project crater

[Bucketman]

Thanks for all your help so far but here goes. I would love to get a close up of a single crater on the moon. I will leave the DLSR in the cupboard for now and buy the web cam mentioned in another post.

The web cam will be a SPC900NC or SPC880 so why do I need to get it flashed I will do, but why do I need it flashed???. Next question is what else do I need to put it on my scope. Please list every thing (sizes and makes) I've got a celestron 6se scope please help :o

thanks

rob

ps dont know any thing about asto photograpy but any ??? on plastic buckets am your man.

[Pete Presland]

you can get the webcam and all the adaptors here

Cheap Philips SPC880 webcam - 49269 - discounts & offers

the details for flashing the webcam are here,its so your pc reconises the webcam it will be a spc880nc untill its flashed then it will be a spc900nc

http://stargazerslounge.com/astro-lounge/113699-philips-spc880nc-now.html

[Bucketman]

thanks ordered the web cam and a fillter? from link but could you please tell me why I needed it to be flashed now what else do I need?

rob

[Pete Presland]

morgans will flash it for you for a couple of quid,there is a link on there page to have it flashed and to download the drivers.did you order the adapter?

not flashed one myself but the 2nd link is a guide to doing it if you want to have a go.

[gedmac]

i believe you need to have the firmware flashed to make it compatable with various operating systems fo pc,s as a 900 read the middle bit on this link

http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/detail.asp?ProductID=6407&CategoryID=556&SubCategoryID=

[Bucketman]

again thank but what adapter

ordered a web cam(flashed ) and a filter

[Pete Presland]

this is the adapter

Cheap Philips SPC880 1.25 inch webcam adapter - 48772 - discounts & offers=

[Bucketman]

Yep ordered the adapter. with my scope I have two eye pieces do I need barlows? is if so what size

[Pete Presland]

a x2 or x3 barlow is always usefull to have it doubles or triples the power of any eyepiece that is used and is also usefull for imaging