Jupiter 12:25am 8/24/09
After spending much time working to modify my Philips SPC900NC webcam to be a B+W camera, I decided to spend some time chasing down a rumor that the Orion Starshoot Autoguider can be used for image capture.
Well, it turns out that it can.
I would like to confirm that I have successfully done a Jupiter capture using my Orion Starshoot Autoguider! Note that this requires the latest drivers from astrosoft.be. That said, it does not require firmware modification to the SSAG. Initial results are very promising, and it looks as if it does provide for better imaging than my B+W modified SPC900NC.
The attached capture was taken from Seattle, WA using a Celestron 9.25 SCT with a Powermate 2.5x, Astronomik Type IIc LRGB filterset (only RGB used). Jupiter was at approximately 26 degrees at the time the shot was taken.
Capture was done using QGVideo at 640×480 at 10fps with 100ms exposure times. I shot 45 seconds for each RGB, then stacked in Registax and wavelet + Lucy Richardson Deconvolution in astraimage.
