Orion StarShoot Solar System Color Imager

[DaveGarland]

The Orion StarShoot Solar System Color Imager is advertised as a planetary imager, but would it be up to imaging clusters and nebulous?

If not what other options are there for someone on a tighter budget?

Advice please.

Dave.

[Aussie Observer]

Hi Dave, the Orion star Shoot Solar System Color Imager is definately only for planetary work. It is not sensitive enough for deep sky stuff. Here in Australia we have a video camera called the Gstar which handles both types of imaging and is under $1000, although it is probably not available in the UK.

[lukebl]

The Orion StarShoot Solar System Color Imager is advertised as a planetary imager, but would it be up to imaging clusters and nebulous?

If not what other options are there for someone on a tighter budget?....

Your best bet is a DSLR (e.g Canon 450d), although some surprisingly good results can be obtained with a modified SPC880/900 webcam, such as this one (from Astronomy Shed forum). I believe you can pick these up for £95 or so, or modify your own.:

[DaveGarland]

Thanks, that's some good advice. I'll have a little look into that.