Telescope webcams

[void]

I would be interested in knowing who here uses a webcam with there scope?

If you do how do you connect and which cam do you use?

[Mattscar]

Most peopel seem to start with an xbox livecam which just needs a coupld of modifications to it to be attached to a scope. Have a search in the 'getting started with imgagin' section and theres loads of threads in there about them

[Mattscar]

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/131246-xbox-livecam-mod-cliff/ Thats the thread everyone uses to see how to adapt an xbox webcam for telescope use. Its pretty simple to do.

[void]

http://stargazerslou...ecam-mod-cliff/ Thats the thread everyone uses to see how to adapt an xbox webcam for telescope use. Its pretty simple to do.

Thanks I will take a look

[starman1969]

I use a Celestron Neximage CCD. It slots straight into the 1.25" eyepiece holder or Barlow.

It's a very good starter camera.

[Carl Reade]

I use the Creative Ultra. It has a CCD chip not CMOS type. The small lense just screws off the front then I screw on an eyepiece adapter (Ebay) and place it into your telescope. One thing about webcams is the magnification can be up to 200x.

Good to start with the moon first. You will also have to adjust the settings like lowering the exposure as things can be too bright for the camera to see.

Hope this helps Carl

[boss hogg]

I have just made (moded) an asda cam, following instructions on here.

didn't want to spend too much too begin with as i am new to the hobby!

managed to get a reasonable shot of the moon last week but my manipulation skills are letting me down at the moment.....

I only took 10 frames so not enough to give a good picture anyway, but hope to get better buy the way I am using sharpcap and registax software

hope this helps colin