can't fit the whole moon in when using webcam and 6" SCT

[stunt squirrel]

Help! While trying to get a webcam image of the moon, the magnification is too great, and i can only get a small portion of the moon in shot. I'm plugging a phillips 900 (?) webcan into the eyepiece hole on a celestron nexstar 6se. any tips? I'm using smartcap software to capture the images.

[Freddie]

You need a focal reducer or save money and do a mosaic!!!

[stunt squirrel]

...if i use a dslr, will the result be the same?

[Space Cowboy]

DSLR will give a much wider field of view. Its quite easy to do a mosaic with the webcam.

[Hugechris]

Your DSLR would should have no problems with a decent 32mm eyepiece with the 6SE or at prime focus.

[yeti monster]

I get a lovely full disc of the moon with my DSLR, using either 2" adapter in the SNT or 1.25" adapter in my 90mm refractor, crisp focus and lovely contrast, much easier than messing with webcams, save them for planets...

[Theninjagecko]

You'l have to be fast to do a full mosiac with a AZ mount, you will get field rotation and the mosaic panels wont line up correctly. A DSLR will fit the moon on its larger CCD on my old mak 127 that had a 1500mm focal length.

[stunt squirrel]

compadres- i thank you all. prime focus it is!