Hi All,
I came upon what appears to be a compact and easy-to-use Near--infrared camera.
Could this be the infrared sensor that amateurs have been waiting for??!?
http://trieye.tech/products
The Near-infrared wavelengths at which this camera operates are not specified, but apparently the sensitivity of this device is between 1 micron and 1.6 microns.
As some of you will be aware, there are many objects near the galactic plane that are appreciably dimmed by extinction from intervening interstellar dust, so by imaging in the Near-infrared, we can very significantly reduce the number of magnitudes of foreground extinction in front of these objects. So infrared is great, if you can get or afford a practical imaging system for these wavelengths, as it allows you to "dig out" those obscured galactic objects.
Cheers,
Robert