ORION StarShoot™ CCD Color

[GrampianStars (Rob)]

http://www.telescope.com/images/us//...l/A52065dt.jpg
New CCD from Orion to put Meade out of business ? ?
ORION STAR-SHOOT CCD
US $399 " The included MaxIm DL Essentials Edition software provides real-time focusing assistance, But the feature that puts the StarShoot a giant leap ahead in performance is thermoelectric cooling"

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

That's get the undecideds squirming For all those who were tempted to try their hand but kept talking themselves out of it.

Do you know anything about the MaxIm DL Essentials Robert?

[Stu]

Oooohhhh!
Ahhhh!

Were's my credit card....
Oh yeh my wifes got it. Bugger.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Good, get her to buy it for you Stu!

[iceman (Mike)]

I read in the Bintel newsletter that they'll be selling them for approx AU$599.

I guess it's competition for the Meade DSI.. I wonder what it'll be like as a planetary imager though, as it's USB 2 it might have good framerates possible.

Though the pixel size is large isn't it? Meaning a smaller image scale.

[Robby]

Pixel size 6.50um
Chip size 6mm x 5mm 752x582 effective.

Looks very promising. Pixel size about right I think. Not too big or too small. Almost identical to the pixel size for the 300D (6.4um), but slightly bigger than the Toucam (5.6).
I would imagine it would be a much better deep sky camera than a planetary/lunar one.
Heres the CCD chip data sheet for the Orion CCD chip for those with a nose for the tech guff. http://products.sel.sony.com/semi/PDF/ICX259AK.pdf
Cheers

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

The specs look very promising - I'd love to see a comparison with the ToUCam.

Edit: Shoulda been more specific, I mean it looks good as a planetary camera. Not sure
how it would go as a deep-sky camera
Bird

[Striker (Tony)]

Looks like a great camera to start with.....

But if your looking for something more suited to larger focal lengths then you need a bigger chip....1/3 is too small with low rezolution of 400K....unless you want it for just planets.

Good for something like an ED80 or even a guide camera.....now I'm thinking.

Looks like a fun camera either way and well priced.