Amateur astronomers take note: Imaging Source today announced the release of a series of "highly affordable, low noise telescope cameras to capture high quality images of the night sky."

The Imaging Source cameras each weigh around 9 ounces, measure 2.0 by 2.2 inches, and come in a blue/black aluminum-and-zinc casing. The cameras can be mounted on a tripod and feature a USB 2.0 or FireWire connection. They have either monochrome or color displays in three resolutions: 640 by 480, 1024 by 768, and 1280 by 96, and use Sony low-noise CCD chips with frame rates of up to 60 fps.

The camera ship with IC Capture.AS software which lets users save singular and sequenced images.