ASI294MC Camera

[dark knight]

Looking at getting one of these to go on my esprit 120ed, has anyone any experience with this one shot color camera, would it be a worthy/suitable addition to my telescope. My main concern is finding a suitable spacer to go between dedicated flattener and camera, also would it work OK with a fairly low spec laptop with only usb 2 ports and 8g ram running windows 10

 Thanks for any advice

[AstroRookie]

On 09/10/2020 at 00:00, dark knight said:

Looking at getting one of these to go on my esprit 120ed, has anyone any experience with this one shot color camera, would it be a worthy/suitable addition to my telescope. My main concern is finding a suitable spacer to go between dedicated flattener and camera, also would it work OK with a fairly low spec laptop with only usb 2 ports and 8g ram running windows 10

 Thanks for any advice

Hello,

I don't have any experience with the ASI294MC but I read some reviews and user experiences about the ASI294MC, and one thing I that got my attention is that amp-glow was often mentioned. Personally I'd go for the ASI533MC (but that's also because it's cheaper). As for the laptop, 8g is a more then enough for capturing and even a decent amount of ram for pre- en post-processing. The 2 usb ports, you can solve with usb hub.

Of course the opinion of a experienced ASIMC294MC user will be more valuable then my 2 cent comments.

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[Dan13]

I have the 294mc pro and its fantastic! the amp glow is there but easily gone with dark frames. The 533 has no amp glow but does have a square sensor which wasn't for me.  have a look on https://astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/ to find the best fit for your set up.

 

Edit. these are taken with the 294mc pro..

Edited October 10, 2020 by Dan13
uploaded pics for ref to OP

[AstroRookie]

3 hours ago, Dan13 said:

I have the 294mc pro and its fantastic! the amp glow is there but easily gone with dark frames. The 533 has no amp glow but does have a square sensor which wasn't for me.  have a look on https://astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/ to find the best fit for your set up.

 

Edit. these are taken with the 294mc pro..

Wow, impressive images! I regret having made my comment about the amp-glow, but what you want, I'm

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[dark knight]

Think in my head thats settled my choice. Thanks and amazing images

[Stuf1978]

I'm also looking at the same camera as an upgrade to my dslr and as has already been said the amp glow is a non issue with calibration frames. I also don't like the idea of a square sensor as seen on some other cameras. 

[dark knight]

Quite agree Stuf the sensor being rectangular will be better suited to my needs

[AKB]

Yes, love this combination of scope and camera... (40 minutes total.)

Edited October 11, 2020 by AKB

[Dan13]

On 10/10/2020 at 14:47, AstroRookie said:

Wow, impressive images! I regret having made my comment about the amp-glow, but what you want, I'm

AstroRookie

No regrets needed it has amp glow you advised but not an issue with good calibration frames. Best to find the right fit for your equipment with the link I supplied. 

 

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