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Old 03-09-2017, 04:04 PM
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PKay (Peter)
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I am also very new at this (3 months) but I do listen to the experts.
I have been using an old Canon 500D.
Here is my understanding:

For targets like Orion where you have lots of contrast and high signal to noise ratio (SNR) the Canon does just fine.

However when I was imaging a very feint Nebula, where the SNR is very low, noise became a huge issue.
No software processing can fix that.

So to fix that you have to reduce the noise at the source ie: the camera.

I have just ordered one of these:

ZWO ASI 1600MC-C cooled camera.

I have been told that I won't look back...
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