The Celestron Nightscape 8300 CCD Camera is the latest addition to this ground-breaking line of astrophotography cameras. Peer deeper than ever into the cosmos and record your findings in spectactular photographs, with the Celestron 8300 Nightscape CCD Digital Camera, a one-shot color Charge-Coupled Device camera featuring the highly acclaimed Kodak KAF-8300 sensor. The Celestron Nightscape 8300 Camera mounts to your telescope and provides 8.3 megapixels of resolution on this ultra-sensitive Kodak CCD - enough to capture the faint light of star clusters, the subtle colors of nebulae, and far more. The digital camera is easy to operate, and image processing is made easy, fast and effective, thanks to the included Celestron AstroFX software. Additionally, the Celestron Nightscape 8300 is the most affordable feature-rich KAF-8300 CCD astrophotography camera on the market!

The Celestron Nightscape 8300 CCD Astro Camera gives you top performance across a range of areas, including:

• Sensitivity - the ultra-sensitive KAF-8300 CCD easily detects subtle deep sky details. Capture the faint wisps of a colorful emission nebula, or image fine detail of a spiral galaxy millions of light years away. You'll be amazed how much faint detail you can detect in your time lapse astroimages.
• Temperature control - The regulated thermoelectric cooling system with adjustable speed fan not only reduce the inherent CCD noise, but the temperature is also precisely regulated to your setting of choice, allowing you to take accurate calibration images. The camera electronics have been carefully engineered to minimize the read noise (only 8e- RMS) and provide the cleanest image data possible.
• Form Factor - The compact four inch diameter design provides minimal obstruction needed for Fastar f/2 imaging. The round symmetrical aluminum cast body resembles the obstruction of the secondary mirror of a Cassegrain telescope ensuring a round star with minimal light diffraction. Additionally the spacing to sensor is the same distance as most DSLR cameras allowing compatibility with most standard DSLR t-adapters.
• Full Control - Celestron's intuitive AstroFX software takes you step-by-step from taking images to processing the final result. AstroFX gives you full control of your camera from temperature regulation, exposure control as well as computer assisted focusing for easy image acquisition. AstroFX knows just what to do with your images and calibration frames to create a final master image that's been stacked, stretched, sharpened, saturated and ready to share with your friends in a snap.

The Celestron Night Scape 8300 CCD Digital Camera has the following system requirements:

• Processor - Pentium or equivalent, or higher
• Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (or higher), 32-bit or 64-bit
• 1GB RAM
• Disk Space - 500MB
• Video Display minimum 1024x768, 16-bit color or higher

Included with the Celestron Nightscape CCD is the innovative AstroFX software. AstroFx takes you step-by-step from snapping an image to processing the final result.

Specifications for Celestron Astrophotography Nightscape CCD Astro Camera:

Features of Celestron 8300 Nightscape CCD Camera:

• Uses the famous KAF-8300 CCD that imagers have grown to love, due to the high resolution, low noise, great sensitivity and affordable cost.
• A large 22.5mm diagonal CCD chip offers 8.3 megapixels of resolution. That means capturing a larger swatch of the sky with greater detail than similarly priced CCD cameras.
• Nightscape 8300 is the most affordable feature-rich KAF-8300 camera readily available, retaining all of the advanced features found in more expensive cameras to obtain stunning astrophotos.
• Regulated thermoelectric cooling and adjustable fan dramatically reduces thermal noise, producing superior images.
• AstroFX software - takes you step-by-step from taking images to processing the final result.
• The TEC and 16-bit A/D conversion provide lower noise and greater bit-depth than DSLR cameras, making the Nightscape 8300 an ideal upgrade for DSLR imagers who want to advance to CCD imaging and capture greater detail in every shot.
• Internal mechanical shutter makes dark frame acquisition easy - no need to cap the telescope.
• Internal 32MB SDRAM full frame memory buffer, ensures accurate and reliable image downloads
• Specially designed IR-cut optical window with anti-reflection multi-coatings provides 94% (or greater) transmission of Hydrogen Alpha wavelength and maximum overall light transmission.
• Celestron's design combines form and function: Elegant industrial design, innovative heat-sink and air-flow system for efficient cooling, and cylindrical body is Fastar-friendly.
• Removable 2" nosepiece is threaded for 2" filters.
• ASCOM drivers are included for use with many other popular imaging software programs.

Package Contents:

• Celestron 8300 Nightscape CCD Digital Camera
• Celestron AstroFX software