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Old 05-01-2009, 09:03 AM
bird (Anthony Wesley)
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G'day Roman,

Most people here will be using a high-sensitivity ccd camera like the DMK21AF04.AS or Philips ToUCam, etc.

I'm using a Dragonfly2 mono camera from Point Grey Research, it uses the ICX242AL ccd that's also used in the Skynyx cameras.

From a bit of googling it looks like your camera uses a cmos sensor, this will make your like a little harder since most cmos cameras are lower sensitivity than ccd.

For filters, I can recommend the I-Series from Astrodon, they are noticeably better than the Astronomik RGB filters I was using early last year.

On Saturn my setup is this:

Scope: 13.1" f/5.5 newtonian
Barlow: TV 5x powermate + extension tubes for effective 7x
camera: PGR Dragonfly2 mono
Filters: Astrodon I-Series

Capture settings: gain at max, 20fps in each filter.

regards, Bird
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