I shot with K3 (I still use version 1, the free version) for the first 2 years. With one or two minor exceptions, all of my planetary (not lunar) images are K3/3000. The NexImage came in just as I was losing interest in planetary shooting. It works like a webcam in K3, too. It’s basically a repackaged Toucam.

I have had zero trouble getting either webcam to work in K3 v.1 on at least 4 different machines under Win2K and XP. I don’t think I’ve run it in the VM yet, but I can’t think of a reason it wouldn’t work.

One of the first shots from Ad Astra Observatory.

30 frames at 2m intervals
stacked 2x and 2.8x (Klee) Barlows.

Arguably my best Jupiter image to date.

Stacked 2x and 3x Barlows
25 frames at 5m intervals

The transiting moon is Ganymede (of which I picked up some surface markings, if you look closely enough).

5 frames at 10m intervals.

2x Barlow
Celestron NexImage

5 images at 10m intervals. The “back side” of Jupiter

4 frames at 10m intervals. Gret Red Spot evident.