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Magzero MZ-5m Camera Review

An autoguiding camera on a budget



I gloriosi giorni della Sbig ST4 sono da tempo passati. Sono ora a caccia di una camera per autoguida. Ho avuto occasione di provare la ben nota (in Italia) Magzero MZ-5m, che sembra un clone della QHY5 Guider Cam. Comunque sia, la esaminiamo più da vicino per vedere se mantiene le promesse. Cliccare qui per la recensione in italiano!

The good ol' days of the Sbig ST4 are long gone. I've been hunting for a new autoguiding camera: I've come across the Magzero MZ-5m camera, which is quite popular in Italy and looks very much like a QHY5 Guider Cam clone. Anyway, we take a closer look at it to see if it can live up to its specs. Update 28/11/07: a review in english is available here.

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Two new images...

... or the meager loot from an unlucky night!

It's been quite a while since my last post, let alone an astronomy-related one. However, this does not mean I don't have anything to share! As a matter of fact, I do have a fair backlog of images to process and to post, but it'll take a while as I've been very busy lately. Here's a sample of my october 2007 deep-sky imaging session:



which is actually the best image... Click on the link below for the full story!

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