QHY5III485C
A fast, uncooled colour camera for planets, the Moon and all-sky work, high frame rates on a large 1/1.2-inch sensor that doubles as an EAA and guiding camera.
A high-frame-rate planetary and lunar camera whose large sensor also suits all-sky, EAA and guiding, a versatile do-a-bit-of-everything imager.
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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.
What it's best at — and the trade-offs.
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What it shines on.
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How it scores, and why.
Fast, versatile and inexpensive. Uncooled and small-welled, so it is a planetary and live-view tool rather than a long-exposure deep-sky camera.
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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Lucky imaging on the planets is a numbers game: shoot thousands of frames, keep the sharpest. This camera's high frame rate and low read noise make it a strong, affordable planetary tool, and the large 1/1.2-inch sensor makes it useful for the Moon, EAA and all-sky too.