Just letting you all know I'm still here...
We're in-between planets at the moment, so I've been doing some homework to find the "best" planetary camera on the market and within my budget :-) to replace my somewhat ordinary fire-i camera.
I've settled on the Dragonfly Express from Point Grey Research (
www.ptgrey.com), if I'm lucky then I'll have it within a couple of weeks. It has everything that a geek like me could want, including Linux compatibility :-)
We've also bought 2 acres of land outside Canberra near Murrumbateman, and it has the most amazing dark skies. On the plans are a permanent observatory to house a new scope that's also under construction at the moment (13.1" f/5.5 newt, scheduled to be completed in November).
And a house too, of course :-)
So, no imaging happening here at the moment, but lots of other stuff is happening! I hope to start taking images with the new camera "soon".
regards, Bird