Using a virtual-phase, thermoelectrically cooled CCD, a relatively inexpensive but very sensitive slow-scan camera has been built. The primary purpose is for field acquisition and guiding with the ...

At the heart of the device is a unique camera built by French engineers using British light detectors constructed by e2vtechnologies. The light detectors - CCD (charged coupled devices) - have to be ...

Celestron’s Nightscape CCD Camera offers oneshot color imaging using a 10.7-megapixel CCD. The camera uses thermoelectric cooling and has an adjustable fan.

ABSTRACT We describe a system for rapidly measuring the brightness of the night sky using a mosaic of CCD images obtained with a low‐cost automated system. The portable system produces millions of ...

The world's largest astronomical camera has been installed on Palomar Observatory's 48-inch Oschin Telescope in California. This telescope has been working to improve our understanding of the ...

Although one can begin to explore amateur astrophotography with a smartphone camera or a webcam, today's tool of choice for this pastime is a special-purpose, cooled CCD camera. The case in point ...

New high-res CCD cameras from SBIG offer sensitivity and flexibility for astrophotography and spectography.

A CCD -- a larger and more sensitive version of the imaging technology found in everyday digital cameras -- will enable the astronomers to determine the ages of these stars and unravel the secrets ...

These new low-noise cameras are mounted on the viewfinder of a regular telescope rig (see pics below), and can take pictures with extremely long exposure times (up to 60 minutes) or movies with ...

CCD imagers have advantages over visual observers. Even under light-polluted skies, a small telescope with virtually any digital-imaging device will reveal details not attainable visually.

The images were taken using a telescope painstakingly pieced together by Georgiy Suturin, who has dedicated his life to developing and trialling different kit to perfect his set-up.