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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Binning a Sony 694 gives 9 micron pixels which is ideal at 2800mm focal length.
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Greg- according to my calculations 9 micron pixels at 2800 mm give 0.66 arc seconds per pixel; might be a little bit challenging in terms of tracking, optical alignment and length of exposures. That's why I suggested about 2 arc seconds per pixel.
Originally Brian mentioned a mid level CCD - 11002 based cameras are probably a little bit higher than mid level
I may be honestly mistaken, but hyperstar option with Atik 460 (clean images and smaller FOV) or Atik 383L (a little noisier images but larger FOV) seems to me as the most cost effective option allowing for fast imaging and potentially good results with some practice.