Doink wrote:
After pondering the vaious Astro-photo options, I've decided the easiest way
to get what I'm after is buy a reasonable DSLR camera. I want good results
but am not looking for Hubble Quality. In fact, I really don't even want
color images

Hi:

Do you not want color images as in..."can live without them," or as in
"don't like them"? If the latter...look at an SBIG ST402 or one of the
other integrating, cooled color cameras on the market.

IMHO, the main reason for going the DSLR route is to get color in a
reasonably easy fashion--no filters and filter wheels.

Oh, and for the Moon, just get a Toucam...it will do a better job than
just about anything else.

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
and _The Urban Astronomer's Guide_

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