My Last Toucam Images

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #1 13-09-2007, 02:51 AM

It's time to say goodbye to the trusty modified Toucam.

Tonight I did the last images to come out of it before it gets set in wax and sent to Madame Tussauds

I have had a blast with this Camera/Webcam, but all good things come to an end.
The weather for the rest of the week is bleak, and I'll have the DSI up and running by next clear night

, so I made sure I used tonights beautiful sky to get these last images. I tried my best, but the cameras performance is even worse than before so forgive the quality.

I also got Swan Nebula but wasn't happy with it, so I didn't post it.

Enjoy

1. Part of The Fornax Cluster
2. Barred Spiral in Fornax
3. NGC 253

iceman (Mike) · #2 13-09-2007, 05:53 AM

Amazing images. I can't wait to see what you get with the DSI!

h0ughy (David) · #3 13-09-2007, 07:16 AM

nice stuff Ken - now will the toucam be used for autoguiding?

Ric · #4 13-09-2007, 10:08 AM

Well done Ken, you are still getting some great images from the Toucam.

Cheers

Garyh · #5 13-09-2007, 10:24 AM

Keep it going Ken!!

If you want to sell your toucam adapter I am after one..

cheers

DJDD · #6 13-09-2007, 10:51 AM

they are great photos.

I particularly like the barred spiral.

what telescope did you use for those shots?

cheers,
DJDD

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #7 13-09-2007, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DJDD

they are great photos.

I particularly like the barred spiral.

what telescope did you use for those shots?

cheers,
DJDD

DJ, I used the Saxon ED80 with Focal Reducer on an EQ6 with Skyscan V2.5a, and Autoguided through a 100mm Achro richfield refractor.

The ED80 is an amazing little scope for Atrophotography

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman

Amazing images. I can't wait to see what you get with the DSI!

Thanks Mike, either can I

Quote:

Originally Posted by h0ughy

nice stuff Ken - now will the toucam be used for autoguiding?

Probably. It seems to be OK for around a few seconds

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ric

Well done Ken, you are still getting some great images from the Toucam.

Thanks Ric, I have tried to wring every bit out of it.

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Originally Posted by Garyh

Keep it going Ken!!
If you want to sell your toucam adapter I am after one..

Sorry Gary, I'll probably use it for Autoguiding if it's up to the job.

DJDD · #8 13-09-2007, 03:11 PM

Thanks, Ken, for the info.

everyone seems to like the ED80.

EzyStyles (Eric) · #9 14-09-2007, 01:13 AM

gonna miss your toucam pics ken. now ... the DSI challenge

and don't use me to benchmark either

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #10 14-09-2007, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

It's time to say goodbye to the trusty modified Toucam.

I also got Swan Nebula but wasn't happy with it, so I didn't post it.

I ended up attempting to process Swan Nebula after all.

Nowhere near as good as the ones I imaged earlier this year (again due to camera dying).

But as it was taken on the last night of the Toucam Adventure, I thought I better try process it and post it anyway

Just for old times sake

1. The last Swan
2. Cropped and rotated

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #11 14-09-2007, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by EzyStyles

the DSI challenge

and don't use me to benchmark either

Doesn't worry me if I can't get up to your standard, Eric. The journey is what makes me happy. As long as I have fun on that journey, it's all worth it

EzyStyles (Eric) · #12 14-09-2007, 02:08 AM

what i meant was the other way around. if you can produce images like those coming out of the toucam, you'll rip it through with the DSI with ease..

damn vic weather is bad though for the next week

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #13 14-09-2007, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EzyStyles

what i meant was the other way around. if you can produce images like those coming out of the toucam, you'll rip it through with the DSI with ease..

damn vic weather is bad though for the next week

Ahhh, sorry Eric .

Yeah, weather has really turned on us, and the forecast is the same for about a week

h0ughy (David) · #14 14-09-2007, 10:31 PM

must be all that new astro gear you guys have been hording

leon · #15 14-09-2007, 10:33 PM

Don't know what you on about Ken, that little Toucam has got plenty of life left in it, great pic's by the way.

Why don't you give it a little holiday and see what happens when it has had a rest.

Leon

astro_south (Andrew) · #16 14-09-2007, 10:38 PM

Ken - I love your shot of 1365 ... exactly how it appears with adverted vision in the eyepiece of my dob

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #17 14-09-2007, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by astro_south

Ken - I love your shot of 1365 ... exactly how it appears with adverted vision in the eyepiece of my dob

Thanks Andrew.

But which one is 1365?

EDIT: Ahhh, NGC 1365! (I had to go look it up

) The Fornax Barred Spiral

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #18 14-09-2007, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by leon

Don't know what you on about Ken, that little Toucam has got plenty of life left in it, great pic's by the way.

Why don't you give it a little holiday and see what happens when it has had a rest.

Leon

Leon, you would not believe the amount of processing I have had to do to get this much detail for these last images. I spent several hours on each one to get them to show anything.

It's like trying to wring petrol out of an oily rag.

Little Dragon · #19 22-09-2007, 12:41 PM

good stuff ken!

Dr Nick (Nick) · #20 23-09-2007, 03:16 PM

Great work!!!!!!!