donygp

49 minutes ago, Swoop1 said:

I have a 290MC which I use on my Celestron C6 SCT for lunar and planetary. With lunar, to capture a full disc I need a minimum of a 4 pane mosaic- gives you an idea of the FOV.

I run mine on the ZWO software and it works beautifuly.

What telescope are you attaching it to? Knowing that, you can use the field of view simulator to get an idea of what you will see-

https://astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/

I will attach it to Celestron CPC 1100. Nice to know that ASI290MC works well for you. I'll play the simulator to get the idea of the FoV.

Thanks

3 hours ago, Elp said:

You mean CMOS, CCD is older technology. The 224MC is a common and capable planetary camera. Your decision depends on your budget.

You don't really want a mono camera for planetary due to needing filters and to quickly swap them in quick succession to image all filters within the space of a few minutes (you've listed the 178mm).

Have you decided what software you're planning on using to control the camera?

Actually, I can afford all of the cameras on my list but I want to know the best value for money camera and considering the worthy upgrade from my current Canon 60D.

I haven't decided what software that will be used since I only used to use Canon software  to control the 60D. Do you have any suggestion for that?

Thank you

Hello,

Please kindly help me to give suggestion related my plan to upgrade my camera. For the time being, I've used Canon 60D mainly for planetary imaging using video recording with Celestron CPC 1100 and some with Skywatcher BK100ED.

I'm planning to improve the imaging result by upgrading the camera to a more dedicated planetary camera (maybe a CCD camera) using the same scope. In my area, it's not very easy to get ccd camera, very limited option and most of them are ZWO. The current available ZWO series in my town are ZWO ASI120, 120MC, 178MM, 462MC, 178MC, 678MC, and 224MC. I'm considering the coloured camera/not a mono. Is there any worth camera upgrade for my current  Canon 60D from  the listed cameras above?

Thank you for the inputs.

Regards,

Dony

Another attemp on Jupiter from me, a novice on astrophotography, lol. But this time image is taken using Orion Shorty Plus 2X Barlow. Image is still captured using Canon 60D, prime focus on CPC1100. Stacked and processed using Registax and Instagram as usual 🙂

Two attemps on Jupiter which produce more or less the same image. Seeing from the image, I think this barlow degrade image quality quite significant. Please advise if any. Thanks

Cheers

3 minutes ago, Tommohawk said:

Great images, especially Saturn! Very envious.

To be picky Jupiter maybe has a slightly odd colour cast?

For Jupiter, colour is quite different due to tone adjustment and instagram filter editing 🙂

Thanks all. Here, jupiter and saturn position are quite good currently but unfortunately seeing condition is often moderate due to much clouds and some light pollution, so that good deep space imaging is much more difficult to obtain. Really expect for a clear and dark sky.

Just got 2nd hand Celestron CPC1100. Tried to take Saturn and Jupiter image with Canon 60D, prime focus. Took 1.5 minutes (Saturn) and 2 minutes (Jupiter) videos, stacked and processed with Registax and Instagram (lol). Hope to get better image later.