Hi guys
I stopped doing astronomy a while ago and still have all my gear and thought about combining it with my microscopy. I have a little toupcam which I like using but it never quite gives the resolution I wanted, neither did my Nikon D5500 dslr so the thought of using my 16bit cooled Atik ccd came to mind. It is a mono camera and so I need to take three shots of the same image using filters and fortunately my Atik filterwheel still performs well so had a try today using a slide of Betaine (I think it was).
Heres the setup in my somewhat messy study (I quite like it like that but not my other half;-))
First try with Red,Green and Blue filters
Room for experiment as I can cool the ccd down to -20degs to reduce noise.
Steve
First try adapting astro gear for microscopy!
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Re: First try adapting astro gear for microscopy!
With such a monochrome imager and blue LED illumination, one can maximize resolution from modest objectives.
Metaphot, Optiphot 1, 66; AO 10, 120, EPIStar, Cycloptic
Re: First try adapting astro gear for microscopy!
Yes thanks although I'm not too sure cooling the ccd would help with microscopy as these exposures were Red 0.01secs, Green 0.01 secs , Blue 0.008 secs and I cant see noise being a problem with these exposure times. Onwards and upwards as they say
Steve
Steve