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Call it StarShoot: The Next Generation. Or just call it the best new affordable single-shot color CCD imaging camera on the market today. With its bigger CCD chip, improved engineering, and more efficient active cooling, the StarShoot Deep Space Color Imager II gives beginning and experienced astrophotographers alike a more powerful tool for capturing dramatic celestial images.

The StarShoot DSCI II enables anyone with a telescope and a computer to shoot dazzling color pictures of star clusters, nebulas, galaxies, and planets. Embedded in the newly designed machined-aluminum housing is an 8mm diagonal (Type 1/2) Sony CCD chip featuring a 752 x 582 pixel array and 8.6 x 8.3 micron pixels. The larger chip sees a wider chunk of sky and is more sensitive than its predecessor, needing less exposure time to produce gorgeous results. The camera’s thermoelectric cooling (TEC) system has been improved to further reduce electronic noise” in images. The TEC gives the StarShoot a big advantage over the competition’s cam, which is uncooled. With TEC, you get better, smoother images.

The included MaxIm DL Essentials Edition software provides real-time focusing assistance, easy image capture, and powerful image combining and processing tools. It now includes more image-processing features as well as batch processing and multiple-camera support. The StarShoot is powered through your computer’s high-speed USB 2.0 port via the included 10' USB 2.0 cable.

The camera itself is powered from the USB connection to the computer. The TEC system requires external 3VDC power. The included 3VDC power supply is a high-quality plastic enclosure with a 6’ long cable. It requires two D-cell batteries (not included), which will run the TEC for about 20 hours. The 3VDC power supply is far more convenient than the typical 12VDC power source required by other models it's lightweight and it's easy to carry a set of spares in your equipment case.

What are you waiting for? Imaging is the hottest trend in amateur astronomy. Get the StarShoot DSCI II and take your shot! One-year limited warranty.

Some computers have USB ports that are known to not meet the USB specification for the output voltage. These computers may not be able to run the SSDSI-2 without the use of an external powered hub. The vast majority of computers, however, do meet the proper USB specification, and should have no problems running the SSDSI-2 off of regular USB power.