Hello from Weston Turville

[CliveN]

Hello all at Stargazers,

Have just joined the forum after buying my 1st scope (an ETX105 PE) 3 weeks ago. So far only a couple of clear, but VVV cold, nights in Buckinghamshire but was rewarded last weekend with some excellent views of Saturn.

We had a few niggles initially setting the scope up, which don't seem too uncommon, reading comments posted on this and other forums, but having attended the excellent course run by Green-Witch, Dry Drayton, Cambs, most of these niggles have been ironed out. Can't recommend this course highly enough to any other 1st time ETX users out there, as it covers all areas of setting up in a great deal more detail than the manual does.

I am interested in doing some Astrophotography, particularly planetary and was wondering what would be the best route to go down. I already own a Canon Powershot S70 7.1 megapixel camera which can be attached to the scope using Scopetronix Digital T adaptor, but am wondering whether this would the best option or would a cheapish web-cam, such as the Phillips Toucam give better results ?

Look forward to hearing your opinions.

[GazOC]

Hi Clive,

Welcome to the forum, if you look in the Planetary section most of images there have been taken with a Phillips Toucam.

Gaz

[OXO]

Hello Clive.

Welcome to Stargazers..

I would reccomend the Toucam Pro 2 840k it's by far the best Planetry imager for under a grand, you will need a Laptop though really but if ya Desktop computer is close you should be ok if you don't have a lappy.

Glad you enjoyed ya views of Saturn prob the most awsome sight in the Night Sky...

James

[The Warthog]

Hey, Clive! Hope you enjoy your time here!

[Naz]

Welcome Clive to SGL.

nabban

[MartinB]

Welcome to the forum Clive. The Phillips Toucam seems to be the business for planetary images. All the top bods seem to use these little marvels. A freakish event in the world of gadgets - a cheap bit of kit being the top performer

Martin

[CliveN]

thanks for all of your replies, looks like the Toucam's the way to go...

Let's hope I can find a suitable Macintosh driver for it !!??

[CELESCOPE]

Hi clive and welcome to the forum , the Toucam is the cheapest and best way to go , although most of the leaders in this field use the Atik 1hs2 b/w imager then use lrgb for the colour ,

Cheers

Rog

[tom.yates]

Welcome to stargazers

[Jamie]

Welcome to Stargazers Clive.

Have fun in ths cool place.

[Greg]

Welcome Clive,

Toucam Pro 2 and a cheap lappy would be a good start for planetary work.... IMHO of course

For imaging you need to set the ETX up in equatorial mode to get the best results.

Greg

[lunator]

Clive welcome to the forum.

there are guys here always willing to give advice and the images posted here shows they know their stuff

Cheers

Ian

[daz]

Welcome Clive

Best place on this particular planet to find out about all things astro!!

[FLO]

Welcome aboard Clive

Wonderful little telescope you have there,

Steve

[Mick.G.]

Hi Clive,I hope you enjoy the forum.

Try this link that Damien (talescope4u)put me onto.

http://www.unm.edu/~/Keithw/software/.html

Mick

PS,forgot to mention,I had to log out of the forum,and do it through google.

[radioactive]

Welcome Clive

newbie here also have a toucam pro can't wait to get to use it if it ever gets a clear windless night

[The Warthog]

Weston Turville! I love English place names! (Says the man from a country that includes Saskatoon, Tuktoyaktuk, Fogo, and Burnt Tickle...)