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"Hello Brenden, The CCD Camera is an ATIK. A British company but the cameras are made in Portual. They range in price from $500.00 to 5,000. Mine was about 1100.00. It mounts via a nosepiece (1.25") or adaptable to a SCT 2" nosepiece. There…"

"Hi Brendan, This was taken with a Stellarvue Nighthawk 80mm achromat and my Canon XSi in my backyard. Only at a very dark site will you be able to see the full galaxy and you need about a 80mm refractor to cover the entire galaxy. Your SCT produces…"

"Was this taken using your Meade 8" SCT? I tried to get a good video of Andromeda, but so far I've only found a light smudge. That was using a 12mm Plossl eyepiece in a Celestron C8 scope. Naturally it would be easier to resolve using long…"

"I've got a Celestron C8 on an equatorial mount. How does the Sony CCD you have fit onto your Meade? "

"Thanks Brendon. Clear skies are few and far between despite the relatively mild and dry winter we've had to date. Wouldn't it be nice if Orion was a circumpolar constellation, then we could image portions of it whenever we wanted to.…"

"Nice shot. Very encouraging to see someone imaging with a scope similar to mine. I was looking at Orion on the same night as you as well."