[Aavso-photometry] Uses for Old CCD Camera?

[Michael Heald]

Hello! I've upgrade by Meade Pictor 216 to an SBIG ST-402 with BVIC filters to use with my 8" LX200 classic. I am wondering in the Pictor might be useful for observations of some sort. Because of hot pixels and linearity issues, it is limited to about 25 second exposures.
    Would a 50mm to 135mm camera lens yield useful information when pared with the Pictor? I know that the images would be significantly undersampled. How would the accuracy and precision be compared to visual variable star estimates of bright stars? Best regards.
 
Michael A. Heald
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