From: Alan Friedman <alan@greatarrow.com>
Date: July 14, 2005 9:59:26 AM MDT
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] just wishing
Hi Willie -
Just my .02, but I would enjoy your webcam for the planets, sun and moon and save your money for a dedicated cooled astro CCD camera if your interests take you to deep sky photography (or perhaps a digital SLR if you do a lot of daytime photography too.)
If you really get into planetary imaging you will find enough targets (and hours of processing) to keep you busy year round - and your equipment will be capable of state of the art results as your skills improve.
While you can do good work on double stars I think you will quickly be disappointed with the limitations of webcams for extended deep sky objects.
best,
Alan Friedman
On Jul 14, 2005, at 4:32 AM, Willie Strickland wrote:
OK, if I had the funds and my wife would go along with the deal, what
would be the best firewire camera to get if I wanted to use Astro
IIDC and wanted to get some decent images of deep space objects? How
much would it cost me? Am I dreaming? Would that camera still be
capable of planetary imaging?
This is just for discussion, I didn't win the lottery or anything like that.
--
Willie Strickland
willie@igc.org
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