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Camera Details...
Black and White high sensitivity Long Exposure colour camera, housed in original case.
This camera is fitted with an ICX098BL-6E 640 x 480 5.6 micron pixels 8 bit black and white 1/4" Wfine CCD sensor.
For planetary imaging, this camera has a much higher sensitivity than the standard ASTSC1C and can be used at higher frame rates and faster exposure times to give high quality images even under average to poor seeing conditions. Ideal for use with CCD filters for LRGB/ IRRGB planetary imaging. This camera is probably the best option if planetary imaging is your thing.
The camera is supplied with a small lens and will need a focusser adapter of the type that is used for the Philips Toucam pro III. These can be purchased from most astronomy shops, i.e., Modern Astronomy.
Parallel version
Use in conjunction with a PC or laptop - this camera comes with a single cable with both a parallel and USB connector - both need to be connected for long exposure imaging. Simply disconnect the parallel connector for Planetary, Lunar or Solar imaging.
Serial version
Use in conjunction with a PC or laptop - this camera comes with a single cable with both a serial and USB connector - both need to be connected for long exposure imaging. It is also supplied with a serial to USB adapter and can be used directly connected to your PC/ Laptop serial port or plugged in to a USB port. When used with a USB hub, you can run a single USB line to your PC or laptop. Simply disconnect the serial connector for Planetary, Lunar or Solar imaging. To use the serial version with K3CCD tools, you will need to purchase the full version of K3CCD Tools 3 ($49) from the K3CCD registrations page. You should do this after downloading the trial version. Although Serial to USB support is now widespread I would recommend that you check with your software supplier before purchasing a serial camera.
Used in conjunction with GuideDog or Guide Master and either a serial mount control cable or parallel guiding - with more than three times the sensitivity of the standard colour sensor, you are guaranteed to be able to find a guide star in virtually any part of the sky, even with an 80mm refractor as your guide scope.
All Astronomiser cameras have a unique serial number for identification and security purposes and are guaranteed against defects of workmanship for one year. All other repairs in the first year will be carried out at cost and upgrades to more advanced models are available.
See the Image Gallery for shots taken with this and other Astronomiser cameras.
This camera is a real performer for guiding and planetary imaging and a good fast exposure black and white deep sky camera.
Parallel - £189 including Special Delivery P&P
Serial - £205 including Serial to USB converter and Special Delivery P&P
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Software...
Use in conjunction with capture software such as K3CCD Tools a free version of which is available here - you will also need to download a free key from here. Please see the note above about using the serial version with K3CCD Tools.
Two short tutorials in the use of K3CCD for image capture are available by visiting my personal website.
To process images, I recommend Registax a free version of which is available from here.
This camera is recognised as a Philips Toucam and is Plug and Play with Windows XP. This camera is flashed with an optimised B&W RAW mode macro.
See the Image Gallery for shots taken with this and other Astronomiser cameras.
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