The user-friendly astrophotography revolution continues with the new Deep Sky Imager II one-shot color camera from Meade.

The Imager combines ease-of-use with a 1/2" larger chip, greater sensitivity, 74% higher resolution (752 x 582) and dramatically lower thermal noise.

Meade engineers have invented a remarkable new way to reduce noise without a cooler. This means you can take exposures for hours at a time. And the new thermal monitoring sensors (Sony EXview HAD CCD™ Sensors, ICX429AKL) automatically match your dark frames to ambient temperature so it’s nearly impossible to take an uncalibrated picture.

The included AutoStar Suite software has a new zoom feature for easier focusing and the squared pixels of the new larger chip make processing simpler and images more beautiful than ever.

For more details and specifications of the Deep Sky Imager II, visit http://www.meade.com/dsi_ii/index.html.