Hi all,
Yet this camera can be tested
, the weather has not been confortable for days and days. A few history: from a kaf401e grde 2 sensor, this camera has been uprgraded to un Kaf1603me engineering grade, with also a Pentax shutter, and a Alaudine power supply.
the raw pictures have been taken during the night 23rd au 24th of may 2008 near the Fleckenstein castle ruins (north of Alsace, France).
- Sigma médian 2 10 of 7x240s ; preprocessing with a 5 darks median, no flat.
- Imager: Audine kaf1603me + Alaudine; sensor T°-16°c
- Astrograph: Takahashi Epsilon 160/530.
- Mount : em200Temma2jr
- Autoguiding : webcam Toucam Pro bw sensor, with fs60c refractor fitted on tgm1 ; software : Guidemaster 1.3. Interface API Pierro-astro.
Processing with Iris 5.51, log, ddp, gradient, level, crop.
This resulting picture does not reveal the capabilities of this setup. it is just a test
But oh my God, this sensor is so sensible !! The quality of the sensor i unexpected since it is a Eng grade : no defect columns, or aberrating zone, only some "comas" appear on darks.
The 350xt may now have holidays
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Clear skies.
Pierre
The full frame
For those who are interested ,
4 min darkframe , -16°c cooled sensor.