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CCD & Photographic

A CCD camera is essentially an electronic version of a 35mm camera for astrophotography that saves the images in your computer, rather than on a roll of film. A CCD camera can take snapshots of the Moon and planets and long exposure photos of deep sky nebulas, galaxies, and star clusters. Because the CCD camera has to store up the faint light of deep space objects before it can display an image, just as a 35mm film camera does, a CCD can't give you real-time or instant images of deep space objects.

Because a CCD camera is more sensitive than 35mm film or your eye, it can store up more information during an exposure. Software supplied with the camera, or available separately, allows you to manipulate the image later to bring out details that would be washed out or invisible in a 35mm negative or while observing visually. CCD cameras are surprisingly unaffected by city light pollution, allowing deep sky photography from even heavily light polluted sites.

CCD cameras typically vary in price according to their image size, with large cameras running into the multiple thousands of dollars. Even at their largest, however, their image covers less of the sky than a 35mm film camera on the same scope. CCDs are best at recording small and very faint objects rather than large and bright objects, although excellent images of large objects can be recorded by taking multiple overlapping images and combining them in the computer.

It has been said that CCD cameras on amateur-size telescopes can record fainter objects than the 200" scope at Mt. Palomar could record only 10 or 15 years ago with conventional film cameras. By some measures, CCD cameras can be said to have an effective film speed (ASA or ISO rating) of 20,000, making them ideal for recording very faint objects.

Some CCD cameras can act as autoguiders to take the tedium out of guiding long exposure 35mm photos. Some CCD cameras have their own autoguider built in for recording images automatically and untended; others come with separate guiders or have them available as an option.

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7" Camera coupling set, needs Questar T-ring

$285.00

This Questar 7" camera coupling set consists of a swivel coupling and three adapter tubes that stack together for prime focus, eyepiece projection, and Barlow photography with 7" Questar telescopes only . . .
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Afocal 49mm digital camera adapter for Radian eyepieces and some others

$55.00

This TeleVue digital camera adapter allows you to attach a digital camera with 49mm filter threads on its lens to certain TeleVue eyepieces for "afocal" imaging through the eyepiece. Digital cameras with 49mm threads include, but are not limited to, the Minolta Dimage 7 and Dimage 7i. It may be possible to use other cameras with slightly different filter threads, such as the 52mm thread Sony Cyber . . .
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Tele Vue Adapter to use 48mm filters with TeleVue IS refractors

$36.00

This TeleVue adapter lets you use 48mm filters in the optical train when imaging with TeleVue IS refractors . . .
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Celestron 48MM T-ADAPTER FOR EDGEHD 9.25”, 11”, AND 14”

$72.95

The 48mm T-Adapter is the accessory of choice if you’d like to attach your full frame DSLR or astronomical camera to a Celestron EdgeHD optical tube.
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Afocal 28mm digital camera adapter for Radian eyepieces and some others

$55.00

This TeleVue two-part digital camera adapter allows you to attach a digital camera with 28mm filter threads on its lens to certain TeleVue eyepieces for "afocal" imaging through the eyepiece. Digital cameras with 28mm filter threads include, but are not limited to, the Nikon Coolpix 800, 900, 910, 950, 980, 995, and 4500.
The adapter is designed for use with the following TeleVue eyepieces: 40m . . .
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Tele Vue Standard T-ring camera adapter for NP-127is, NP-101is, and TV-102iis

$36.00

The TeleVue T-ring adapter lets you connect a 35mm or digital SLR camera to a TeleVue imaging system refractor using a standard camera T-ring . . .
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Astro-Tech 1.25" prime focus/variable eyepiece projection adapter, needs T-ring

$44.95

This three-part Astro-Tech camera adapter lets you do both prime focus and variable magnification eyepiece projection astrophotography with 1.25" focuser telescopes . . .
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Celestron RASA 8 Camera Adapter of Canon Mirrorless Cameras

$59.95

The perfect adapter to connect your Canon Mirrorless camera to your RASA 8
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Tele Vue 2" Camera adapter, needs T-ring

$60.00

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This TeleVue 2" prime focus adapter allows unvignetted prime focus photography with TeleVue refractors, as well as most reflectors and refractors equipped with a 2" focuser . . .
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Celestron Universal afocal digital camera adapter for 1.25" and 2" eyepieces

$49.95

This Celestron universal digital camera adapter allows you to do high magnification lunar and planetary astrophotography using a digital (point and shoot-type) camera . . .