Product Review
Celestron NexImage is a complete solar system imager that is compatible with most any telescope and gives users all the light sensitivity and color fidelity that only a true CCD chip can provide. The NexImage CCD is sensitive enough that you can take "snapshots" of the Moon or Sunspots (always use a safe Solar filter, of course!) even without a motor-driven telescope. The real power of the NexImage package, however, comes from its included Registax software which automatically aligns and stacks hundreds of individual AVI video frames into one sharp, highly detailed picture.
Amateur astronomers have been taking great pictures of the moon and planets by using modified Webcams. The favored Webcams for astro-imaging have been the hard-to-find Philips ToUCam and Vesta models because of their high-performance CCD chips. Now Celestron's Neximage puts the same CCD technology in a package that's ready to use with any telescope that accepts 1.25-inch eyepieces.
The NexImage includes an anodized metal nosepiece that fits in a 1.25-inch eyepiece holder. When you install the Windows based software, you can also update your Windows Media Player files. Then simply plugged the NexImage into the computers' USB port, and youre ready to start taking pictures!
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