SBIG St-9E***Sale Pending***

[gbeal]

Older parallel version, but still a solid performer. Has inbuilt guide chip.
Power supply is 220 volt. Has 1.25" nose piece.
Price AU$1400
Postage will be about $50, insurance extra, we can talk about this.
PM me.
Gary

***Sale pending***

[lloydysun]

G'Day Mate, Hi my name is Lloyd, I am enquiring about your S-BIG ST-9E.
One of my friends is looking for a good Astronomical camera,
he is very interested in getting one asap. He has a EQ6 PRO mount with sinta go to, he is very keen on getting a really good camera so he can take some good shots of Deep Sky and Terestrial planets etc..Please can you tell me if this camera is the ideal camera for this purpose. Thanks..Lloyd...

[gbeal]

Lloyd,
I'll PM you, but to keep the question public let me answer it this way.
The ST9 is extremely sensitive, but has larger pixels so is really designed and suited to a longer focal length scope, like an SCT. For galaxies etc it is superb. So if your friend has something like the shorter focal length 80mm refractors, then I would have to say it possibly isn't suited. If he has an SCT though and is interested in DSO's, and the supernova searches then it is perfect.
Either way, I am sure it will be virtually plug and play with the EQ6 using the built in guide chip.
Gary

[Terry B]

I agree with Gary. I use one at 1800mm focal length for monitoring variable stars. It has a very nice linear response and is very sensitive. This gives me about 1.6 arcsecs/pixel. Great for stars or small objects with a long focal length.
Not as good at short focal lengths as it will undersample.

[gbeal]

Thanks Terry.
As much as I would like to sell it, to sell it to someone without full disclosure isn't right. I am told it belonged to an avid galaxy shooter who produced a catalog for galaxies with it.
Gary