Here there are first images taken with a Toucam Pro modified by friend Gino Savani

The standard Toucam Pro allows only 1/25-second exposure time, while after modification can do exposures of many seconds, though at the expense of electronic noise.

Recently I bought a Canon 350D digital reflex, which amazed me because it can image the brightest objects in only 30 seconds exposures. Even if it doesn't compare with the cooled CCD's sensitivity, it's a big jump from film photography.

M13, 4x30 seconds

 M13, the Great Hercules Cluster
 SC 280mm F/6.3
 Exposure: 4 x 30 seconds
 Canon 350D 1600 ISO
 Talmassons, 09/06/2008 20.55TU

 
M57, 4x30 seconds

 M57, the Ring Nebula
 SC 280mm F/6.3
 Exposure: 4 x 30 seconds
 Canon 350D 1600 ISO
 Talmassons, 09/06/2008 21.00TU

 
M27, 4x30 seconds

 M27, the planetary nebula Dumbbell in Vulpecula
 SC 280mm F/6.3
 Exposure: 4 x 30 seconds
 Canon 350D 1600 ISO
 Talmassons, 09/06/2008 21.30TU

 
M51, 4x30 seconds

 M51, the Whirlpool galaxy in Canes Venaticorum
 SC 280mm F/6.3
 Exposure: 4 x 30 seconds
 Canon 350D 1600 ISO
 Talmassons, 09/06/2008 21.55TU

 
M82, 4x30 seconds

 M82, irregular galaxy in Ursa major
 SC 280mm F/6.3
 Exposure: 4 x 30 seconds
 Canon 350D 1600 ISO
 Talmassons, 09/06/2008 22.05TU

 
M42, 30x5 seconds

 M42, the Great Orion nebula
 Newton 200mm F/5
 Exposure: 30X5 seconds
 Webcam Toucam Pro
 Mortegliano, 29/11/2003 at 20.30

 
M42, 6x5 seconds

 The center of M42, the Great Orion nebula
 Schmidt-Cassegrain 280mm F/10
 Exposure: 6X5 seconds
 Webcam Toucam Pro
 Mortegliano, 26/12/2003 at 20.30

 
M13, 90x5 seconds

 M13, the Great Hercules cluster
 Newton 200mm F/5
 Exposure: 90X5 seconds
 Webcam Toucam Pro
 Mortegliano, 07/06/2004 at 00.59

 
M5, 100x7 seconds

 M5, globular cluster in Serpens
 Newton 200mm F/5
 Exposure: 100X7 seconds
 Webcam Toucam Pro
 Mortegliano, 07/06/2004 at 01.40

 
Ngc 1535, 100x5 seconds

 NGC 1535, planetary nebula in Eridanus
 Newton 200mm F/5
 Exposure: 100X5 seconds
 Webcam Toucam Pro
 Mortegliano, 20/12/2004 at 21.25

 
Comet Macholz, 200x5 seconds

 Comet Macholz
 Newton 200mm F/5
 Exposure: 200X5 seconds
 Webcam Toucam Pro
 Mortegliano, 20/12/2004 at 21.00