is nearest dealer location

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Top Stuff Andy. Makes me wish I'd spent the extra hundred buck and gotten the modified ToUcam when I bought mine, they're awesome shots.

[coxellis]

I've done an article on modding a QuickCam pro 3000 and I'm working on one for the toucam.

The quickcam one is here

You won't get shots like these out of a modded webcam unless you swap the chip though. The best I've managed with a normal webcam chip is

http://www.coxellis.pwp.blueyonder.c...m/dso/m822.jpg

A lot of detail in the shot was lost to light pollution though and if I'd have been able to guide it, I could have pushed for more.

The chip change for the toucam is actually pretty straight forward - might be a job finding the chip though...

Andy