[AZ-Observing] Re: When it's Cloudy
- From: "Howard C. Anderson" <handy13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 06:57:32 -0700
Hi,
I just noticed this thread.
I also was looking for something to do when its cloudy.
So I wrote HandyAvi 2.0. It lets you use a webcam to
do time-lapse photography. Doing time-lapse images of the
clouds is one way to beat them.
HandyAvi 2.0 also lets you control a Meade LX-200 telescope
and provides full webcam control for planetary or moon imaging.
Even has an algorithm to keep the planet centered. You can
capture a thousand images every 10 minutes automatically. They
can then be used with Registax to make still frames that can then
be used to make a movie of the rotation of Mars or Jupiter for example.
I have not yet tried it with my microscope but that is on my agenda.
Time-lapse movies of amoeba might be cool. You can collect them by taking
an eye-dropper to a lake and sucking up algae and other yuckky stuff...
See http://www.AZcendant.com
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Thanks,
Howard (in Tempe, Arizona)
http://www.astroshow.com
http://www.azcendant.com
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