In my last blog I told you about my new scope (10" dob) and my plans for astrophotography via webcam.  Well the webcam finally arrived (along with a 2" adapter) about a week ago and we finally got some clear weather last night to try it out. 

Between the webcam, capture software (KCCDTools), stacking software (Registax), and image processing software (Gimp), it was a real steep learning curve last night!  But I captured a few avi's of Saturn and the Moon, and finally got one of the Moon ones stacked and processed today (I did process a Saturn one, but wasn't pleased with it, so I'm not going to show you that one yet!).  This was the result of stacking several hundred frames of the Moon avi:-

Not bad for a first attempt I thought, but I'm sure with a few pointers from some of the experts here I could improve on it!  I'll try and process some more (including Saturn) and see what I can come up with.

Until then, Clear Skies to all!

Regards, Mike