Re: [APML] O.T. Best Web Cam? - (Was: Best WebCam?)

["Jim Vineyard" <mojjv@hotmail.com>]

Hello Juan and List,

  Having no discontinued "Philips ToUcam Pro USB 640 x 480" laying around I 
went the digi-cam/eyepiece route too.  None of the images I obtained at the 
exact hour of Mars' closest approach turned out well.  I knew better than to 
expect decent results on a first outing with anything new and astronomical, 
but tried anyway.
  I got much better results the second outing 4 days later, but clearly the 
now "discontinued" Philips ToUcam Pro Web Cam guys rule for planetary 
imaging.  They can still be had if you search around the web apparently.  My 
best efforts and the result are as below:

http://www.homestead.com/sky4u/Mars2003.html

Jim Vineyard
www.deepskyphotos.com



>From: Juan José Breuer <jjbreuer@usa.net>
>Reply-To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography <astro-photo@seds.org>
>To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
>Subject: [APML] Best WebCam? Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:45:18 -0300
>
>Hi,
>
>My cents on Mars. First try with a dig.cam. thru the ocular.
>http://www.surastronomico.com/galeria/galJJBMoreno.htm
>
>
>
>Question!
>
>Which is the best webcam for cheap imaging on the telescope?
>I´m thinking on a Toucam Pro or a Vesta ...
>
>Any other better?
>
>Obviously I would prefer something like a Canon EOS 1Ds (SLR) but it´s out
>of budget...
>
>
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