1st time w/ Toucam

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Here's a preview to wat I got last night.

Moon taken with Toucam through a TMB 80/480 on Astroslew mount. Stacked using Registax, 311 frames.

I also included one to show the Saturation colours, just for fun .. :)

From this shot, can you tell if I need a field flattener? While moving the moon around my screen during image capture preview, it was quite obvious it wasn't round.:) I guess it won't matter much on planets or higher mags of the moon - wait till I pick up the T-ring then I'll see what happens with a DSLR.
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C8, CR-150HD, TMB 80 f/6
Orion SVP Intelliscope, AstroSlew I
Minolta Activa 12x50WA
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jermng wrote: Portamount -yeah, been thinking bout that - miss the slow mo controls since my 044+055 days .. :)
Once you try the portamount, you will very likely not miss the 044+055 days again :) Its way smoother and there's no need for re-balancing when changing elevations. :)
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Yeah, tried one very briefly at a friend's house, first impressions are pretty good.

Now I just have to justify buying another ALt-Az mount when I need a proper EQ mount more .. :)
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