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Webcam Astrophotography stuff

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Astrophotography bookmarks:

Webcam info:

There are a variety of webcams that have low LUX ccd's (particularly Sony ccd's) and do well for astronomy applications.

Some of these webcams can be modified (with a little soldering) so that they can take long exposures (up to a few minutes)

Here is a breakdown of various webcams, how sensitive they are, and if they can be modified;

For more information using webcams/video cameras for astro-imaging:

(QCUIAG) QuickCam and Unconventional Imaging Astronomy Group

The Philips SPC900NC webcam is currently the best webcam on the market for astroimaging (and the one that I got)

It has a low LUX sony 1/4" CCD chip. It's color and slightly smaller than the Supercircuits video camera, so it doesn't have quite the performance.

Information on modifying these webcams so that they can do long exposures.

This is the pioneer of modifying webcams for astro-imaging, and has detailed descriptions of the modifications.

There is also a description of how it is possible to replace the 1/4" ccd chip with the larger 1/3" sony CCD chip

(I think this is the same chip that is in the SuperCircuits video camera)

You can buy already modified webcams from here: http://astronomiser.co.uk/cams.htm

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