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kochu · Post by **kochu** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:08 am

Vow !.. Regulated Thermo Electric Cooling on a 499 $ Astro Camera.

Orions Generation 3 StarShoot.

http://www.telescope.com/assets/images/ ... he%20Stars!.

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cloud_cover · Post by **cloud_cover** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:24 am

But its a 0.42MP camera..... Its expensive for that sort of low resolution camera....

kochu · Post by **kochu** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:14 am

Probably yes, compared to 10.7 MP, 1500$ NIGHTSCAPE.

http://www.celestron.com/c3/product.php ... ProdID=806

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wucheeyiun · Post by **wucheeyiun** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:47 am

Not too bad for a 1/2" ccd format ...

cloud_cover · Post by **cloud_cover** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:20 pm

This is price creep of course, but if you're going to spend 1.5K, perhaps the SBIG 8300 M/C may be a better choice at just under 2K, not counting usual discounts. Lower resolution but better quantum efficiency and hardware build.

mymoon · Post by **mymoon** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:22 pm

cloud_cover wrote:But its a 0.42MP camera..... Its expensive for that sort of low resolution camera....

and you can get them in mono too soon.

SBIG ST 7XME is still being produced and cost more than 4X.

there is more than megapixels involve, maybe something to do with pixel size et al.

maybe some one here can explain.

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