sábado, julio 09, 2011

Atlantis Space Shuttle last mission

With this mission, the Space Shuttles say goodbye after 30 years and more than 130 space missions

The next Space Missions will use the Russia's Soyuz space capsules


Let's try my new Meade DSI II Pro Color CCD camera

My last acquisition is the DSI II Pro Color camera from MEADE. It seems to be a very good option for both guiding and capturing from other expensiver ones.

On a first view, there are three main differences between this model and the Atik 16IC-s.

First one, the MEADE is not cooled (a problem for guiding...? I don't think so).
Second, it doesn't have an ST4 (not a problem for me, right now, since I have a LX90).
Third, the CCD sensor of the MEADE is better than the Atik (Sony ICX429AKL vs Sony ICS415AL)