poolerich81 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 hi, i have been taking some pics with my (very) basic digital camera, it doesnt have the option of keeping the shutter open so i have to make do with whatever comes out!i have taken some very satisfactory lunar images and just recently a LOAD of pics of saturn - of the 100 or so only 2 or 3 decent ones but i can only tweak contrast etc on windows viewer.does anyone know of a decent (and free!) imaging software i could use that might help bring these pictures to life??unfortunately i blew my budget on the scope and mount and am now off work on long term sick with a shot back so cant afford to replace the camera, i have heard so much about a very reasonably priced webcam (maybe phillips) which is very good for imaging but is quite hard to get hold off - i know im being quite vague but does anyone know what im talking about and can anyone help?!thanks rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgs001 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 You can get Gnu Image Manipulation Package free at gimp.org, it does quite a good job, with levels, curves and all the usual tools. This Cheap Philips SPC880 webcam - 49269 - discounts & offers is the webcam.. and it's cheap too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x6gas Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 This Cheap Philips SPC880 webcam - 49269 - discounts & offers is the webcam.. and it's cheap too.Thanks - good find and I couldn't resist ordering one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgs001 Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Did you get the filter and nose piece adapter to go with it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poolerich81 Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 thats great advice, thanks alot.i may just be able to stretch to that for a webcam!!!is the filter and nose-piece adapter available at the same web address or through someone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 1962 Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 The filter and nose piece is available from Morgans. They're here:Cheap Philips SPC880 1.25 inch webcam adapter - 48772 - discounts & offers=and here:Cheap IR/UV Blocking Filter 1.25 inch - 48765 - discounts & offers=Hope this helpsSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef_uk Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 This is another good bit of free image editing softwarewww.paint.netOnce you have your webcam you will need some capture software, two of the best ones are Sharpcap (rwgastro) and wxAstroCapture - Windows and linuX Astronomy Capture One captured use Registax (RegiStax- Free image processing software) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 1962 Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 After capture for stacking videos into images - I find Avistack 2 very goodhttp://www.avistack.de/download.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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