The trials, tribulations and small triumphs of a Charlotte, NC astronomer imaging under Bortle 8/9 skies.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Video Imaging
I recently got hold of a .0001 lux color imager. It's an inexpensive board-based security cam based on the excellent Sony Super HAD CCD II (the board is about an inch square!). I'm looking forward to using it for 'live" views of deep sky objects. Initial tests show incredible low-light performance. I'll take the lens off tomorrow and put it in a case. Next step--hang it on the scope. Should be interesting!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
16 hour integration of the Heart Nebula with the Dwarf 3 telescope
The Heart Nebula can be a challenging object due to its low surface brightness, especially in my neighborhood where I image under Bortle 8/9...
-
I had a couple of emails asking how to defork an ETX telescope. The ETX 90 and ETX 125 were optically superb scopes, but the mounts left a...
-
The ZEQ25 doing its stuff on a cold night--imaging the Orion Nebula with an 8 inch f/4 astrograph. Note the lovely Christmas rug :) As ...
-
One of the great things about being a part of an online community of people with similar interests is that you learn a lot from people who a...

No comments:
Post a Comment