Orpington Astronomical Society

Astronomy => Technical => Topic started by: Rocket Pooch on Apr 21, 2008, 16:28:59

Title: Clearout
Post by: Rocket Pooch on Apr 21, 2008, 16:28:59
Hi,

I have the following I'm about to put onto eBay or astro buy sell, but you can have them 1st if you like:

ToUCam Pro with eyepiece adaptor £40.

Meade 1.25" flip mirror system with SCT Front, £50

Let me know if you are interested.

Chris

Title: Re: Clearout
Post by: Rocket Pooch on Apr 26, 2008, 12:01:20
Last chance there going onto ukbuysell....
Title: Re: Clearout
Post by: Carole on Apr 26, 2008, 22:16:59
Chris,

Is this Toucam suitable for Deep sky imaging?  I'm not ready to start this yet and have lots of equipment to buy when I do, so if it's on offer I might start getting things together for later on.

The Webcam I have at present is only suitable for planetry imaging.

Carole

Title: Re: Clearout
Post by: Mike on Apr 27, 2008, 08:20:41
It's a webcam - so No.
Title: Re: Clearout
Post by: Carole on Apr 27, 2008, 20:29:43
So just out of interest, what does one use for Deep Sky not having been into that yet?

Carole
Title: Re: Clearout
Post by: JohnP on Apr 27, 2008, 21:23:26
Carole - You can use a webcam for deep sky but it needs to be modified for long exposure & ideally should have the colour chip exchanged for a much more sensitive black & white. Most people nowadays use a dedicated cooled 16bit astro camera (as price of entry level units has really dropped in last few years) or a DSLR.

John