I want to hear your suggestions for a pretty cheap and lightweight camera mainly for planetary, but to still be able to take decent dso pictures. My telescope is a sw dobson heritage 150mm and i want to make an upgrade from my phone cam
#Camera for untracked 6" dobson flextube
hexed vapor
whats your budget?
carmine moat
i would say maximum 200$
ik its not much
and a decent cam goes for 300$ minimum
but as i said i want a smaller one, not heavy, that is a big upgrade from my phone
livid dew
the 662 is the best you can get for the budget
https://player-one-astronomy.com/product/mars-c-ii-usb3-0-color-camera-imx662/
carmine moat
also if i buy the 662 will i need the uv/ir cut filter?
carmine moat
it's not a bad idea to get one
can i asm you something
i got another suggestion from a fellow astrophotographer
QHY5III715c
same price
smaller
idk now which one better
livid dew
it has super small pixels, Ig the intent behind that cam was for high res imaging but tbh I'd still get a 662
glad magnet
I would reccomend the 715, it can be later used for guiding, planetary imaging or deep sky imaging with a refractor, its performance beats the 662 by far
livid dew
I would have said the opposite, 662 to use later for guiding
tbh I haven't seen many use the 715, I'm mostly worried about the very small pixels both in terms of sensitivity and file sizes
livid dew
that's quite a lot for what's supposed to be a guide cam, I really meant the file size of planetary recordings
glad magnet
Oh, yea they will be big
I only livestacked my planets, i didnt do actual imaging...
The result was still great
livid dew
my file sizes where huge on the 462 and cropped, I can't imagine the 715 with like 2x the pixel count and higher fps
carmine moat
so from what i understood the 662 is a better choice
glad magnet
We will leave this up to you, both cameras are awesome. Both also have their cons and pros
livid dew
both will give you good images
livid dew
the fov is the same
livid dew
less sensitive, mathematically by being smaller they have a lower chance of getting hit by photons, this matters more for guiding and dso imaging as planets are very very bright
carmine moat
yeah pretty much the same
carmine moat
less sensitive, mathematically by being smaller they have a lower chance of gett...
oh, so mars c would tehnically be better for dso
as it is more sensitive
livid dew
the larger pixels would help
binning is an option on the 715 and it gives more or less the same resolution as the 662 and identically sized pixels
carmine moat
oh ok
astral frigate
If you want to try DSOs as well as planets, then maybe consider the 664 (eg Player One Neptune 664c), which has the same pixels as the 662 but more of them (it’s sort of half way between the 662 and the 585). I was considering getting one for my Heritage 150, it seems like a good fit for it.
Or maybe the slightly older version, 464. The older Neptune C-II has that sensor and is going for $200 from Player One,
carmine moat
ill check them out