Webcam for planetary viewing Mac

[04Stefan07 (Stefan)]

I am after a webcam for some planetary viewing. I have a DSLR but that is not well suited to my telescope therefore I will be keeping it for doing time lapses and a few other things.

I am running MacOSX Lion on a MacBook Air.

Anyone know any decent webcams for Mac?

Wouldn't mind buying one and modding it if it isn't too hard.

Thanks!

[2stroke (Jay)]

Check out macam, you can use a 900nc aka phillips tucam http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/cameras/index.php there's probably alot more just wait and here from the mac guys.

[Poita (Peter)]

Grab any firewire camera to use. My favourites are the Pt Grey cameras, they work a treat with the Mac.

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

I have the vAgent. Works well on Windows plus it is designed for MAC. Although not sure if webcams are the best for planetary Viewing instead photography done after processing.

I have the V5 but I have converted it to a guide camera. I intend to get the V6 once I am ready to do more planetary imaging.

[gbeal]

I've been trying recently to utilise a nice MacBook Pro for astro, and the firewire PGR will not play nice at all. It appears that VMWare will not support firewire.
There is/was a package called AstroIIDC, but it going belly-up in a few days, a shame too.
Gary

[04Stefan07 (Stefan)]

Thanks for the tips!

Due to my limited budget I ended up getting a logitech quickcam fusion off ebay for cheap. I have installed XP as a virtual machine on my MacBook Air. I still have to test the modded cam!

[Poita (Peter)]

Originally Posted by gbeal

I've been trying recently to utilise a nice MacBook Pro for astro, and the firewire PGR will not play nice at all. It appears that VMWare will not support firewire.
There is/was a package called AstroIIDC, but it going belly-up in a few days, a shame too.
Gary

I'm having no problems with firewire800 PGR cameras on my macbook pro. It works perfectly.