Apogee U8300 CCD and Starlight Express 2" Filter wheel imaging system

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Selling little used imaging system for $4500 + shipping

- APOGEE Instruments ALTO U8300 CCD camera
- Starlight Xpress 2” SXUFW-SX 2" filter wheel with CCD adaptors
- BAADER 2” LRGB, Ha, S11, O111 filter sets

New cost from the states is over $9,800 plus Freight/Import Tax/GST

- The Alto U8300 high performance cooled CCD has the very popular Kodak 8300 8.3 megapixel, high-resolution 5.4 micron pixel CCD
sensor for high resolution imaging with short focal lengths.
- It has the exceptional -50 degree below ambient cooling system and low noise levels that Apogee cameras are known for.
- 3326 x 2504 array, 5.4 micron pixels
- 5MHz 12 bit and 1MHz 16 bit digitisation
- Programmable fan speed to minimise vibration
- Inbuilt aperture shutter for easy dark images
- Dynamic range of 64.4db
- QE at 400nm – 30%
- Peak QE (580, 660nm) – 60%

STARLIGHT EXPRESS 2” 5 Bay Filter Wheel with OAG
Included in the sale is a Starlight Xpress 2" filter wheel with 5 filter bays and 3 camera adaptors to suite the Apogee U8300 CCD.
• Baader LRGB and a Hubble filter set of Ha, S11, O111.
• The SXUFW-2T SW 5 position 2" filter wheel with OAG, OAG to ZWO camera adaptor, M42 adaptor, 2" nose adaptor
• Slim profile and I/O connections are female T-thread (Input) and male T-thread (Output)

Thanks for looking!

Please PM for information/purchase

[SpaceTas]

Hi Jugen,


can the Apogee 8300 with either of the filter wheels be connected to a Canon EOS lens? You mention adapters: are these for different back spacing between telescope filter wheel and U8300 ccd?


Stefan

[MortonBay]

Hi Stefan
You Canon lenses have a back focus of 44mm.
The Apogee/Filter Wheel/Canon adaptor distance is 48mm, so in short it will be too long to gain focus.
A more common way is to use a Pentax medium format 200 or 300mm lens which is more commonly used for astro imaging and these can be purchased for $150/200 and have a back focus in excess of 80mm so my imaging setup will easily work on the style of lens.
Rehards
Jurgen

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Hubble pallet filters added and OAG/ZWO image added