From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@me.com>

Date: November 17, 2009 10:34:40 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] PGR Scorpion

Actually the 3 short movies (with music!) in My Great Movie 10 were taken with a colour Flea 2. The Camera for sale on eBay is a mono Flea..but you get the picture..the pixel size is the same for these cameras (7.4 microns square as compared to 5.6 microns for the 640 x 480 pixel TIS cameras)..The 1600 pixel Scorpion has a micron size of 4.4 pixels, incidentally. I`m off to bed again now, anon...

Mark.

On 18/11/2009, at 2:31 AM, Ray Byrne wrote:

Cheers Alan,

I'll take a look on eBay (not that I've really got the spare funds but if it's a bargain!). Your Orange fuzzball image is almost 3D! great image. In the UK we've had awful weather for months just no clear skies hardly at all and if there are it's blowing a gale, we had 70mph winds on the weekend just gone.

On 17 Nov 2009, at 14:23, Alan Friedman wrote:

Hi Ray,

This is an older model PGR camera that has been discontinued and is appearing for sale in new condition on ebay much reduced from it's original price. There are a number of chipsets to choose from... all have some features that are not found on the TIS cameras - 12 bit a/d conversion and region of interest (ROI) among them. I am finding the additional bit depth to be helpful for solar imaging... have yet to use the camera on the moon or planets. Here is my latest image assembled last night from solar data captured over the weekend:

http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/orange_fuzzball.html

I haven't looked to see if the camera is still available on ebay. The seller I purchased mine from is an amateur astronomer and the camera was delivered new in original PGR packaging as advertised.

clear skies!

Alan

On Nov 17, 2009, at 5:26 AM, Ray Byrne wrote:

Hi Guys,

Anybody want to tell me all about this camera. I know there was a buzz
going around about it but it probably on a thread I wasn't reading.
Also interested in availability in UK/Europe.

TIA

Ray