Monday 31 December 2012
Collimation Time
After some poor views with my scope Ive decided to purchase a laser collimator and try to give my scope its first service. Images of Jupiter had a sharp spike to one side which I soon learned was the give away that I need to collimate my scope to re align the mirrors...
Monday 10 December 2012
Saturday 1 December 2012
New camera
First clear and cold night this year and a first chance to test my new camera. A Canon 1100d DSLR should allow me to capture so great images.
First up tonight, Jupiter, Torus the Bull and the Pleiades to the East.
Saturday 3 March 2012
Images of the Moon!
The xbox camera mod is finally showing results and tonight produced some good images of the moon...
Sunday 19 February 2012
Xbox Camera
After a sucessful test with the old webcam I was finally ready to adapt and use the better Xbox camera.
The main concern was keeping dust off the image chip so I was cautious throughout this mod. I decided to make a dust cap first for the telescope adapter:
Firstly I had to prise apart the camera... If done gently you can still keep the outer body looking tidy:
The a quick removal of the original lens:
and fit everything back together:
The main concern was keeping dust off the image chip so I was cautious throughout this mod. I decided to make a dust cap first for the telescope adapter:
Firstly I had to prise apart the camera... If done gently you can still keep the outer body looking tidy:
The front body requires a little "modding" to allow the adpater room to fit onto the image chip:
The a quick removal of the original lens:
and fit everything back together:
I also removed the base as it wont have much use now its ready for a telescope... Cant wait to try it and the forecast is good for tonight!
Will start with some images of Jupiter as I know from the old camera what to expect...
Saturday 18 February 2012
First Images Of Jupiter
Don't Laugh! This is my first ever image of Jupiter and taken with my 10yr old Logitech Webcam as a proof of concept. You can make out the moons of Jupiter but not much else... I now plan to modify and then use the better Xbox camera...
Friday 17 February 2012
Webcam adapter
I now have an adapter for my webcam to fit securely to the telescope. Before using this it was a real struggle to line up the imaging chip with the focal point of the telescope.
This will be a trial before I start to use the Xbox camera which has a slightly higher resolution.
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