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Old 11-11-2011, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by cventer View Post
Greg,

Craig Stark in his autoguider review rates Loadstar as no 1. next in line but not far behind is the Atik 16ic, which is a cooled CCD.

I use Orion Starshoot and love it but am looking for somthing with a little less noise and better SNR.

My 2 choices right now are Loadstar or Atik 16ic.
Marc Aragnou made a minor mod to his QHY5, he slid a piece of aluminium between the CCD and the case (ie creating a heatsink) and has early indications of about a 25% sensitivity gain with a lower noise due to better heat disipation.
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