A budget ccd

[Astroboy239]

Hello, can anyone recommend me a cheap ccd camera for a beginner for deep sky. I feel I have to move to a better camera from my dslr along with my new ap equipment. Can I get help here? 

 

Thankyou 

Varad 

[johnrt]

An entry level or "budget" CCD is going to have a minuscule sized chip in comparison with the DSLR you are used to. Have you considered the field of view you are going to end up with? Have a look an an Atik 314 or similar and look at the FOV you get with your scope on a selection of targets. http://www.12dstring.me.uk/fov.htm

[happy-kat]

Perhaps share why you think the dslr is limiting your imaging so members might suggest what you might change.

[Astroboy239]

One of the first thing is noise, 

Sensitivity 

Narrowband 

[swag72]

If you want a chip size remotely similar to the DSLR and you want to do narrowband, then a camera with the KAF8300 chip is going to be your starting point i would expect. There is a new camera out there (The ZWO ASI1600 MM) but there's not many folks using them yet, so you'd be an early adopter really.

You then need to think about the filters and the sizes and also you'll need a filter wheel.

[Astroboy239]

Isn't that a CMOS chip? I have an planetary asi already. Just got it a week ago. Well a medium format ccd will work for me with a 80ed I guess. 

Varad 

[ollypenrice]

1 hour ago, Astroboy239 said:

One of the first thing is noise, 

Sensitivity 

Narrowband 

These are powerful reasons for wanting to go to CCD. A friend has just bought a used Atik 383 monochrome for £800. I ran off sets of darks on it and the chip seemed very good indeed.

Olly

[Astroboy239]

I really hate noise, my dad just wont let me buy second hand I wanted to buy second hand tho. He believes in new stuff?. Dslr gives a lot of noise I'm my weather. 

 

Varad 

[ollypenrice]

At Lat 15 you just do need a cooled camera.

In my commercial astronomy enterprise I use the following items bought second hand:

2 x Takahashi FSQ106N refractors.

1 x TEC 140 refractor.

1 x TeleVue Pronto refractor.

1 x 20 inch Dobsonian.

2 x Meade 10 inch SCTs.

1 x Leica Trinovid binocular.

1 x Takahashi EM200 mount.

1 x TeleVue Gibraltar mount.

1 x Mesu 200 mount.

1 x TeleVue Ethos eyepiece.

In US dollars that represents a saving of perhaps $30,000 over new price. What is wrong with this equipment? Nothing whatever.

Olly

[StuartJPP]

Olly, please stop talking people out of buying new kit...(it makes it harder for us to buy 2nd hand kit if nobody is buying new)...

[Astroboy239]

I just checked out the local markets and I finally found a atik 314l second hand will get it day after. The filter wheel is new tho will do narrow band a bit later right now LRGB. 

[Waldemar]

On 15-6-2016 at 18:12, Astroboy239 said:

I really hate noise, my dad just wont let me buy second hand I wanted to buy second hand tho. He believes in new stuff?. Dslr gives a lot of noise I'm my weather. 

 

Varad 

well.. if your dad pais the difference, there is nothing to complain about...

[Astroboy239]

Not anymore! Im getting the ccd today or tomorrow!!!!!! 

[Waldemar]

I hope you will have lots of fun with it!!