hi,
I've been using my STF8300m and decided its time to move on to a bigger CCD mainly for the larger FOV.
any suggestions apart from the Kodak 11k chips?
I do want reliability and have had bad experiences with qhy so will be staying away from that brand.
it'll be on my 10inch F4 CF newt that I won't be changing.
I did think of getting the 0.73x reducer corrector from ASA as a much cheaper option in increasing my fov plus making it an F2.9. are there any issues with this approach apart from collimation?
http://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/...otography.html
or is it better to go with a larger ccd
STF-8300m
1x - F4
5.4 x 5.4um
1.11 arcscec/pix
FOV - 46.4 x 61.7
STF-8300m
0.73x - F2.9
5.4 x 5.4um
1.52 arcsec/pix
FOV - 63.6 x 84.5
KAF-16803
9 x 9 um
1.85 arcsce/pix
FOV - 126 x 126 arcmin
KAF-9000
12 x 12um
2.47 arcsec/pix
FOV - 125.9 x 125.9 arcmin
Cheers
Alistair