First test spc880nc/spc900nc Jupiter and 127mm mak

[bigal1]

Hi all thought i'd post my first results from using the spc880nc webcam flashed to the spc9000nc and my skymax 127mm mak scope , the colors on screen seemed to show better than my old toucam pro2 which could be down to the age of it plus no hot pixels which i had 2 of on my toucam .

Regards Alan .

[davy999]

very nice, some really good detail showing there.

[riklaunim]

Looks good, although Jupiter made a sad face

[Revs]

That really is very good. I was trying to capture him with my mak and 1000D last night and I couldn't get anything like that detail or colour, even using the barlow. I need to get saving for a lappy so I can get some use from this 880.

Out of interest, Alan, how did you mount the cam? Barlowed? with diagonal?

EDIT: Also, how many stacked frames is that and at what exposure time? Cheers

[Jake Bullit]

Can you describe your technique,as I am new to imaging?

Did you use any filters,frame rate,software ect?

Thanks.

Great image btw.

[bigal1]

Thanks for the comments i used a 2x barlow which was inserted into the diagonal and an ir/uv filter on the webcam adapter , The finished image was a stack of about 900 frames out of a total of 1200 which was captured using k3ccd tools .

Regards Alan

[Jake Bullit]

Thanks,think I need to get filters for my 900.

[bigal1]

Forgot to add the exposure was 1/25 at 10 fps .

[Revs]

Cheers for the details

How do you get on with the focuser? I've just ordered a SW ele. focuser which I'm hoping to be able to mod for the mak, just so I can focus the image without the ridiculous wobble, which makes it very hard to see the image while focusing when zoomed in. I take it you can see the image on your lappy screen. How clear does it look on screen?

[Space Cowboy]

Thats a nice shot Alan! If you put your barlow in the scope before the diagonal that will give you a 3x magnification. Personally I don't use the diagonal when doing a 2x barlow shot (assuming yours is the standard issue skywatcher diagonal) as it will reduce quality slightly.

[Revs]

Thats a nice shot Alan! If you put your barlow in the scope before the diagonal that will give you a 3x magnification. Personally I don't use the diagonal when doing a 2x barlow shot (assuming yours is the standard issue skywatcher diagonal) as it will reduce quality slightly.

Yeah Bernard was explaining this to me the other day. I generally don't use it either, but now I've upgraded it I might have another go using the diagonal to get the mag up. I suspect the 880/900 has much finer pixels than the 1000D which will help, too.

[bigal1]

I use a skywatcher di-electric diagonal and a orion shorty plus barlow , the combo seems to be working ok upto now .

[Space Cowboy]

No worries just checking

[Gadget]

Nice shot plentey of detail

Great first test

Kevin