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Old 18-01-2020, 03:36 PM
DarthRiker (Vikram)
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In short, if EAA is your main goal then you could spend considerably less on a camera & still achieve your goal in spades. I use a 224MC FWIW, I didn't buy it for EAA, I bought it for planetary imaging. It proved a good gateway into dabbling into DSO imaging through my fork mounted SCT...

So, if you are serious enough about AP to want a cooled camera then, I'd take Martin's advice & go with a Newt as it will be far more suited to AP but, will enable you to do EAA, if on the otherhand you just want to dabble in AP, buy the SCT & save yourself some money by buying an uncooled camera, it will still show you what you want to see via EAA...
EAA is main goal with a dabble in AP (but that dabble won't be for a long time so it will be all EAA).

I would love an uncooled version of the ASI294MC but I couldn't find one ...hence the ASI294MC Pro.

While I was initially thinking about the 224MC/385MC cameras, discussions with others, plus having played around with setup and calculations over on sites such as https://astronomy.tools/ https://telescopius.com/ (FOV, CCD Suitability of C8 SCT with .63x Reducer), convinced me to go for the 294MC camera with its larger FOV and better results with CCD suitability.

Again - I would love a lower cost 294MC over a 294MC Pro camera - I just simply cannot find one for sale.

Last edited by DarthRiker; 18-01-2020 at 03:47 PM.
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