would this be any good for astrophotography

[shirva]

Found this scouting around looking at cameras

Toshiba lk-1000

Signal to noise ratio 50dba

1/2 ccd

Electron multiplying ccd (em ccd) with Peltier cooling

0.000025 lux minimum light level

Configurable charge multiplication gain with up to 1000 fold sensitivity enhancement

Intelligent noise suppression

Adaptive recursive noise reduction

Resoloution 658 x 496 420 lines

Film rate 30

Interlaced

10 (2) lux to 10 (-4) lucozade

C mount lens

No price for unit..looking to see if it was a feasable option at lux 10-1 shows it can capture full moon

Lux 10-2 quarter moon

Lux 10-3 moonless starlight

Lux nearly 10-4 moonless overcast

[Steve Ward]

Looks good but the cheapest price I could find was here . . . http://www.stemmer-i...ecial-solutions

Demo Vid here. . .

Steve.

[Gina]

It's a CCTV camera. You might be able to us it for planatary I suppose but really, a webcam would be better I think.

[RikM]

Nearly €3,000

Probably better off with a Mintron 72S85HP-EX Colour Camera

http://modernastronomy.com/camerasAstroVideo.html#watec120n

[shirva]

Aye..the words rich and famous comes to mind...still a lottery winner might be looking at this thread n say that's just the bees knees lol

[shirva]

Spoke to chap from stemmer imagining and they have cameras that have same ccd as attik cameras and says latest spec cmos cameras are not far behind and if contacted can recomend a high spec cmos for under £400.

[NickK]

Intelligent noise suppression

Adaptive recursive noise reduction

This part would worry me - what is noise and your faint DSO?