I really can't say I know much about the camera. It is my first CCD and I picked it up for planetary work, didn't realize it would perform well for deep space. I am bummed out it is only 8bit though. You can see some diffraction spikes on the Cigar shot coming through. This is really making me want a better CCD for deep space work *sigh*. Guess I will just have to win the lottery. Here is the camera I shot these with. It's a usb version. Pretty affordable for what it can do. http://www.optcorp.com/product.aspx?pid=10102&tb=2&kw=Imaging%20Source&st=2 David On 3/23/11 1:17 PM, Chuck Hards wrote:
It also speaks for the anti-blooming characteristics of the chip, doesn't it?
Good stuff.
On 3/23/11, David Rankin<David@rankinstudio.com> wrote:
Thanks Chuck,
It is a newt. The secondary spider has very thin legs. The spikes only show up on bright stars - the stars in these shots are actually very small and dim - they just look big because the sensor is really small.
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