New toy; rain expected

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

The postman just brought this shiny new ASI183MC to replace my ASI224MC as main planetary camera. Rain is of course expected in the coming days.

What a huge chip compared to the old camera.

[teoria_del_big_bang]

Nice shame about the 🌦️🌧️🌧️⛈️⛈️🌧️ though 🙂 

Steve

[Craney]

Lovely camera.

May I ask the thinking behind this choice. ?        I thought the 224 and the 290  were the preferred  weapon in planetary imaging circles.     I have a 120MC  at the moment and was thinking about an upgrade...... I was wondering if I had missed out  on something fundamental in terms of  the  selection process.

 

Sean.

 

[Gina]

The183's 1" sensor seems huge for planetary imaging.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

The thinking is that I simply use ROI imaging on planets, and the full chip on lunar. The small pixel size means my C8 gives just about the right focal ratio, especially with flip mirror in place, to give optimal resolution (working at F/11).