Which two planetary cameras to have in addition to 1600MMC?

olav

Hi all,

I have not yet tried my new ASI1600MMC at other than some DSOs (impressed!), but I guess it will also be quite good at sun & moon. As for moon, TheSkyX says a 65% moon will fit nicely with my C11HD+reducer. But of course, the frame rate could be better, even when using ROI.

Looks like the the ASI178MM will be a perfect match for sun & moon other stuff I have, like a small f=300mm Ha solar scope, a f=350 Star71 APO, and with the C11 in Hyperstar setup. (or is f/2 simply too bright for this?)

But first of all I'd like to upgrade my DMK21AU618 planet cam. Since I already have filters I'm thinking of the ASI290MM, but I have not rejected ASI224MC as a strong contender.

I have the Baader Fluorite converter (2x to 8x), and these chips will both be great for the C11. (although I feel that the 290 chip has an annoyingly non-square aspect ratio!)

Will do more planet imaging than sun and moon together.

Will most likely get one (290, 178..) at the time. (which one will first get a successor ..?)

And probably just have one of them cooled, for planetary nebulae etc.

I would especially like to hear from those of you having had several ASI's:

What would you choose in my situation?

Thanks :)

olav

Okay, the 178 is apparently not back in stock for some time.

Guess the 290 plus ADC will be a great start, going after planets before they go away for quite some time.

Sam@ZWO

you can try 1600 at first

then consider 290 mono or 224 color if 1600 cannot meet your need ;)

olav

Thanks Sam,

Since I really needed the ADC up here, it so happened that the ASI290MM "fell" into the shopping basket..

This is part because I want (of course) to have different setups complete if possible, not disassemble/assemble all the time, and keep things aligned and dust out.

Really look forward to try this!

Sam@ZWO

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