Earth Sky Stars » DSLR Cameras http://earthskystars.net/blog blog for earthskystars Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:35:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Meade Deep Sky Imager Pro with filter set http://earthskystars.net/blog/2005/09/11/meade-deep-sky-imager-pro-with-filter-set/ http://earthskystars.net/blog/2005/09/11/meade-deep-sky-imager-pro-with-filter-set/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2005 03:45:09 +0000 Bill Clugston http://earthskystars.net/blog/?p=8 While at the Table Mountain Star Party I purchased a Deep Sky Imager (DSI) Pro from Sean’s Astronomy shop. The goal was to use the DSI Pro as a guider for a Digital SLR (Hutech modified Canon 20d). After some initial teething problems the DSI performed its role beautifully. The DSI’s imagining is a bit noisy, but even with a 5 second exposure it can image faint stars (9th magnitude?). BTW, don’t use an USB 1.1 connection — it won’t work!

Attached to a Borg 60mm guidescope on my Stellarvue SV4 (4″ apo refractor) and Losmandy GM8 mount it has enabled 6 minute guided exposures! Definitely a great way to get astrophotos on a budget. Check out the main EarthSkyStars web site for astrophotos done with this setup.

I haven’t tried imaging with the DSI Pro yet, but I doubt it’ll compete well with my SBIG or my Canon 20d DSLR.

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