First Light New Scope - M57

[JohnP]

Hi All,

Just wanted to share my first image with new scope - It's a 6inch Newt on a LXD75 mount. I have the scope/ mount about 6-weeks & it's been problem after problem - It's still not fully functional but I'm getting there.... I must admit once I find an object the tracking is great. Attached image is M57 (again) using a Toucam pro colour webcam. Image is sum of 50 X 6 sec exposures with minimal post processing. The encouraging thing for me was that the image barely moved over the 300secs of capture...

Anyhow, I'm reasonably pleased - it's my first image in months....

Cheers,  John

[Whitters]

Nice colours John.

[Mike]

John,

Great pic - Is it a modified Toucam?

[JohnP]

Hi Mike, Yes it's the basic Long exposure mod SC1 for the TouCam. It's great for one shot colour imaging but is nowhere near as sensitive as Chris's SAC-8. Not bad for a camera that cost me £35 quid + about £1 to modify. I've also got a 1004 webcam that I modified (took me about 6-months) but it works.... It's got the same sensitive as the SAC-8 but is B&W only. I'm really looking forward to trying it. I'll hopefully post first light for that soon.

Cheers,  John