Re: ccd video camera - suggestions?

CSTOM@stmarytx.edu
Wed, 17 May 1995 17:59:43 -0600 (CST)

Frank, I have one of the Burle model CCD654 cameras that Roger Tuthill used to swell. I took it in trade recently and didn't get any specs, etc. I have tried it out on a Televue 4" Genesis refractor from my severely light poluted back yard. It way far more sensitive than needed for the moon and picked up more stars than I could see with mu naked eye. I am going to eventually try it out with my 12" LX200 from a dark site but haven't had a chance to yet. As to price, the guy who swapped it to me said that he paid $ 689 for it a couple of years ago. Ralph Tuthill said to me that he no longer sells it because he no longer has any contact with his supplier. I really don't have any idea what he meant by that. The sensitivity is apparently some where in the range 0.02 LUX to 0.001 LUX. I can't tell you any more than that. Tom Mote