BRESSER HD Moon & Planetary Camera & Guider

[Antoinfletcher]

Hello everybody, I am looking to get started in basic lunar and perhaps planetary astrophotography. 

I had considered eyepiece projection, but I don't think my current setup, a 70/700 very basic refractor and mount, could handle the weight of a DSLR. 

My objective is to buy pieces I can use on my present scope to gain experience, but which I can also use on a new scope and mount when I invariably upgrade in the coming months.

Does anybody have any experience with this camera? Compared to some other entry level lunar and planetary cameras, this seems like an incredible bargain.

Also, my reference points are almost entirely visual, so I am struggling to understand the concept of field of view in an imaging sense.

Bresser provides this table. In my 700mm frac, would I get a satisfactory large image of the Moon?

Thanks in advance!

 Field of view for different focal lengths in mm (given in arc minutes):

400 mm - 41,2'x 30,9'

500 mm - 33'x 24,7'

600 mm - 27,5'x 20,6'

700 mm - 23,5'x 17,7'

800 mm - 20,6'x 15,4'

900 mm - 18,3'x 13,7'

1000 mm - 16,5'x 12,4'

1250 mm - 13,2'x 9,9'

1500 mm - 11'x 8,2'

1750 mm - 9,4'x 7,1'

2000 mm - 8,2'x 6,2'

 

[Relpet]

I usually buy my Bresser stuff from the German outlet.  The kit you illustrate has been getting 5 star reviews from German users.

This extract from their description looks positive:

"Equipped with the new, highly sensitive SONY IMX225 CMOS color sensor  , the BRESSER HD moon & planet camera delivers amazingly good image results even with simple telescope equipment thanks to very short exposure times . In addition, this ultra-modern camera can also be used as an autoguider , e.g. B. to actively track the main recording device with a single-lens reflex or CCD astro camera. A universal CMOS color camera that primarily delivers super-sharp images of the moon and planets.

The particularly low noise level of this new chip generation from SONY  ensures exceptionally high brilliance and no cooling is required . Due to the high native pixel resolution of 1280x980  , together with suitable telescopes, very nice shots of the moon, but also detailed planetary shots are possible."

I suggest it's worth a punt and if you don't get on with it you would be able to get at least half your money back from AstroBuySell.  Goof luck.