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I have an heq5 mount. I did my first try tonight, for 2 hours then the sky became crowed with orange clouds, which stopped the whole thing. I mounted the dsi...

looking for cameras using the texas instruments TC211 image sensor. i would also like a list of camera models using the TC-211 if someone can supply me with a...

It is yet quite hard to find at least several expert reviews on one of the 2 new Pentax DSLRs, so behavior at high ISO and long exposure i.e. 5-10-15+ minutes...

Is there an easy way to tell if a digital SLR allows access to the raw CCD data so that one can do digital noise reduction and false color image stacking ? In...

Hello, I am new to astrophotography and have been studying since May. I want to go out to a dark sky area somewhere 2 hours or so north of San...

I have a mak-cas 130mm scope and the Minolta Dimage s414 digital camera. I bought the digi-t adapter so the camera can do eyepiece projection photography of...

M51: http://www.danilopivato.com/tabulae_coeli/1400_n60/m51_brc.htm M100 &...

especially compared to Star-light express & sbig ??

I have decided to upgrade from my Celestron 114GT and am considering the Nexstar 8i and the Advanced Series C8-SGT (both with StarBright/XLT). I'm interested...

The seeing was terrible for two of the past three nights, but I'll take clear skies and bad seeing over cloudy skies, especially after three weeks of the...

Hi, I'm looking at possibility of using a small, low light level, BW camera for a project. So far I have found the Intellicam (0.05 lux., $40) and the PC164C...

Can anyone recommend a decent German EQ mount? I have an old, first generation ETX that I want to put on a better mount. I will be upgrading to a better...

Hello, I am new here. I am looking for specifications of CCD where I can find something related to the sensitivity of the sensor. I hope to find some...

Hi guys. Am interested in digital astrophotography, but will probably start with using a digital hand-held camera for prime-focus, before moving up to...

Does anyone know how to make RS232 cable for the SkySensor 2000? I bought the SkySensor 2000 without the Mini Din 8 Serial port. I solder one on the board and...

I read(*) that a standard practice is to collect a set of "bias" frames and average them together. You then collect another set of "dark" frames (at some...

Images at http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm The comet is slowly brightening and the tail is lengthening perceptibly each night. This is a very dynamic...

Actually, the question is: Anybody know some web sites or books that describe the buiding of CCD cameras and read-out electronics and maybe software? I'm...

Hi Group, I have been using a Toucam to take astropics for a few months which is connected to a PC running win98se. Until this week it has performed well but...