Hi
Check out the Orion site at
http://www.telescope.com/shopping/pr...dd=yes#tabLink for their new:
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"StarShoot™ Deep-Space CCD Color Imaging Camera.
Makes Deep-Space Astrophotography Easy and Affordable
Introducing the new standard in color imaging for amateur astronomers. Our StarShoot Deep-Space Color Imager enables anyone with a telescope and a computer to capture dazzling color photographs of star clusters, nebulas, galaxies, and planets. With image-enhancing features that competing CCD cameras do not offer and software customized from the leading CCD imaging utility, MaxIm DL, the StarShoot DSCI ensures ease of use and professional-quality celestial portraits.
With the StarShoot, every image is full-color. No need to shoot repetitive exposures through multiple filters to get a single color image. The StarShoot's CCD sensor boasts a larger pixel array (752 x 582) than most similarly priced imagers. But the feature that puts the StarShoot a giant leap ahead in performance is thermoelectric cooling (TEC). Cooling a CCD chip greatly reduces the electronic "noise" that adversely affects image quality. The StarShoot DSCI has TEC, the competition's does not."
CCD Sensor Sony® ExView HAD™ ICX259AK Color
CCD Sensor size 1/3"
Pixel array 752 x 582 (437,664 total)
No. exposures for full-color image 1
Exposure range .002 sec to 9.3 hrs
A/D conversion 16 bit
Thermoelectric cooling (TEC) Yes
IR filter Yes
Autoguider capability Yes
USB connectionr 2.0 high speed
The StarShoot Deep-Space CCD Color Imaging Camera comes with MaxIm DL Essentials Edition image capture and processing software.
Price is $399 US.
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This looks interesting. Backordered until 15th Nov 2005.
Cheers
Dennis