ZWO ASI585MC Pro
A cooled colour camera on the modern IMX585, very high sensitivity and low read noise in a compact, affordable body that shines for both deep-sky and live-view EAA.
A versatile cooled colour camera: sensitive enough for deep-sky nebulae and galaxies, and fast and responsive enough for live-view EAA.
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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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A very sensitive, low-noise modern sensor in an affordable, portable cooled body. Held back only by a smaller field and 12-bit depth versus the APS-C cameras.
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 IMX585 is one of the most sensitive modern colour sensors, with almost no amp glow and excellent near-infrared response. In a cooled body it makes a genuinely versatile camera, small enough to travel, sensitive enough for real deep-sky work, and quick enough for electronically assisted astronomy.
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