CCD imaging and 60 mm refractors

You saw the observing possibilities of a cheap refractor... And now, let's see a 60mm scope in a very expensive surrounding ! For example, with a robust, self-guiding mount and a CCD camera.

$60mm refractor, Takahashi mount and CCD SBIG ST6$

$CCD SBIG ST6 on 60mm refractor$

Here are two 60mm refractors on an equatorial platform (Takahashi), with a ST6 CCD camera, and a PC computer. This equipment (Aniane Observatory, France) was used during four missions, in order to take deep-sky images for a book.

CCD image gallery :

$M 33, 60mm refractor + CCD ST6$

M 33, The Triangulum Galaxy - North is down
60/700 R + ST6 CCD camera
5mn exposure, field 50' x40'

$NGC 7293, 60mm refractor + CCD ST6$

NGC 7293, Helix Nebula - North is down
60/700R + ST6 CCD camera
5mn exposure, field 50' x40 '

$M 8, 60mm refractor + CCD ST6$

M 8, Lagoon Nebula - North is down
60/700 R + ST6 CCD camera
5mn exposure, field 50' x40 '

$NGC 7789, 60mm refractor + CCD ST6$

NGC 7789, open cluster in Cassiopeia
North is down
60/700 R + ST6 CCD camera
5mn exposure, field 50' x40 '

Espace L60

Astronomy with a 60 mm refractor

60 mm refractor and CCD