On 06/03/2012 09:31, Martin Brown wrote:
On 06/03/2012 09:19, Brian Gaff wrote:
The thing is, are you really sure that these cameras actually worked,
as if
there is no light, there is no light. I'm sure some of the more modern IR
illumination systems do go a fair way if you angle them correctly.
Brian

He asked for something that would work on a moonlit night - that is
actually quite bright really. You might have to drop the frame rate to
go deeper but a fair number of camera sensors can see roughly what the
human eye does if you use a fast lens and appropriate timing.

The following URL lists webcams popular with amateur astronomers.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned/web-cameras.htm

Some may need modification to get high sensitivity and the Sony chips
seem to have the best tradeoff of sensitivity and low noise.

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Regards,
Martin Brown