[codemonkey (Lee)]

Originally Posted by dylan_odonnell

Thanks for this. Really fantastic result. The more I see from this camera, the more tempting it is to jump over from my OSC RGB CCD to this relatively cheap mono CMOS.

I did a similar image using my f2 Hyperstar setup and the ZWO 174mm and 1 second subs on Orion .. my whole image run was over in a couple of minutes! It doesn't have the chip size or resolution of the 1600 though. Lots of potential for getting great results in a single night rather than spending a month waiting for the conditions and time to get your data.

Although CCDs have slightly more dynamic range it matters little at that price point and is barely noticed after processing anyway.

Thanks Dylan :-) I'd personally take this over any OSC CCD, but that's me. Its dynamic range is actually quite good. At zero gain you have about 12.5 stops. The QSI 583 has 70db of dynamic range, which I believe is equivalent to ~11.67 stops. Of course the ASI has adjustable gain so you can tweak that, and its nice to have that flexibility.

Originally Posted by Placidus

That's a very good Hourglass in there.

Thanks Mike!

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

nice work lee, great hourglass as mentioned below.

definitely got me thinking of getting one of these cams to run on my goto dob (for colour) while I capture L with my 694 on the eq8.

Sounds like a plan, Russell!

Originally Posted by Rod771

Pretty good Lee!

I'm keeping an eye on that camera.

Thanks Rod :-)