HyperStar Imaging Kit - C8 HD

Save $225 when you buy a HyperStar lens and Atik 314E color CCD camera together!

The Atik 314E color CCD camera is a great low-price camera that is perfect for HyperStar imaging. For a limited time, we are bundling this camera together with HyperStar lenses for a great entry-level system for new astroimagers!

The small 4.65-micron pixels of the Atik 314E make it an ideal match to HyperStar imaging. The one-shot color sensor in the 314E makes color imaging of deep-sky objects incredibly easy: no need for red, green, and blue filters and a filter wheel.

The HyperStar lens can be easily installed and removed from a Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope in place of the secondary mirror at the front of the scope. This allows ultra-fast f/2 imaging, making the telescope 25 times faster than at f/10. Deep-sky images can be captured in just a couple minutes instead of hours! And the need for polar alignment and autoguiding is eliminated, making this by far the easiest imaging system for beginners.

Kit Includes:

• HyperStar for Celestron 8" Edge HD ($799 value)
  • HyperStar 3 lens
  • HyperStar camera adapter for Atik 3-Series
  • Counterweight for balancing optical tube
  • Secondary mirror holder
  • Carrying case
• Atik 314E Color CCD Camera ($970 value)
  • Camera body with 1.25" adapter
  • 10-foot USB cable
  • 6-foot DC power adapter
  • Atik Capture camera control software
  • Plugins for MaxIm DL, AstroArt, CCDSoft
• AC Power Adapter ($25 value)

Specifications

• Focal Length with HyperStar: 425mm
• Focal Ratio with HyperStar: f/2.1
• Camera Array: 1392 x 1040 pixels
• Camera Sensor Size: 6.5 x 4.8 mm
• Camera Pixel Size: 4.65 microns
• Field of View: 52.6 x 38.8 arcmin
• Angular Resolution: 2.25 arcsec/pixel