Imaging Equipment
Imaging requires a complex system of hardware and software to run for hours without issue. The options increase every day and making choices is not easy.
In the previous chapter the essentials for mount, scope and viewing equipment were outlined with an emphasis on imaging rather than visual astronomy. This chapter looks at the specialist imaging items; cameras, filters, field flatteners, focal reducers, autoguiders, focus control, interfacing and software. This is where the fun starts.
There are numerous options available to the astrophotographer that cover a range of budgets and sophistication. Things can be exceedingly simple – a normal camera on a static tripod or mount – or they can quickly become more sophisticated, ...
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