So I picked up one of the Beaver Labs DS1 Astro cameras. They normally sell them with a 900mm refractor as a "Smart Telescope". It is not really, as it has no navigational or tracking abilities.

What it does have is a pretty decent sensor, and a live screen.

This does not put it in the same class as even a mid-range ZWO sensor, but it does have high levels of convenience.

As a test, I popped it onto my little 70mm Skywatcher Traveller, and targeted Jupiter.

To my surprise, even a single frame had enough detail to be able to see the bands in the clouds, once I cranked the exposure down enough.

I also took some video, so I'll try running that through Siril and see how it comes out.

This is still not a good planetary combination, but I'll get my ETX90 up and running again, and that should give me a decent image. For now, here is a dancing bear shot.

DS1, Skywatcher Traveller refractor scope, post in Google photos. 1/124s ISO 1600.

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