[AZ-Observing] Re: Messing it up with a ToUCam

Steve,

90% of CCD imaging is technique.  Wait until you try imaging things 
you cannot see.

Jeff

At 01:57 -0700 4/13/06, Steve Coe wrote:
>Howdy folks;
>
>Some years ago David Healy provided SAC with an update of an article he
>wrote for Deep Sky Magazine entitled "Astrophotography--Messing it up".
>He described a variety of ways to get poor results while trying to 
>photograph the sky.
>
>After an evening with my webcam set up I can promise you that modern
>technology still provides plenty of ways to "mess up".  Attempting to do a
>complex set of actions in the dark is still not easy.  I did get some images
>with the little ToUCam but it seems that it was fighting me all the way.

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