ETX-70 deepsky images

[aerodynamic3794]

Nice images.Was the CCD camera expensive?

[nytecam]

@aerodynamic3794 Unfortunately these specialised hi-sensitivity astrocams are expensive - Google Starlight Xpress cameras

[daveshow07]

@nytecam they can be verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry expensive, cheaper ones starting around 250-500, and more expansive ones in the 10's of thousands! :P he has an awesome setup!



[blacktears1978]

great images !

[mmmaaahhh]

fantastic

[back2thefutre]

u r cool

[Ericske17]

I just started the hobby and i hope to see one day what you saw . 5 stars very nice .

[afcg23]

Do I understand ok? You use ETX 70 only to aiming but the images are taking with the larger. Thanks

[nytecam]

No - the pics in vid taken with the little ETX-70 piggybacked on my big scope. Each exposures runs to many minutes;-)

[nytecam]

Hi - my set-up is shown at the beginning of the vid but to clarify I use a Meade ETX-70 OTA [no mount] piggybacked on my larger Meade 12" LX200 for aiming and tracking during the camera exposures of typically 2-10min - depending on the faintness of the target object. I use an ultra sensitive B&W Starlight Xpress CCD camera to take the images captured to the laptop;-)

[SuperdicaFlyer]

Nice pics, can you explain your setup in more detail to a budding amateur astronomer?