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Setup

last update: May 15th

The Meade DSI with FR 3.3

I'm new in CCD imaging and the purpose of this section is not to give a general tutorial for imaging with the DSI, but provide you with a description of how I use this CCD camera with my setup. For more information about the DSI see the section "related links" at the bottom of this page.
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The Meade Deep Sky Imager

The Meade Deep Sky Imager is a low cost CCD camera from Meade company.
This camera is a part of a package that's also included a software called Autostarsuite and some accessories, capable to produce black & white or color photos.>> learn more

Meade Deep Sky Imager with Focal Reducer 3.3 and T adaptater

The Focal Reducer 3.3

A focal reducer is an optic piece whose main function is to enlarge the field of view of a refractor or a reflector and reduce the imaging time as well.>> learn more

The T-Adapter

The T-Adapter is just a piece of metal to attache the different extension tube, 15mm, 30mm to the focal reducer and the telescope.

52 watts dew heater

I am living in the north of France, during clear night of astronomy session after two hours out the corrector plate of my Meade LX200 14" is cover by dew. At that time it was impossible doing imaging. The dew became rapidly a huge difficulty in so far as this problem occurred in different seasons with different levels of dew each time I went out.>> learn more

Meade super Plössl eyepieces

For sure, CCD imaging is the main part of my hobby. This is the reason why, spending time behind an eyepieces of a 355 mm Meade LX200 GPS is a wonderful journey through the universe for me. To appreciate the details of a galaxy, a nebula or an open cluster, several eyepieces that can offer different fields of view and magnifications are very useful.>> learn more