Tak 60 CB & a matching CCD

[Rush]

Hallo,

Its nice 2 write to you  spacewalkers and stargazers out there.Im new 2 this lounge.All of U inspired me to go deeper into the vastness of Mother Universe

A liile help,im in need 2 find a proper matching CCD/Mono for my New Tak 60 CB set up.Any suggestions Please ?

Till now an EOS imager, now urging 4 noiseless images.

thanx and Clear skies

Rush

[RT65CB-SWL]

Hi 'Rush' and welcome to SGL.

Below are a few links you could try:-

http://www.trutek-uk.com/

http://www.theimagingsource.com/

http://www.astronomycameras.com/

[swag72]

Hi Rush and welcome to SGL. Do you have a budget in mind for the CCD camera? Do you prefer mono or colour? Have a look at the field of view calculator http://www.12dstring.me.uk/fovcalc.php and put in various camera and scope combo's - You will see the huge difference you can expect in field of view depending on the chip size.

Hope that helps and look forward to seeing you around

[Rush]

Thanx Philip & Sara,

If the FOV calculator is spot on,suggests smaller chips like in Attik 420 and 320E.

Here is a  firstlight shot with a Canon 500 DA,Garnet Star region full of colour noise.

Sara,do u think i can bring down the colour noise  with a Monochrom cooled CCD ?

clear skies

[swag72]

Any cooled CCD, be it colour or mono will bring the noise levels down compared to a DSLR. You need to decide which of these you prefer!

Personally, having used a DSLR, colour CVD and mono I find the mono easier to process and much more versatile. If you have light pollution for example narrowband filters are a real boon. Mono all the way for me.

If you search the imaging discussion forum I expect you can find the rather large mono v's colour which was around a number of months ago.

[Rush]

Well, sounds straight,Yes,got the Hint.

Muccio Gracias

Rush

[ToxoLight]

Hi Rush and welcome to the lounge.

[JamesM]

Hi and welcome to the forum. You might want to post your question over on the imaging section as there are many there that don't visit this part of the forum and I am sure they will provide you with a solution.

Clear skies

James

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire

[Rush]

Thanx 2 all of u,4 ur warm welcome.

Clear skies and Peace.

Rush

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Rush!

Dana

[Bizibilder]

Hello Rush and welcome to SGL!!

[glowjet]

Hi Rush and welcome to SGL, I have to agree with James, you have an extremely nice setup and the more in-depth questions relating to AP would, I feel, be better received in our imaging sections, where you are more likely to get a positive response, enjoy your AP

[daiwelly]

Hi and welcome to SGL

[C7tsj]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Mark

[purdo]

Hi Rush & Welcome to SGL.

[Charon]

Hi from me too.

[Chris]

Nice portable imaging rig! Welcome to SGL :-)

[laudropb]

Hello and a warm welcome to the SGL

[Rush]

Hello stargazers,

thanx 4 ur warm regards and help.

After listening to ur professional advice,checked FOV s up and down and all the +/- of noise and pixelpuzzles, bought myself a CCD Atik 420m.Was not really easy

" The Decision"

Last night i had the chance to expose it to the Moonlit sky,Was unable to focus,its looks like a 1 millimeter business not going right.

Dont know if its the filter wheel creating light path reduction. Looks as if i have to use a thin extension tube in between flattner and FW.

Enclosed is a 60 sec luminious shot out of fous (IC 1396) and a DSLR in focus with same set up.

Sending U all out there,

Peace,Love, and a little Pelican

Rush