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June 18, 2008: The Imaging Source has announced it is now offering amateur astro-photographers a series of low noise astronomy cameras to capture high quality images of the night sky.
The astronomy cameras ship in anodized aluminium and zinc industrial housing, 50 mm x 56 mm and weigh 260 g. The included nose piece is mounted onto a C/CS mount on the front of the camera. On the rear, a USB or FireWire connector is available (model specific).
Monochrome and color models are available with and without an IR cut filter in three resolutions: 640x480, 1024x768 and 1280x960. The company claims that the astronomy cameras deploy low noise CCD chips from Sony, which have an exposure time of up to 60 minutes and a maximum frame rate of up to 60 fps.
The cameras ship with the camera control and acquisition software "IC Capture.AS", which allows image sequences and singular images to be written to disk. All camera parameters, such as exposure, sensitivity and frame rate, can be set.
The astronomy cameras are available worldwide and start at USD $350 (without shipping and sales tax). They can be purchased online and from an international network of dealers. To learn more about The Imaging Source astronomy cameras, download "IC Capture.AS" and see hundreds of sample images, go to:
http://www.AstronomyCameras.com
http://www.AstronomyCamerasBLOG.com
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