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g star x camera
gday!, I have the mono version and it was recently quite a hit at our local astro open day -it does tend to get saturated quite easily because it is so sensitive so filters help. It's basically a CCTV camera which accumulates frames in camera then delivers the accumulated frame. It is excellent for visual and show and tell though I haven't been that succesful with imaging with it though I haven't really pushed it really hard as I am more into DSLR imaging. If you can't find one nearby I can lend you mine for the cost of postage as I hardly use it.
You need a video converter to take the signal into your laptop, or use an old TV type screen with the video outputs.
I have heard of people using it for a finder scope. It is great fun and the software bundled with it /available on the web site is easy to use.
I showed some friends 47 Tuc with it on a cloudy night and it was open mouthed wonder!
You can adjust the frame accumulation rate from I seem to call zero to 128 and there are adjustments for zoom focus and electronic shutter.
Hope this helps
Graz
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