Webcam and the planets

What you need Dave is a flip mirror,
It has 2 holders for eyepieces, but you the first with a webcam and the second with an eyepiece.

Yep agreed. What I'm thinking of is getting an off axis guider for deep sky stuff. This can serve the dual role of getting objects onto the webcam too.

I'm not quite sure it will work like that Dave.
I use the lumicon GEG off-axis guider and the side view for guiding does not indicate the center of the normal field of view, so I dont think it can be easily used as an effective flip mirror. There is a fixed distance between the 2 fields of view, so you might be able to work with that, but it mightn't be easy??

BTW, I did a quick look up of these OAGs before I settled on the lumicon, apparently, the meade and celestron OAGS are difficult to use and can block part of a 35mm frame, these 2 seem to be unpopular.
This was confirmed in my mind as I watched the astromart adds for them, it seemed like poeple had to almost give them away!.

If you go for a lumicon, you'll get it much cheaper on astromart, there was no way I was paying the full new price for it!
I put up an add looking for one and had replies within 24 hours :shock:

If you go for a lumicon, you'll get it much cheaper on astromart, there was no way I was paying the full new price for it!
I put up an add looking for one and had replies within 24 hours :shock:

Thanks for that tip Dave. I had pretty much decided on the lumicon unit. I'll give astromart a go and see how I get on.

cheers.

Dave.