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Old 10-07-2008, 11:26 PM
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sure you can use them to take images and if you cool the chip its actually a pretty capable camera for DSO's i was just saying its not ideal for planetary work because of the progressive shutter/pixel size. because of the chip size though its great for lunar work. also the Orion guider is just a re-branded QHY5/Qguider

heres some planetary/lunar shots with one:
http://www.luzestelar.com/Astro/es/S.../Jupiter-I.htm (bottom 8 images)
http://www.luzestelar.com/Astro/es/S...una/Luna-9.htm

heres a deep sky shot with the cooled version (you wont get anything like this with any of the standard guider cams but it illustrates how much cooling helps)
http://www.fishcamp.com/starfish_gallery17.html
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