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tinkerer:
I have seen talk of mods to telescopes and my daughter asked me if it is feasable to connect a webcam to a telescope to see on a laptop, what the telescope is looking at. She has a 6" reflector and is a night sky nut. I admit, it would be pretty cool if it can be done. :borg:

tumutbound:
It certainly can be done. Check out this site http://iceinspace.com.au for some ideas

Mike K:
There's also a Yahoo group for using a webcam with a 'scope:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/QCUIAG/

Mike

tinkerer:
Tumutbound,
Holy mackeral man :bugeye: I went to that site and from there to other links and am amazed at the info available. My daughter was looking over my shoulder and we learned more in that time than all the years previously spent. We made downloads of instructions that will make the observing much more easy and pleasurable than ever before. Thank you for that. :beer: :thumbup: :clap: and any other acclamations up there.

tinkerer:
Mike,
So much information and so little time. I will check out the link tomorrow. Thank you very much.

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