I put in the huge effort to read the literal page you linked and read the parts that say:
The Philips PCVC740K ToUcam PRO PC video camera is a small 640x480 color camera
and
PocketScope.com is where I bought the PCVC740K ToUcam PRO May 2003
and then I also looked at this image on that site, and then I compared with the item on amazon that I linked earlier and, wow, would you look at that, it's the same thing.
The camera is ancient. Whether it was used in 2003 for telescopes, or hell, even if it was specifically designed for telescopes in 2003, the point is, it's a 15+ year old webcam.
You are coping incredibly hard.
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Here is it if you're on mobile:
From Frederick Portigal's [whitepaper](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3J2mfC-48FrZEMxZFQ5cl9ZZWs/view?resourcekey=0-nJPW-AAdMsy8ZSZQS0outg) which he linked to in [this twitter post](https://twitter.com/FrederickPorti6/status/1452368715903799302):
> The telescope is a [Celestron 8 inch Newtonian Reflector](https://www.celestron.com/products/advanced-vx-8-newtonian-telescope) with a [Celestron Solar System Imager](https://www.celestron.com/products/neximage-solar-system-imager) (Table 1). The video camera is a [Celestron NexImage](https://www.celestron.com/products/neximage-10-solar-system-color-imager) using the [**Philips Toucam**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005AW1U/) **without optics designed to fit the telescope eye piece** (Table 3). The telescope focus is used to produce a sharp image at the focal plane. The data is transferred via USB to the laptop external disk storage. The controlling software allows for the adjustment of framing rate, exposure and gain with automatic settings available. In this acquisition the framing rate was set to 30 Hz and the gain adjusted such that the plasma’s were not saturated.
> ...
> The collection is compressed in time by **splicing out the sequences where there is action from about an hour of video**. These were assembled into a 30 Hz clip followed by exactly the same sequence extended in time. The extended sequence enables the viewer to concentrate on the forms while the 30 Hz video provides the sense of cargo’s movement between the stationary and moving plasma’s.
#He's pointing a fully detached, [15+ year old](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=philips%20toucam) webcam into the lens of a telescope, and then cherry picking the parts of the video that verify his theory.
From Frederick Portigal's whitepaper which he linked to in this twitter post:
The telescope is a Celestron 8 inch Newtonian Reflector with a Celestron Solar System Imager (Table 1). The video camera is a Celestron NexImage using the Philips Toucam without optics designed to fit the telescope eye piece (Table 3). The telescope focus is used to produce a sharp image at the focal plane. The data is transferred via USB to the laptop external disk storage. The controlling software allows for the adjustment of framing rate, exposure and gain with automatic settings available. In this acquisition the framing rate was set to 30 Hz and the gain adjusted such that the plasma’s were not saturated.
...
The collection is compressed in time by splicing out the sequences where there is action from about an hour of video. These were assembled into a 30 Hz clip followed by exactly the same sequence extended in time. The extended sequence enables the viewer to concentrate on the forms while the 30 Hz video provides the sense of cargo’s movement between the stationary and moving plasma’s.