Figure 4. Use software to assemble individual frames to create a higher resolution image. Image taken using Orion Apex 90mm Mak-Cass telescope and Orion 0.5x Focal reducer. 10 Individual images assembled In Adobe Photoshop.

Recommended Reading

(Books available through Orion, check the catalog or OrionTelescopes.com for more information).

Things to Do

Moon

Learn your way around our closest celestial neighbor.

Image the craters, mountains and valleys.

Image the different phases from New moon to Full Moon

Image the detail at the terminator

Create a moon mosaic (Figure 4)

Planets

Figure 5. Image taken using Orion Apex 90mm Mak-Cass telescope. 100 frames Processed using RegiStax.

Specifications

Sensor

OMM Vision Color CMOS sensor

Sensor size

1/3"

Number of pixels

NTSC 510 x 496 pixel layout, PAL 628 x 586 pixel layout;

 

0.3 megapixel resolution

Pixel size

9.2µm x 7.2µm

Video frame rate

NTSC 30 frames/second, PAL 25 frames/second

A/D conversion

8 bit

IR filter

Yes

Connection

Standard Composite RCA Video Out

Barrel

1.25" threaded for filters

Take a movie of the position of the great red spot of Jupiter during the Gas Giant’s <10 hour day.

Image Jupiter’s moons and their shadows as they transit across the Gas Giant

Follow in Galileo’s footsteps by Imaging the different phases of Venus

Solar

Using a full aperture Solar Filter to image sunspots (Figure 5)

Terrestrial

Image animals from a far distance so as not to disturb feeding and nesting spots

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52174, 52176 specifications

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