Re: Best option for photography on my Newtonian


"Roger Hamlett" <rogerspamignored@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The poster might like to look at the 'qcuiag' group on Yahoo, or the
website of the same name. This tends to be involved in the technicalities
of the cameras, but has a lot of information about webcam imaging in
various forms.


Also the UK Astro imaging forum is very active in all areas of imaging and
supportive of beginners
http://www.ukastroimaging.co.uk/forums/index.php

Robin


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