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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