That's a mighty deep cave ;)

Haven't you heard about how webcams have revolutionized planet imaging?
(See the QCUIAG yahoo group- 7000 members). The Toucam pro webcam at
about $130 is the best for this. Made by Phillips, the big electronics
maker, but if you get one from Scopetronix or Astrovid you can get a
1.25" adapter with it for $160 total.

Then get Registax to align/stack a few hundred frames, apply the
included "wavelets" filters, and you'll have an image that can't be
beat by anything short of the Hubble, a space probe, or a few million
dollars worth of adaptive optics technology.

-John


> I must be living in a lead cave. What is the ToUcam, who makes it,
> what is
> the cost?
> Ed Registrato
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 12:30 PM
> Subject: RE: 8 inch LX200 Classic Does It Again
>
>
> > Bill,
> >
> > You are not the problem. I had a ST-7 and now have a ST-2000XM. On
> > planets, the ToUcam will out perform the SBIGs everytime. Deep
> Space
> > Objects are another story :) It's just the right tool for the right
> job.
> >
> > Doug
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> On
> > Behalf Of Bill Nicoll
> > Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 2:02 PM
> > Subject: RE: 8 inch LX200 Classic Does It Again
> >
> >
> > Very nice image, Doug. I am very impressed with the images obtained
> with
> > a Toucam. I have a 12" LX200 and a SBIG ST7 and have never captured
> > Saturn as clearly as you have. (Let me hasten to say that I am sure
> that
> > I am the problem, not the equipment)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> On
> > Behalf Of Doug David
> > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 10:03 PM
> > Subject: 8 inch LX200 Classic Does It Again
> >
> > It was cloudy last night, so I decided to reprocess an image of
> Saturn I
> > took last Sunday night. While setting the levels I noticed that
> Rhea,
> > Tethys, and Dion were faintly in the image. I threshold selected
> the
> > moons and adjusted their levels up to make them visible. It came
> out
> > pretty cool. Rhea is mag 9.6, Tethys 10.1, and Dione 10.3. Mimas
> and
> > Enceladus were both in the field of view, but at magnitudes of 12.8
> and
> > 11.6 respectively, they did not show up.
> >
> > You can see the image here:
> >
> > http://www.dougsuniverse.net/images/saturn_3moons_labelled.jpg
> >
> > Pretty good for an 8inch LX200 classic and a Phillips ToUcam Pro.
> And a
> > fine example of Meade optics :)
> >
> > Enjoy...
> >
> > Doug
> >
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