I am really beginning to like the CCD camera. I was out last night (HUMBUG!!!!) shooting the moon with the 6" AP/Meade 7mm Orthoscopic/SBIG ST-7 CCD camera.

Over the course of about two hours, I captured about 30 images of the moon and 10 or so of Saturn. I have finally figured out a few things with the camera. I set the focus last time with the 4mm eyepiece and made a template to help in achieving focus again. Sure enough, focus was pretty good and only a few minor adjustments were needed to get things into focus. With the zoom capability of the CCD, a lower power was used with the telescope, helping to cut down on the effects of seeing on the image.

I got the exposure right and was able to take a number of images. Some were poor because of seeing but a number were between "ripples" as it were and are pretty sharp. Although I am not a master of image enhancement, I able to bring out additional detail on the computer after a few minutes. I think some of the resulting images are pretty good.

I have not done any deep sky work yet. I'm not sure my Losmandy's drive is up to it but we shall see. When I get the split mirror and color filter wheel...watch out! Now I'm tweaking the New Epson Stylus 700 photo printer to really make the images shine.