CCD Imaging

See also Webcam Astronomy and How I process my webcam images.

Starlight Xpress SXV-H9 CCD Camera Images

The SXV-H9 is a monochromatic mega-pixel cooled CCD camera. Colour images are obtained by using a True Technology colour filter wheel with Astronomik RGB and H-Alpha filters.

When used at the F/10 cassegrain focus of my Celestron Ultima 9.25 the resulting field of view is quite small, so a Celestron F/6.3 focal reducer can also be used to allow imaging of large objects. A 60mm refractor acts as a guidescope supplemented by a Skywatcher 80ED. A long exposure modified Philips Toucam Pro webcam is used as an auto-guider. A new camera platform has been constructed by my father using a second-hand set of Meade LX200 forks. This holds a saddle platform onto which can be mounted the Skywatcher ED80, a William Optics ZS80 APO and a William Optics ZS66 as a guidescope.

Celestron Ultima 9.25 , MX5C, and guidescope. Celestron Ultima 9.25 ,SXV-H9, Skywatcher 80ED guidescope. Celestron Ultima 9.25 ,SXV-H9, True Tech Filter Wheel. Telescope Platform ,SXV-H9, True Tech Filter Wheel. Telescope Platform ,SXV-H9, True Tech Filter Wheel.

  My very first attempts at astronomical CCD imaging can be found in the pages below.

Nebulae

Galaxies

Globulars

Comets

Sun

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