Adapting a HP HD-4110 Webcam for Astrophotography of Jupiter

[@isshinryu11]

Just completed doing this on the HP 4110 webcam as in your video. Getting the chrome eyepiece on the cam took a little grinding , but I am looking forward to try this out. Thanks for the tip!

[@giannismichal9898]

Nice video. The black pot is a great idea to be used as a dew shield too. Thank you!

[@jdastro]

Excellent. Liked the flower pot idea. I would add a ring inside the nose piece to be sure the cam is properly seated. I'll be looking at the specs of the webcam to see how good it is in low light - may be able to image M42, M80, and other nebula - star clusters at least using a focal reducer. After processing the video, the stacked image is not much different from lower resolution videos I have made - interesting.

[@DustinBolin]

Good video brotha, nice capture of Jupiter to..

[@mannyzarate6744]

There is another video where the guy takes apart the whole camera, removes the lens and the IR filter (meaning it has one already? and you are putting another on top?). My question is, does it make sense to take it apart as he does and remove a lot of stuff from the cam (he says it will perform better) and can you please share what software you use to capture the images to stack them later on? what software you used to stack them together? Thanks!

[@davidschilling]

Great video. I think I will buy myself such a webcam.

[@arcannos]

How managed to turn off the LED by manual? I still have this webcam today.

[@DawgcityClev]

Why would you keep the IR filter on it?

[@Denizkaymakk0]

can we use it with eyepices??

[@blissbass4]

lens hood keeps stray light (my street lamp) off the lens

[@djsupream]

what about the auto focus? do you not need to disable it?

[@Wildtotarda]

whats the lens hood for ?

[@notubeplease]

nicely done! ;)

[@supershan546]

Thank you sooo much. Made it look so easy. :-)

[@blissbass4]

hi,you can turn off the af in the software but really you are now manual focusing with telescope

[@blissbass4]

hi,yes it should work

[@siliexar]

did you use any special software to record this ?

[@blissbass4]

no, just free sharpcap to capture video & free registax for stacked pictures, both can be downloaded for free off the web

[@josea.doamaral8295]

Muito bom.... comprei uma dessas só para astrofotografia...

[@Wildtotarda]

ah, makes sense. thank you

[@Vickmann]

Thanks... you are a genious!!!, can I do the same with a Microsoft LifeCam Studio 1080p?, its more cheaper than a HP HD-4110 and a Celestron NexImage 5 MP 5 Solar System Imager ;)

[@uglybassterd1]

actually I just bought a used HD-4110 off e bay for 53 Canadian dollars....

[@mannyzarate6744]

what is the purpose of the IR filter?

[@mansamusa1743]

It blocks Infrared light which increases The quality of visible color images,however it makes it impossible to image in the infrared

[@LCN1975]

fake

[@steveos111]

+Luciano Nery Which part?

[@DustinBolin]

Good video brotha, nice capture of Jupiter to..