Is there a video camera that can be used with a telescope to display a...

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Edward A. Kendall

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...real-time, high-quality image? I have vision problems that make it hard for me to look through an eyepiece, but I can see images on a video monitor clearly. Eventually, I'd like to end up with something that uses eyepiece projection and is wireless, but to start I'd just like to identify possible video cameras. It would be best if the camera was at least as sensitive as the human eye. I plan to use it on my Meade ETX-90.
 
One thing that would help is a larger aperture, this helps get more photons to the eye. However, the larger the scope, the more it costs.

An alternative to what you want to do is a camera does video ingratiation. Still expensive ($900 to $1300), but it'll take a stack of video frames (at 1/30th of a second) and sum them together into one image. Which is near real time (delayed by a few seconds).
http://www.optcorp.com/product.aspx?pid=319-325-9051
http://www.optcorp.com/product.aspx?pid=319-325-9300

Here's an example of what you can see -
http://www.epcinternet.com/astron/StellaCam/Images.html

If you're interested in just planetary, lunar or solar images, then get an planetary imaging camera.
http://www.celestron.com/c3/product.php?ProdID=354

You'll need a laptop or netbook to capture and store the images, but this allows you to capture a series of frames, pick out the best, stack them into something that looks nice.
http://www.astronomie.be/registax/
http://www.astro.shoregalaxy.com/webcam_astro.htm

Also, for more help with the ETX-90, check these folks out -
http://www.weasner.com/etx/menu.html
 
There are a variety of solutions at different price points:
http://www.telescope.com/Astrophotography/Astrophotography-Cameras/pc/4/58.uts

This is probably the nicest and closest to what you're asking for:
http://www.telescope.com/Astrophotography/Astrophotography-Cameras/Orion-StarShoot-Deep-Space-Video-Camera/pc/-1/c/4/sc/58/p/99645.uts
 
There are a variety of solutions at different price points:
http://www.telescope.com/Astrophotography/Astrophotography-Cameras/pc/4/58.uts

This is probably the nicest and closest to what you're asking for:
http://www.telescope.com/Astrophotography/Astrophotography-Cameras/Orion-StarShoot-Deep-Space-Video-Camera/pc/-1/c/4/sc/58/p/99645.uts
 
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