Re: [APML] CookBook TC245 or Pictor 216

["Tom & Lou Krajci" <krajcit@3lefties.com>]

From: "Blais Klucznik" <marbla@naisp.net>

>             I am starting to gain an interest in CCD Astrophotography and
am
> wondering if anyone has any feel about the Barry "CookBook 245" Imager
> versus the Meade 216XT imager?
>
>             I have been studying the CookBook circuitry and have read the
> Meade literature on their 216XT and have a gut feeling that the 245 would
> result in better images than the 216XT.....

Check out what I've done with my CB245 from my patio at:
http://members.3lefties.com/krajcit/  (OK, there's technical stuff there on
how to optimize the camera, and examples of the science work I do, but some
occasional pretty pictures with a small chip CCD.)

I don't have any experience with the 216XT, and don't have any links or
bookmarks to sites with lots of 216XT images.  (Does anyone have any
bookmarks to sites of good 216XT images for comparison?)

Hope this helps,
Tom Krajci


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