clive luty Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Hi alli have just bought an Asda webcam and was wandering if anyone could give me a step by step instruction as to how to modify and mount it to the telescopethanks in advanceClive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazing_Cliff Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 They thread in camera section will link it to you now belowhttp://stargazerslou...sda-293-webcam/I still need to mod my asda cam to telescope sometime for now i got mine as day infrared cam on skies.I changed lens on mine using ps3 eyetoy lens for the 75 degrees field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil m105 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Hi alli have just bought an Asda webcam and was wandering if anyone could give me a step by step instruction as to how to modify and mount it to the telescopethanks in advanceClivei bought a £5 webcam last week the same style as the asda one,all i did was unscrew front coverunscrew the lensreplace front coverthen attach an old film case to front cover with duck tape ( crude & not very pretty to look at i know, but does the job )it slots perfectly into the epheres a shot of saturn with no tracking & no knowledge of astro photogrophy as ive only had my scope a weeki dont think colours or focus are great but struggleing with registax aswell but its still a good first effort in my opinionCapture 01_06_2012 23_21_32.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazing_Cliff Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Great that phil m105 not bad saturn It is awesome like when you mod cam to telescope and take some astro photo'sespecially when you know how far away saturn is 845 million miles from earth.was watching program on tv yesterday about saturn moon titan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil m105 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Great that phil m105 not bad saturn It is awesome like when you mod cam to telescope and take some astro photo'sespecially when you know how far away saturn is 845 million miles from earth.was watching program on tv yesterday about saturn moon titan thanks cliffi watched same program its mind boggling to think of the distances& such a thrill to know we can see these awsome sights with relatively cheap equipmentalthough ive not stopped spending since i got my scope lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil m105 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Hi alli have just bought an Asda webcam and was wandering if anyone could give me a step by step instruction as to how to modify and mount it to the telescopethanks in advanceCliveheres just one of many videos on how to do it same principle for all shapes & sizes hope it helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedronski Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 This looks very interesting to me.I want to do this, I would like to take simple snaps of what my daughter and I observe as a very basic record. I'm definitely going to have a go at this.One day I'd like to have a go at astro-photography, but I'll need a different scope than my current dob. But I had such fun observing the sun with my DIY solar filters I think astronomy on a shoestring could be fun. I think this webcam project and some setting circles could be fun to do. I'll post pics as I attempt this project later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazing_Cliff Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 thanks cliffi watched same program its mind boggling to think of the distances& such a thrill to know we can see these awsome sights with relatively cheap equipmentalthough ive not stopped spending since i got my scope lolIt is like and we just dot in space never know whats out there. or whats heading our way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive luty Posted June 9, 2012 Author Share Posted June 9, 2012 Thanks everyone for your responses. The videos were very good. Hopefully i won't make a hash of it and get some descent pics fingers crossed.Lets hope for some clear skies, not seen any for a few weeks now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nytecam Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Here's my Asdacam mod page @ http://home.freeuk.c...n/asdacam2.html and link to sample live vids/ Registax sharpening - have fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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