14 November, 2012. Combination of 2000, 0.05 second images.
ImagingSource DMK video CCD in monochrome mode. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain at prime focus.
In mid-2012, I was able to obtain an ImagingSource DMK colour video imager for planetary imaging. It is able to capture up to 60 colour images per second, and I have found it a great improvement over the standard CCD for planetary imaging. Generally it takes a little over 1 minute to obtain 2000 images! Having so many images means that only those taken during moments of steady seeing need be used, resulting in more detail being visible in the final images. Still, sometimes the seeing in west Texas is so bad that even this many images does not help!!! :-(
