Celestron – NexImage 5 Solar System Imager – Astronomy Camera for Moon, Sun, and Planets – 5 MP Color Camera for Astroimaging for Beginners – High Resolution – ON Semiconductor Technology

The NexImage 5MP is your ticket to the heavenly theater if you want to share with others the magnificent Solar System. Now, it seems, for the first time, novice and pro backyard astronomers can afford this package. The NexImage 5MP is 5 mega pixels strong, and comes with a disc to set up your laptop or computer with iCap imaging software and RegiStax 6 stacking software. Hook the NexImage 5MP directly to your eyepiece adapter on your telescope, attach the USB to your device, and automatically or manually start capturing celestial images. Stack them later with RegiStax 6 by choosing the best out of thousands of frames from the many featured FPS capturing capabilities of iCap 2.3. The software chooses for you, then have fun contouring the images to your liking. This was my first introduction to astrophotography after 36 years of astronomy and observing with multiple telescopes. The NexImage 5MP works with all of my refractors and reflectors. I belong to the AAVSO (American Association of Variable Star Observers) and have submitted several observations for data collection. This is a great deal and finally a chance for high quality images of the Solar System to be captured and recorded for a low price. (Pictures submitted are of the Moon and Saturn)

I received the cam and it doesn't works. But the issue is that is not easy use it.

Summary: Avoid until Celestron improves the software.While I read the few Amazon reviews, most didn’t have a lot of detail, so I went to the Celestron website. The description sounded pretty good, and assumptions were made that the product would meet the quality that we expect from Celestron products.That was clearly an incorrect assumption.This product is not ‘ready for primetime'. While the specs look pretty impressive, the software for the Mac is at best subpar, even though the product description specifically indicates "Now Mac OS X compatible!” While technically true, (at last the software didn’t ‘beam up’ while on the Mac) this third party, un-integrated software is clearly an inferior product, Was not designed for the NexImage 10 camera, and comes no where near what is expected from Celestron. As such, I believe the advertising / claims imply something that is not true.It may work better with a PC, but for a Mac, this was a very disappointing purchase.First, the software, which is 3rd party freeware, is not well integrated with the imager. While I have no problem with freeware software (and have written a fair amount), this application suffers common maladies of freeware: Poor documentation a generic interface not optimized for the NexImage 10 imager far from plug and play - requires significant ‘tweaking’ to optimize the image does not seem to be well tested setup requires significant technical acumen to optimize the picture the ‘preview’ picture ‘is there’ but is not centered, and most of it may not show up on the screen depending upon the screen and resolution chosen.While third party freeware was one way for Celestron to get ‘something’ out there for Mac users, it was a very disappointing choice that dimenishes the value of the Celstron brand. I’ve developed a lot of software products in the past for well know companies. This type of software is not difficult to develop and integrate to the level Celestron users would hope for.Overall, I’m very disappointed, and am returning the product.

I've only spent a single night out this item but I'm pleased with the initial results. I'm posting a few tips that should ease the pain for new users with Windows 10.Setup/Installation:1. Go to Celestron's website, click Support-->Manuals and Software-->Drivers and software2. Download/Install the updated USB camera driver ( I believe it's Driver Update for Imaging Source USB 2.0 Cameras)3. Download/Install the iCap 2.4 Camera Control Software4. Hook up your camera, start iCap, and, if everything is set up correctly, the software will recognize the device (if you didn't install the usb camera driver you won't see any devices).5. Google Registax software and download 6.1, install, and then follow-up with the 6.1.0.8 update ( DO NOT go to Celestron, their version is from 2004).Operation:1. Set up your telescope and center the object of interest using your viewfinder and a low-powered eyepiece.2. Bring the object into focus.3. Remove the eyepiece / diagonal and insert the camera (I used a 2x barlow in front of the camera).4. Bring up the iCap software.5. At this point you may see only a black screen. Here's what you need to do: a. First, make sure that your focus is correct (step 2). This is CRITICAL. b. Turn on binning to find and center the image in the window. c. Turn off binning. This will reset the image's size back to normal (larger) but also make the image much dimmer. b. Once you see an image on the screen, right-click the image and bring up the properties window. Go to the "exposure" tab, turn off the "auto" settings and play around with the exposure time and gain settings. There are other settings, but these two will get you started.6. After the exposure and gain are dialed in to produce the proper brightness, capture/save an AVI video comprised of at least a few hundred frames.After you've done all of this, you'll be able to use Registax to integrate your images to produce a reasonable image (limited by your scope and viewing conditions).The only complaint I have is that the USB connection should be redesigned. I could see the cable falling out (or snapping off), depending on the orientation of the telescope. Other than that, the camera appears to work very well.

Una cámara fenomenal y fácil de usar

Celestron = Apple of the telescopes.Unjustified prices for pieces of plastic. Telescopes are fine but the accessories OMG astronomical prices.

Celestron como siempre muy bien

Il venditore è stato molto gentile e mi ha inviato la camera al nuovo indirizzo che ho chiesto, senza aggiungere nessuna difficoltà. Ho un Nexstar5SE, un telescopio entry level che è però in grado di mantenere perfettamente al centro Venere utilizzando il puntamento a un solo oggetto (punto Venere - inizializzo il puntamento a un oggetto del sistema solare e scelgo Venere. Le uniche altre informazioni che chiede sono la città e ora e data). Fatto questo eseguo le foto con un Mac, e quindi ho scaricato oaCapture che funziona benissimo. Non ho ancora trovato un software per unire più immagini e quindi aumentare la definizione, ma per adesso sono contento di scegliere i migliori fotogrammi, di cui allego una copia. Un ottimo acquisto che mi permette di giocare serate intere con mia figlia.

Is a sleek camera for telescope, haven’t fully used (for deep space objects) as not set up scope for tracking, but super views of Moon and even quick shots of Jupiter &Saturn. Software for analysing multiple images could be better for Mac platform, which is disappointing. Would have hoped that Celestron could develop this, like they have with the SkyPortal apps.Given that the camera needs good software, only giving 4*...