Real Time Video Image for both Planetary & Deep Space

Post by **Lee** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:17 am

Need recommendation for a good quality real time video imagers for a project with the Meade 14" SCT :-

1. Planets, Lunar & Solar ... prefers color
2. Deep Space ................. b&w / color

Currently looking at the StellaCamII for deep space.
Any advise ?

gwenyi · Post by **gwenyi** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:25 am

well.. that u gotta ask ykchia cos he's been using that all the while. hope this info helps

Post by **weixing** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 10:41 am

Hi,

1. Planets, Lunar & Solar ... prefers color

You can try using a Camcorder for this. I had taken a few video clips of saturn, jupiter and the moon using the Sky-Watcher 5" MCT and my Panasonic Camcorder (with eyepiece adapter). The video quality of the moon was quite good, but a little bit too small (at low magnification) or too dim (at high magnification) for jupiter and saturn. But since you will be using on 14" SCT, I think it will be a lots better than my 5" MCT (of course).

May be I should try again using my 6" Newtonian

Have a nice day.

ykchia · Post by **ykchia** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 8:44 am

Hi folks:

The stellarcam II is actually Watec's Neptune 120 . To beat noise they introduced the ' incamera' integration to 256 steps . I do not have this late model camera since I obtained the mintron camera ( integration to 128).

For our light polluted sky - Stellar Cam II should be perfect for DSO if you prefer a late model and greatest thing. The cheaper Mintron is no longer in production.

For color project may be you can use the cheaper webcam and reserve the integrating b/w camera on DSO.

If you need further info you are more than welcome to contact me via chiayk1@singnet.com.sg or call me at 91724762

rgds
ykchia

Post by **Lee** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 2:08 pm

ykchia wrote:Hi folks:

The stellarcam II is actually Watec's Neptune 120 . To beat noise they introduced the ' incamera' integration to 256 steps . I do not have this late model camera since I obtained the mintron camera ( integration to 128).

For our light polluted sky - Stellar Cam II should be perfect for DSO if you prefer a late model and greatest thing. The cheaper Mintron is no longer in production.

For color project may be you can use the cheaper webcam and reserve the integrating b/w camera on DSO.

If you need further info you are more than welcome to contact me via chiayk1@singnet.com.sg or call me at 91724762

rgds
ykchia

Thanks yk, send you an email