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15-03-2007, 03:24 PM
The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Tarantula and Sombrero with a Toucam!
I had a fantastic night last night!
Absolutely no wind, mild temps, and a sky as clear as glass!!!
I finally captured Tarantula a bit better (it ain't great) and as a
Bonus , I also image my first
GALAXY with the Modded Toucam! (and I'm very happy with it)
Both these images were taken with Modded Toucam 840k Pro II, ED80 on EQ6, captured in Desire, stacked in Registax and processed in PaintShop Pro.
1. Tarantula - 7 x 1 minute
2. Sombrero - 5 x 3 minutes
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15-03-2007, 03:28 PM
avandonk
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That is great imaging Ken. I would be scared to see what results you would get with high end gear. Would autoguiding have helped?
15-03-2007, 03:31 PM
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Awesome Ken, the Sombrero is fantastic
15-03-2007, 03:52 PM
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avandonk
That is great imaging Ken. I would be scared to see what results you would get with high end gear. Would autoguiding have helped?
Thanks Bert
Yep, autoguiding would certainly help because there is still quite a bit of drift in the stars in my pics. Once I get the Shoestring Guiding cable i'll be in business.
15-03-2007, 03:55 PM
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great stuff ken. I love the sombrero shot the best!
15-03-2007, 03:57 PM
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Nice ones Ken, not too fond of the trantula but M104 looks awesome, well done.
15-03-2007, 04:05 PM
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Astroman
Nice ones Ken, not too fond of the trantula but M104 looks awesome, well done.
Yeah Andrew,
I'm not happy with the Tarantula pic either, but I stuck it in coz it's the best pic of it I've got so far. Next time maybe
15-03-2007, 04:12 PM
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Well done, Ken
15-03-2007, 04:14 PM
lots of eyes on you!
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very very impressed, how awesome is sombrero!!!
15-03-2007, 04:38 PM
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the world's gone topsy-turvy!! you're doing deep sky with a webcam while eric is firing away at jupiter with the 350d. maybe you two should swap cameras.
15-03-2007, 05:56 PM
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Amazing sombrero
Yes conditions were fantastic last night. I was out last night in the darkest most transparent skies i have yet seen just North of Euroa
15-03-2007, 06:30 PM
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excellent images ken esp coming out of a toucam!
15-03-2007, 08:45 PM
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top result ken (feels like dejavu as I thought I replied to this thread this afternoon). Looking forward for more
16-03-2007, 12:08 AM
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Great shots for a ToUCam Ken. And what's better is you really anjoyed a great night
16-03-2007, 01:08 AM
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Nice images Ken, the Sombrero is a beauty.
16-03-2007, 01:26 AM
The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Thanks everyone above.
I am going to be flogging the Toucam at Camp over the next 4 nights and hopefully learn how to use the capture settings better from the experts, and how to stack better. I still don't know how to use Registax properly
Lots to learn at Camp
16-03-2007, 04:06 AM
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Hey great images Ken.
The Sombrero is fantastic.
Excellent work !!
16-03-2007, 09:30 AM
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Tropical bird?
If Kenny the Toucam can, you too can Toucam!..
Rather amazing images coming from a tropical bird mascarading as an imaging device!
Hats off to you Kenny
Mike
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