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Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4 + 645RD QE0.72x
Camera: QHY600M SBFL
Mount: 10Micron GM1000 HPS
Filters: Baader Planetarium 3.5/4 nm Ultra-Narrowband Filterset + RGB Filters
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With the advantage of low readout noise and high-speed readout, CMOS technology has revolutionized astronomical imaging. A monochrome, back-illuminated, high-sensitivity astronomical imaging camera and still image video camera is the…
The “AstroBin Image of the Day ” (IOTD) is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar or otherwise amazing astrophotography. Its goal is to promote the output of the…
QHY6060 Pro is a scientific CMOS camera with 37.7 Megapixels, 61mm square (89mm diagonal) sensor, 10um pixel size, 14bit ADC and 6K*6K resolution. It has both back-illuminated version and front-illuminated…
QHY411 Pro has 150 megapixels, with 54*40mm sensor size, while QHY461 Pro has 100 megapixels and 44*33mm sensor size. The features of their sensors are similar, back-illuminated, native 16bit A/D, …
For many years, Terry Hancock imaged from his backyard, but upon retirement, he managed the Grand Mesa Observatory in Colorado, where he currently serves as Director. 【"The Golden State" Nebula…
QHY4040 PRO Series ultilize Gpixel GSENSE4040 CMOS sensor, with 9.0μm pixels in a 4K*4K array. Available in both t FSI and BSI version. The BSI version has a peak QE…
Christopher is an amateur astronomer who lives on the island of Cebu, Philippines now. In 2015, the International Astronomical Union officially designated Asteroid 2000 EL157 to 30100 Christophergo. This asteroid…
SDK Manual and Demo Program SDK API Manual SDK API introduction, including the use of common functions and some simple sample code. Download: https://www.qhyccd.com/file/repository/latestSoftAndDirver/Demo/QHYCCD%20SDK%20API%20MENU_V2.6_EN_Beta.pdf SDK Demo SDK C Wrapper…
IC1805 & HB3, The Heart Nebula And A Supernova Remnant Imaging Camera: QHY268M Imaging Telescope: Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph 11″ Mount: iOptron CEM120 Guiding: Skywatcher Evoguide 50ED, QHY5III174M Filters: Baader…
QHYCFW3 Filter Wheel Series are available in four sizes to accommodate filters from 1.25-inch to 50 millimeters square.
PoleMaster is an easy, convenient and fast way to achieve excellent polar alignment. It's been recognized by astronomy enthusiasts.
QHY Mini Guide Scope is a 30mm f/4.3 (130mm FL) telescope. When the pixels of a guide cam becomes small and QE become high, you may not need a big…
QHYOAG off-axis guider includes a precision 1.25-inch helical focuser that accepts our QHY5II and QHY5III cameras.
Jarrett Trezzo is an amateur astrophotographer based in Florida, USA. He captures the majority of his images from his Bortle 5 backyard with his primary setup, a Celestron RASA 11"…
Tran Ha is a great astrophotographer from Vietnam. He has shot many nice images like NGC 7293, the "naked" Andromeda, the Witch's Broom Nebula in bi-color (NGC 6960), M31, M42,…
A life long photographer- Matt Harbison has been photographing space and using QHY cameras for ten years. Having created a full color 200 panel mosaic with a QHY16200, he is…
"My name is Terry, an amateur astrophotographer, from Hong Kong. In 2015, I started my journey of astrophotography. I can still remember how happy I am when the first time…
Sony provides relative QE curves for the IMX571 sensor used in the QHY268M camera. However, by comparing its response with a CCD of known absolute QE, the ICX694 used in…
Graeme Coates has been interested in astronomy for almost 30 years and doing astrophotography on and off for about 25 years, having started and having to deal with the light…
After the launch of the QHY600 refrigerated CMOS with native 16-bit AD conversion, the QHY600 has received wide attention from astrophotography lovers. And the first batch of production products…
QHY367C PRO is the improved version of QHY367C. We redesigned the CMOS sensor structure and use the Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) to replace the previous PCB. This FPC is very…
QHYCCD: Hello Aaron! It is a great honor to invite you for this interview. First, please give us a brief introduction of yourself. Aaron: Thank you! Yeah, my name is Aaron…
Chuck: "I started Astrophotography in 2011. Shortly after starting my adventures, I bought a QHY9M from advice from a friend and fellow astrophotographer. I’ve been using QHY CCD and CMOS…
At the beginning of this post, I’ll share with you a first light of QHY268M: This picture of Rosette Nebula was imaged by Christoph Kaltseis, an excellent astrophotographer from Austria,…
"My name is Jeremy Hunt and I live in the north of England (UK) in a beautiful place called the Lake District. As the name of the area implies, there…
Northolt Branch Observatories are located in London, England, and have achieved many outstanding results in astronomical observations. At the same time, they are an important user of QHY astronomical cameras.…
Ron: "I am working to master the art of astrophotography, shooting galaxies, nebulae, star clusters and more. I’ve used just about every digital camera and telescope design. My images are…
Motivation: Spectrally Agile Flat Field Illuminator I have had an idea for many years to build and sell a spectrally agile flat field illuminator device. I thought about this since…
Toshiya Arai is a Japanese amateur astrophotographer, he has been working on astrophotography of nebulae and galaxies since 2009 and he has never lost interest. 【The Orion's belt】 Imaging telescope…
QHY5III485C Planetary Camera has a larger sensor which is suitable for Planetary & Lunar imaging. IMX485, back-illuminated, 8.4 megapixel color CMOS sensor with pixels at 2.9um.
Bogdan Jarzyna is a Polish astrophotographer, who lives in the city of Cracow in Poland. Over the last 15 years, Bogdan has gained a lot of experience in astrophotography by…
Based on users' feedback, QHYCCD have improved Adapter & BFL Solution (Adapter Kits) to most users' needs.
"My name is Mariusz Szymaszek. I have been involved in photography for 30 years and astrophotography for 7 years. I always try to show the beauty of nature and the…
Francesco Battistella: "I am an Italian astrophotographer based in Venice, Italy. I started my journey of astrophotography in 2016 and, about one year later, I was advised to buy a…
Rafael R Morales: "This hobby fascinates me since I can remember, at age 11 I bought my first book in a library that no longer exists in the Francos street…
Lukasz Socha is an astronomy amateur, who lives in a small city in the southern part of Poland. He has been interested in astronomy ever since he could remember. Lukasz…
Hi, I have always had a keen interest in astronomy. I made my first steps in astronomy with incredible stories of stars and planets from a book I got for…
Wu Zhen has captured many nice images. The images of Horsehead Nebula, IC 2177/Sh2-292, M31, IC4685, Trifid Nebula, NGC2264 Christmas Tree Cluster below are photographed by him. He used QHY128C,…
Simon Todd has captured many wonderful works like 【Cocoon Nebula】, 【Cone Nebula - HaRGB - Processed - Signed】,【IC434 - 19x300S RGB - Signed】,【Leo Triplet in LRGB】,【M97/NGC3587 - Owl Nebula in…
QHY5L-II Planetary Guiding Camera fits in a standard 1.25-inch eyepiece holder. Ideal for use as low-weight autoguiders or planetary cameras.
QHY5III290M has the IMX290 STARVIS Exmor R back-illuminated CMOS sensor. Available in monochrome version. 1920x1080 full-HD resolution.
See the cloud document here http://note.youdao.com/groupshare/?token=82CF4F23F87E44E2BC35D6167A8F3A55&gid=7195236 Some QHYCCD Camera has humidity sensor , pressure sensor in the cmos/ccd chamber to return the current humidity value and pressure value. This document…
See the cloud document of this article at https://note.youdao.com/share/?token=48C579B49B5840609AB9B6D7D375B742&gid=7195236 In this document We suppose the filter position is from 1 to N. For example. the QHYCFW3S-7(1.25inch) filter has 7 posiiton.…
M1 Telescope： SkyWatcher200F5 Camera: QHY695A Mount: EQ6-R Pro Filters: Astrodon LRGB Frames: 47x600' M64 Telescope： SkyWatcher200F5 Camera: QHY695A Mount: EQ6-R Pro Filters: Astrodon LRGB Frames: 82x300' M85 Telescope： SkyWatcher200F5 Camera:…
See this article in cloud document here https://note.youdao.com/share/?token=9991AC90E811437290EB9AD0D2B15912&gid=7195236 In order to multipe readout mode , like the HDR mode, and the hardware Binning Mode. From the Version 2019.2.15 and later,…
QHY695A QHY90A QHY16200A QHY09000A, "A" Series CCD camera. "A" stands for "ALL-IN-ONE". The camera includes a built-in motor driven filter wheel and natively supports the QHYOAG while consuming a minimum…
See the cloud document of this article on https://note.youdao.com/share/?token=AD62E2033F534E7CB3607CEC405CB3B3&gid=7195236 There is two basic control mode for temperature control. One is the Auto Mode. Another is Manual Mode. Manual Mode Camera…
RPI3 Linux MacOS QHYCCD SDK TheSkyX Plug-in Installation 1、Decompression SDK package（tar zxvf package name）. 2、Enter the decompressed directory, install and execute the install.sh command（sudo sh ./install.sh）,uninstall and execute the uninstall.sh command（sudo sh ./uninstall.sh）. 3、Enter the…
Although Mostly Dr.Qiu is using the camera for testing propose. But sometimes there are nice astronomy images that come out. He has captured many works like NGC7000, NGC6995, NGC6946, Meteor,…
With a rear adjustment design, even after installing the filter wheel, it can be easily adjusted and is suitable for most astronomers using the combo of mono camera+ filter wheel.
QHY600 Pro Series use SONY IMX455 back-illuminated sensor, a full-frame (35mm format) sensor with 3.76μm pixels and native 16bit A/D. This sensor is available in monochrome and color versions. Specially…
QHY268M Pro I Scientific Camera is a new generation of back-illuminated CMOS camera SONY IMX571, true 16-bit A/D and 3.76um pixels. BSI, 3.76um Pixels, 26MP, Mutiple Readout Modes, 2*10G Fiber.
QHY990/QHY991/QHY992 cameras, with the Sony InGaAs IMX990/IMX991/IMX992 sensor, are scientific short-wave infrared (SWIR) cameras with Sony InGaAs sensors. They have a QE of up to 77% at 1200 nm and…
QHY1253P Polarized Camera, IMX253 Global shutter CMOS sensor with the special Polarize version.
QHY174GPS Scientific Cooled Camera , 1/1.2-inch SONY IMX174 CMOS sensor with global shutter. 5.86um pixels,high QE of 78%, and low read noise of 3-5e-. The QHY174GPS has a unique built-in…
QHY2020 Scientific Cooled Camera, GSENSE2020 back illuminated CMOS sensor: 13.3mm x 13.3mm, 2K*2K resolution, 4mega pixels. Gsense2020/Dual 12bit/4Megapixels/6.5um
The QHY42 uses the Gsense400 Scientific CMOS sensor. With extraordinary 95% peak QE, 79% UV QE and very good NIR response. Dual/12bit/4Megapixels/11um
In WINDOWS application development, QHYCCD provides a real-time output through DEBUGVIEW software in order to facilitate developers to call QHYCCD SDK to write their own programs, verify the parameters of…
The subject of this interview is an astrophotography master from the United States and a user of the QHY268M camera. He used this new high-sensitivity CMOS camera to take good images. Let's listen to his story!
QHY Fiber Graber Card is a PCIE2.0 x 8 image data graber card. It supports 2*10Gbps high-speed optical communication between the camera and the computer.
The QHY-GPSBOX is a compact camera accessory that provides high-precision GPS hardware time scales allowing some QHYCCD cameras to obtain accurate time information of the camera's exposure time. In addition,…
The Large Desiccant Tube includes a desiccant container and hoses connected to the camera. If your camera will be left unmaintained for a long time, we recommend the solution of…
Below lists our discontinued products. Now our website only list the models available. However, here we still keep the necessary information of recently discontinued for your convenience.
C# wrapper Under C#, you need to call the QHYCCD API from qhyccd.dll by dynamic api calling, by using the DllImport. The following wrapper code is taken from our C#…
One of the most interesting stuffs of our website is--the home page banner will be left for our user's photos! The top banner is planned to be changed every two…
