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Originally Posted by OneEye
Hi
I am buying a Celestron CGEM 9.25 HD (Fasstar equipped) My question relates to a CCD Colour camera I can use conventionally, and later at the prime focus. If there is a camera that can be used for solar system images and deep space that would be ideal.
Any advice on camera choice would be appreciated.
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Hi Evan,
To find one camera that can fit both of your imaging tasks will, I think, be pretty difficult. For solar and planetary imaging you probably don't need a large CCD in terms of area, but for deep space you do and it ought to be cooled. Perhaps, and I am no expert with such cameras, a DSLR might be a good compromise as they can do video which is what you want for planets and solar, and they have a big chip for deep space. But, there are trades to be made such as needing filter mods and or external cooling and the chips can become very noisy in warm temperatures. But, certainly there are many very good images taken with such cameras.
Peter