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Cheap Astrophotography Digital Camera
Hey, I just had to tell anybody interested in astronomy, and astrophotography about this. I bought a IBM PC Camera from Wal-Mart the other day for $15 (on sale) because I have seen where people have used web-cams like that (except better) to take astro-pics, and I figured for $15 I could give it a try. It does not have very good resolution so I cannot create a large picture or zoom in any. I first tried holding it up to the eyepiece of the telescope with the Moon, and the picture was so-so. A couple of nights later I took the circuit board with the sensor and all out, took the lenses off, and fixed it up to a 35mm film can, and put it on the eyepiece. That took a pretty good picture and I was able to get a picture of the star Vega with it. Now I have fixed a case and all for it so that it looks like a real CCD camera but mainly to prevent outside noise and hold it steady. I am going to start stacking the images to get better quality shots. So for less than $20, I got a good little camera to use for astronomy. If anybody wants one, just go to Wal-Mart to get one. They may be under the name of a "IBM PC Camera" or a $20 Veo.
Noah
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Noah Moses
"And, when he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night, and pay no worship to the garish sun."--William Shakespeare
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