ATIK 16HR first light.

Here's the first light image from my new ATIK16HR CCD camera.

It's the core of M31.

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6th August 2007, New Haven Observatory Balbriggan. Celestron 80ED, ATIK 16HR. 39 x 30secs processed in Images Plus v2.8 and Neat Image. Unguided

Whoa thats a big chip!!
Best of luck with the new gear Carl.

hey carl nice shot dust lanes are so defined ,great start.I've noticed the atic is turning into a popular camera,im thinking about investing in one as well, was it telescope service you dealt with and im guessing you'd recommend it

hey carl nice shot dust lanes are so defined ,great start.I've noticed the atic is turning into a popular camera,im thinking about investing in one as well, was it telescope service you dealt with and im guessing you'd recommend it

dogstar, I know Carl probably wont say too much as he works for Astronomy Ireland who are dealers for ATIK.

I have both the ATIK16HR (mono) and the ATIK16HRC (Colour) cameras. Having had the mono camera for a few years I can recommend it wholeheartedly. The price/performance ratio is tremendous. Of course you can get a better camera, but expect to pay over 3 times the price to get a camera which is definitely not 3 times better.

If you dont fancy shelling out €1800 lids or so for the HR cameras the ATIK16IC looks a similar spec, just a smaller chip and (I think) comes in around €500.

You can see the images I take with these cameras here;

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great shot carl and hope you have many a fine capture with your new camera.

And if this rain ever stops...........

Ian King Imaging is doing an offer at the minute for the ATIK16HR (mono) with a free manual filter wheel.

Carl, excellent image & you could probably get away with sharpening it more without it getting too grainy. Whats the dark band in the lower right? Vignetting?