Introduction to Webcam Astrophotography

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The technology of webcam astrophotography is only a few years old. In this time it has rapidly developed from short-exposure 6-bit per channel black-and-white images to long-exposure 16-bit images in full color. This new technique is competing well with conventional astrophotography. Increasing numbers of amateur astronomers are turning to webcams to display their excellent images.

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The Inexpensive Imagers Meade DSI Series and Orion Starshoot

The Meade Deep Sky Imager PRO is a monochrome CCD astro-imager, with high-performing simple-to-use monochrome CCD camera, which allows amateur astronomers to image and process spectacular photographs of deep-sky objects such as star clusters, nebulae and galaxies. The camera is most suited to the intermediate to advanced amateur. The Deep Sky Imager PRO comes with an RGB filter set that produce amazing RGB and LRGB images.

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