Best option for photography on my Newtonian

"Robin Leadbeater" wrote in message
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"Jon G" wrote in message
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OK - lots of good advice here and I'm most grateful. The next question
is
whether to go for a Philips Toucam pro or a Meade LPI. I'm mostly
wanting
to photograph planets and brighter deep sky objects such as Orion Nebula
etc
and Andromeda. Which is most suitable because there isn't much in it
pricewise if you buy the Toucam £40 + IR blocking filter (£25) and an
adapter (£25) - would the Meade be a better bet for a beginner?

Thanks,

Jonathan

Ehem.... as I was saying ;-)

Hi Jonathan

I personally would go for the Toucam. With it you have the potential to take
high quality planetary images. Neither are any good for DSO. Both would just
about be able to show the brightest objects (the LPI perhaps a bit more so
because of its longer exposure limit) but you will not be able to produce
anything you would want to show anyone else.

Your other choice might be a NexImage which is a Toucam in Celestron
clothing and like the Toucam, can be converted for long exposures using the
Steve Chambers mod. The mod involves some microsurgery but is much less
fiddly to do on the Neximage compared with the Toucam.

Robin