Save £15 - A complete colour CCD USB camera package that fits any telescope with a 1.25" focuser, includes a simple USB connection to your laptop or PC. Whether you currently own a telescope or are contemplating a purchase, Celestron's new NexImage solar system imaging kit is a must have accessory! Simple USB connection and ease of use makes the NexImage the perfect choice for anyone interested in capturing views of the solar system on their PC or laptop.
NexImage is a complete colour CCD solar system imager capable of producing high-quality planetary images with greater light sensitivity and colour fidelity than comparable CMOS imagers.
Combined with the NexImage software package, NexImage can bring out tremendous detail and reveal a final image rivaling those taken with astronomical CCD cameras costing far more.
High Performance Features:
View and capture live video on your computer screen.
Automatically filter out frames affected by poor seeing conditions, leaving only the sharpest, clearest frames for stacking and aligning into a single, high quality image.
Easy to follow, quick start instructions and tutorial with a sample video. Camera control software for adjusting gain, contrast, exposure time, frame rate and colour saturation via a PC.
NexImage uses a .25", colour CCD chip that gives the same approximate magnification as a 5mm 50-degree-field eyepiece. Its 1.25" adapter barrel ensures compatibility virtually any telescope, and it's threaded to accept standard eyepiece filters.
Camera Control Software:
Full camera control allows adjustment of gain, contrast, exposure time, frame rate and colour saturation.
Preview mode shows live feed of your image, making focusing easy.
Video recording to capture streaming video of the solar system objects.
Image Processing Software:
Frame Lists that automatically viewing of individual frames from video stream.
Quality cutoff filter that screens out low quality images.
Wavelet filter that separates an image into a series of unsharp mask layers that can be individually controlled to bring out hidden detail. Image processing controls for contrast, brightness, gamma curve, RGB histogram and much more.
Includes:
Camera with 1.25" adapter and 7 foot USB cable.
CD-ROM including image capture software to capture streaming video of image.
Image processing software to align and stack individual frame into one high quality image.
Quick Setup and Tutorial complete with sample images
Specifications:
Chip: .25" format, HAD, colour CCD chip
Resolution: VGA 640x480
Size: 3.6mm x 2.7 (4.5mm diagonal)
Pixel Size: 5.6 micron square
Sensitivity: <1 lux
USB Cable: 7 feet
System Requirements:
PC running Windows 98SE or better (Vista driver available for 32bit but not 64bit versions Click here)
Windows 7 Fix available Click here
333Mhz Pentium II or better
128 MB of RAM
40 MB of hard drive space
Screen resolution of 1024x768 or higher
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