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Product Feature
- 5 Mega pixel color sensor with Micron DigitalClarity technology to dramatically reduce image noise levels Small pixels sizes provide sub arc-second planetary detail with most telescopes
- View and capture live video on your computer Software automatically filters out video frames most affected by poor atmospheric seeing leaving only the sharpest, clearest frames to be stacked and aligned into one high quality image
- Machined aluminum 1.25-Inch adapter barrel makes NexImage compatible with most any telescope Barrel accepts standard 1.25 eyepiece filters 1.25-Inch adapter barrel makes NexImage compatible with most any telescope
- Camera control software allows you to manually change the gain, contrast, exposure time, frame rate and color saturation using your PC. Camera body has integrated C-threads for direct threaded connection to telescope
- Integrated IR-cut optical window, Selectable region of interest sub-framing 2 x 2 and 4 x 4 binning capability, Progressive scan , Includes USB 2.0 cable
Product Description
Capture high resolution 5MP planetary, lunar and solar images. Combined with the included software package, NexImage 5 MP can bring out tremendous detail and produce images that will rival those taken with astronomical cameras costing hundreds more.
Product Detail
- Size: 2" L x 2" W x 1" H
- Color: Black
- Brand: Celestron
- Model: 93711
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 4.00" h x1.00" w x4.00" l,1.00 pounds
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49 of 49 people found the following review helpful.
It works if you have a nice mount
By WarmWeatherGuy
Astrophotography is not as easy as some people would like it to be. There are two basic classes of astro cameras. One for dim objects and one for bright objects. For dim objects you might need an exposure of 5 to 10 minutes. For bright objects you might need an exposure of 1/30 of a second.
This camera is for bright objects like the Sun (with proper Sun filter), Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and Venus. You won't be taking any pictures of galaxies, nebulae, or star clusters with this camera.
Planets are small with an angular size of maybe 20 arc seconds. Ideally you don't want to use any eyepiece. The image of Saturn (for example) as projected by most amateur telescopes will be very small so they build the camera with a detector with very tiny pixels all packed together. This way the image of Saturn will be spread across a few hundred pixels instead of just 5 pixels. Consequently the field of view will be very small and your telescope mount needs to be high quality. I have gotten a nice picture of Saturn using my NexStar 5SE but it is much easier with the CGEM mount. If you have a shaky tripod you're out of luck.
Focusing is extremely important. I use a Bahtinov mask. I point the telescope at a bright star and focus with the Bahtinov mask and then point the telescope at Saturn. Unless you have a really good mount with an accurate finder it will be very hard to find Saturn with the very small field of view you get with this camera. If you use an eyepiece to find Saturn and then switch to the camera you won't be able to get an accurate focus except by chance.
I have used the original NexImage and now the NexImage 5. The NexImage 5 allows me to get nice pictures of Saturn without having to use a Barlow lens. With the older NexImage I would need a 2X or 2.5X Barlow to get Saturn to be the size (in terms of number of pixels) as I get with the newer NexImage 5. Also, with the NexImage 5 I can presumably get 50 frames per second. I say presumably because I can't do it with the cheap laptop computer I am currently using but I can with my desktop computer. I now need to buy a new laptop. High frame rate is important to remove atmospheric disturbance with RegiStax, the stacking software you must learn to use to get really good pictures.
To see what is possible I suggest visiting the "Solar System Imaging & Processing" forum at Cloudy Nights (cloudynights.com). If you're a complete beginner I would recommend getting the original NexImage first. They are discontinued but used ones still show up on eBay. Or you can modify a web cam.
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
Celestron Neximage5
By William Hittle Jr.
I purchased this to take pictures of the planets, It will do that, although not as well as I expected. My canon dslr will produce better images at prime focus. The Neximage5 acts as a 5mm eyepiece when used so it is very touchy, and somewhat hard to get infocus. Make sure that you have your mount aligned well. I have had it for about 3 weeks now and I will be trying it more. It does work very well during the day time. At this point I am not giving up my canon.
The included iCap software needs a very fast computer to use all (maybe most) of the features and resolutions that are available. The Registax6 included with the software is freeware and it does work very well.
The Neximage5 firmware needs updated before it will meet the advertised specifications. The firmware is very hard to get from Celestron, it took 2 emails which were answered with a form reply. After what seemed like hours or hold I finally got to talk to a support person and he emailed me a link to the firmware update. Seems like it would save everyone time and money if they would just post a link on their web site under software for the Neximage5.
Bottom line I probably would not buy the Neximage5 again. I will keep it because of the low price and I may find a good use for it someday, like most of the other toys I have bought.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Celestron knocked it out of the park with the Neximage 5.
By David E. Street
I had not imaged the planets since 2005, and decided on this camera in order to try out some new technology. I was stunned at the capability. The 2 micron square pixels makes it possible to get high resolution at a much lower focal length. This camera give the same size image at only 2000mm that I get from my other planet camera, (with 5.5 micron pixels), at 5000mm. This means that I can shoot at less than half the focal length which is much more friendly to my seeing conditions. It is the pixel size that makes this possible. Color and resolution is spectacular, and the price can't be beat.
Fantastic camera, Celestron.
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