QHY5III715C
An affordable, high-resolution colour planetary camera, tiny sensitive pixels and a fast readout that also make it a capable guide and near-infrared camera.
A budget high-resolution planetary and lunar camera with strong near-infrared response, also usable for guiding.
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Same camera. Different telescope. A completely different photograph.
A camera has no field of view of its own, the telescope in front of it decides everything. Pick a target and watch the same 8.3-megapixel frame become three different images.
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What it shines on.
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How it scores, and why.
A lot of planetary resolution and NIR sensitivity for a low price. Uncooled with tiny pixels, so it rewards a long focal length and good seeing.
Polaris weighs how well the camera does the job it was designed for — image quality, sensitivity, versatility and value — never list price or brand.
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The IMX715 packs very fine 1.45-micron pixels, so on a long planetary scope it resolves a lot of detail for the money. Strong near-infrared sensitivity helps punch through unsteady seeing. Uncooled and shallow-welled, it is a lucky-imaging tool first.
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