Stargazing Telescopes Binoculars/Spotters Accessories Eyepieces Astro Imaging Mounts & Tripods Filters Barlows Focal Reducers Diagonals Solar Observing Books & Software Bresser Junior MEGA DEALS End Of Line News Search words all any  Price range Any £0.00 -  £50.00 £50.01 -  £100.00 £100.01 -  £250.00 £250.01 -  £500.00 £500.01 -  £1,000.00 £1,000.01 + Webcam Astro-imaging Kit Instructions Many thanks for purchasing the Telescope House Webcam Kit. This instruction sheet explains how to remove the lens and replace it with the 1.25" adapter, so that you can use it with your telescope. As with any do-it-yourself project, find a clean flat surface to work on and take your time. This is a simple conversion but take care as it's very easy to stab yourself with a screw driver so keep your work area clean. Step 1 Take a small flat screw driver and push it between the body of the camera and the lens focusing ring. As you push the screw driver into the gap, gently turn the flat blade and you should see the plastic ring start to come up! The ring has three plastic feet that will need to be gently pushed back to release them from the camera body. Step 2 Here you can see the actual lens with the focuser ring removed. You should now be able to unscrew the lens and remove it from the body of the camera. Step 3 Here is the lens being taken out of the camera body. Because the chip is now open to the elements please take care and try to keep everything clean. Step 4 The special nosepiece adapter can now be carefully installed into the original lens thread inside the camera body. Step 5 This picture shows the adapter partially installed into the housing. Take care not to over tighten when you get near the bottom of the thread! On top of the camera body is a small clear plastic LED You might want to black this out with some tape at this stage. This LED is a white light and is so bright that it actually illuminated objects in front of the camera, this is not astronomer friendly! Step 6 The final part is to screw in the IR blocking filter. This will help keep the dust out of the camera and also help when you start imaging with your telescope. If you wish to experiment with colour filters you can remove the IR blocking filter and replace it with any 1.25" screw-in filter. Our only recommendation is to do it in a warm dry atmosphere, preferable before you go out. As most astronomers know: "If it's possible to drop, stand on, or lose, it will happen". Ta-dah! Now you have it! Follow our links on recommended websites for the camera control software. It's very easy to get good results; it can take time to get fantastic results. Experiment, try new things and most of all don't give up! Have fun. Happy imaging. Webcam Astrophotography Links Software and driver can be downloaded from the Philips web site: www.philips.co.uk Go to the search box and type in "SPC900". On the left hand side of the page select "software and drivers". Next select the correct driver for your operating system and follow the on-screen instructions. From the same section then download the PC software to operate the camera, again follow the on-screen instruction. This will install a program called "VLOUNGE" onto your system. More Webcam Astrophotography Links www.pk3.org Here you will find the K3CCD tools program. A good webcam imaging tool www.astronomie.be/registax Registax is the number one stacking software and is highly recommended.