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To: Joe Hadenuf
Have you seen the incredible shots out on sci.astro.amateur? Here's one I found:

This guy is using a digital camera, not a webcam. Try strapping a high resolution Digicam to your scope.

29 posted on 08/13/2003 5:41:30 PM PDT by mikegi
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To: mikegi
Certain commercial digital cameras will work. But CCD imaging cameras are the way to go, specifically made for amateur scopes. A little pricey, but worth it. The webcams are good for brighter images like planets, lunar surface, the sun etc.
33 posted on 08/13/2003 5:59:09 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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