SV105 Telescope Camera, 1.25" USB2.0 IMX307 CMOS Color Astrophotography Camera, Electronic Telescope Eyepiece for Telescope, Suitable for Astrophotography Beginners

I bought this camera because I had been using my DSLR for planetary and deep sky shots. The deep sky are nice, but the planetary exposures never got the detail I needed. And the DSLR I have doesn't allow you to adjust much of the video settings, so planets were often overexposed. One of the issues is the size of the sensor compared to the image falling on it. My camera is 12M pixels, which sounds like a lot compare to this 2M unit, but the sensor is so much bigger, it means the sensor pixels are larger. When you do prime focus photography (camera hooked up to your scope directly), even with a 2X barlow, the image is so small, coupled with the larger sensor pixels, it is difficult to get good resolution of planet details. Even using a projection setup (projecting from a telescope lens onto the cameras sensor - I used a 15mm lens) I still could not get good resolution. After looking at a bunch of information on astrophotography, I decided I wanted to try a dedicated camera. Which to choose? There is a ton of information out there and a lot depended on how much you were willing to pay. I decided to get the most reputable cheap unit I could find. Enter SVBONY 105. I got it on sale so it was even less than the normal $50. I thought I would see if I even enjoyed this before sinking significant money into it. The unit is aluminum and has a solid feel to it. The 1.25" barrel fit tightly into the telescope (almost a little too tight, it was sometimes awkward to switch between lens and camera but just a little sanding of the outer barrel and it will fit nicely). My original scope was an older Celestron 4". The first night I tried to use this was unbelievably frustrating as my scope didn't track well enough to be able to play with the settings in SharpCap to get a good picture. The advantage of a small sensor is its great resolution. The downside is that it is a very small spot to hit, and if you don't have a good tracking scope, you are constantly chasing the object. After a couple of attempts, I put this away and went back to the DSLR. Time passed and I got a newer Celestron 6SE. When aligned well, this scope stays LOCKED on your target. What a joy compared to the other scope. So, again, I started playing around with the DSLR and again, was disappointed with the results. I held off using this camera because I have to set up in my alley and it is just harder to drag out a computer and table and run power. Last night, however, I decided to do it. With the scope aligned I locked on to Jupiter and Saturn. After centering the planets in the eyepiece, I swapped in the camera and BAM, there were these beauties in all their glory. Detail was easy to make out, and with the scope locked on to them, I had the chance to take really good shots of the two. Jupiter was a little low so the seeing wasn't that good, but Saturn was high and beautiful. The attached picture is Saturn made with a 2X barlow and from a run of 1000 frames at 640x480 with SER output. I prepped the video in PIPP, stacked in AutoStakkert (using best 50%), sharpened them in RegiStax, and made some adjustments in GIMP (all software is free, thanks guys for allowing average Joes to get into astrophotography on the cheap). I was super happy with the results. I have never taken as good a picture of Saturn before. I plan to use this camera for a bit because I think it is going to help me decide what my next camera will be. I think I like the SVBONY 305, but we will see. Until then, I am going to enjoy how much better this $50 camera is capturing the heavens than my $600 DSLR. If you are new to astrophotography, want to get an introduction to a dedicated astro camera, are not bothered by setting up some extra equipment, and have a good tracking scope or someone to help, then this is such a small price to pay. Just know, if you enjoy it as much as me, you will probably quickly outgrow it and look for more capability (higher resolution, less noise, actively cooled sensor, etc). Hope this helps those of you on the fence.

I own a Celestron Starsense 130 and I been playing for some time, very nice telescope and easy to use but it gets anowing that everyone in the family have different Eyewear and we need to adjust the scope to every person eyes. I purchased the SVBONY camera and in 15 minutes I was streaming the scope view on my laptop to everyone enjoyment on the house. Thing to know: You need a dedicated program for connecting the camera to the laptop, i used the one from SVBONY ( very basic) but there are many outthere. The picture on the laptop is very good quality but you need to adjust the frames and exposure depend what you want to see. I find that using a lunar or light-pollution lents screwed on the camera help to have a clear and sharper picture. The programs on the computer saves the videos on .SAR files ( very new to me) and you need a .SAR files reader program on the computer to see the videos back. I'm very happy with this camera for this low price.

There’s a learning curve but it’s surprisingly easy to hook it up and start. Weather has held me back but I’m looking forward to some fun with this camera.

Tried everything to get it to work on my desktop, I7 Windows 10 Pro, but it would freeze at any attempt to record or take a snapshot. Finally got it to work on my laptop, same OS, same software. It just isn't happy with some hardware. For the price it is worth the hassle. Could be the third party app. but others have had same issues.

I was trying to get by with my smart phone, mirrorless camera, or other cameras I already had access to, but I could tell my results were far below what my telescope was capable of, and I simply couldn't get the magnification I was looking for. I'd love to get one of the $800 astro cameras, but they aren't in the budget right now. This was the perfect option to dip my toe in specialized equipment without breaking the bank. I've only imaged the moon and Saturn so far, but I've been very happy with the results, especially for the price! I could resolve features on the moon about a mile across, and the bands of Saturn along with its moons. I wouldn't recommend it for almost anything outside of the solar system, but it is possible to capture some Messier objects if you're talented and persistent enough. If you're just getting started, you should know that these images take a lot of post-processing to achieve. I use SharpCap to record SER files, Autostakkert to reject blurry frames and stack, and Affinity Photo to sharpen and enhance the stacked image. You'll still get decent views live and unprocessed, but don't expect this much detail straight out of the camera.

Para iniciar en la astronomía está súper bien, he tomado fotos geniales de la luna, Júpiter y Saturno, adjunto fotos, la compré en una super oferta y valió la pena para darme una idea de la astrofotografia y aprender a apilar y procesar imagenes.

Muy buen producto por el precio para planetaria. Adjunto primeras fotos de Júpiter y Saturno con un Skywatcher MAK90.

Il PC ha subito riconosciuto la periferica ed ha caricato i driver (Windows 10). L'ho provata sia su un PC portatile che su un fisso senza avere nessun tipo di problema. Da il meglio di se usando il software SharpCap che consiglio vivamente a tutti e se poi vi piace potretye comprare la versione PRO (che a differenza della versione base è a pagamento) per sfruttare anche la funzione di Live stacking. Il segnale non'è troppo rumoroso , pensavo peggio , e l'istogramma del colore si riesce a bilanciare bene. Consiglio di usare qualche filtro adatto al tipo di osservazione ... che in questo caso sarà prettamente planetario e Luna. Onestamente non si comporta nemmeno troppo male di giorno ma è un prodotto che è bene usare solo per osservazioni astronomiche. Per iniziare è ottima, pensando anche che svariati anni fa le camere planetarie costavano molto di più ed erano peggiori di questa. Sono soddisfatto dell'acquisto.

Very good camera for a70mm telescope

leider kann ich mit der Kamera nicht anfangen da es nur eine Englische Gebrauchsanleitung gibt das finde ich nicht gut gibt es sowas auf Deutsch volle 5 punkte.