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Our Spring Sales comes!

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Post published:04/19/2024
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Here comes our Spring Sales! From now until May 15th, 2024, you can enjoy discounts ranging from 10% to 20% on a wide range of DSO imaging cameras, planetary cameras,…

IOTD Collection

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Post published:05/24/2021
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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…

QHY600 Astronomy Camera: Sony IMX455 CMOS, Full Format, BSI, 3.76um Pixels, Native 16bit A/D, 60MP, 2GB DDR3, Mutiple Readout Modes

QHY600PH Series

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Post published:04/14/2021
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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 is the ideal choice for astro-imagers. The…

AAPOD Collection

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Post published:05/24/2021
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Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day (AAPOD2) is a website and social media presence. It was built, coordinated, and edited by Jason Matter and Charles Lillo. The goal of the…

Terry Hancock Astrophotography QHYCCD

Terry Hancock’s gallery

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Post published:04/23/2021
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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…

SDK DEMO and Sample Project

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Post published:04/23/2024
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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_V2.5_EN_Beta.pdf SDK Demo C# Demo It…

QHYCFW3 Filter Wheel Series are available in four sizes to accommodate filters from 1.25-inch to 50 millimeters square.

QHYCFW3

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Post published:04/28/2021
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QHYCFW3 Filter Wheel Series are available in four sizes to accommodate filters from 1.25-inch to 50 millimeters square.

Christopher Go’s gallery

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Post published:05/08/2021
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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…

Yannick Akar’s gallery

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Post published:04/25/2024
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M16 - The Eagle Nebula ( NASA APOD 2022 Oct 04) Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses: Celestron RASA 11" V2 Imaging Cameras: QHYCCD QHY268PH M Mounts: iOptron CEM60 Frames: Baader…

PoleMaster is an easy, convenient and fast way to achieve excellent polar alignment. It’s been recognized by astronomy enthusiasts.

PoleMaster

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Post published:04/28/2021
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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 one.

QHY Mini Guide Scope

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Post published:04/28/2021
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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…

Jarrett Trezzo Astrophotography

Jarrett Trezzo’s gallery

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Post published:04/30/2021
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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’s gallery

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Post published:05/24/2021
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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,…

Matt Harbison’s gallery

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Post published:05/25/2021
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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…

Terry Cheung’s gallery

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Post published:04/26/2021
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"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…

Measuring the absolute QE of the QHY268M

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Post published:05/24/2021
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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’ gallery

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Post published:04/29/2021
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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…

QHY600 Linearity Test

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Post published:05/24/2021
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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…

QHYOAG

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Post published:04/28/2021
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QHYOAG off-axis guider includes a precision 1.25-inch helical focuser that accepts our QHY5II and QHY5III cameras.

【User Interview】Aaron Dalton, an astrophotographer from Alaska

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Post published:05/17/2021
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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 Manges’ gallery

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Post published:04/30/2021
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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…

【User interview】The First Interview of QHY268M Users

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Post published:05/10/2021
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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,…

Jeremy Hunt’s gallery

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Post published:04/28/2021
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"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…

Space Exploration of Northolt Branch Obs

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Post published:05/14/2021
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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 Brecher’s gallery

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Post published:04/30/2022
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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…

Testing the QHY600M for Spectral Flatness by Alan Holmes, PhD

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Post published:05/12/2021
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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’s gallery

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Post published:04/27/2021
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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…

Bogdan Jazyna’s gallery

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Post published:04/26/2021
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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…

QHY367C Pro

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Post published:04/29/2021
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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…

QHY5III485C Planetary Camera has a larger sensor which is suitable for Planetary & Lunar imaging. IMX485 CMOS, Back-illuminQHY5III485C Planetary Camera has a larger sensor which is suitable for Planetary & Lunar imaging. IMX485 CMOS, Back-illuminated.ated.

QHY5III485C

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Post published:05/27/2021
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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.

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Adapter & BFL Solution

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Post published:04/27/2021
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Based on users' feedback, QHYCCD have improved Adapter & BFL Solution (Adapter Kits) to most users' needs.

Mariusz Szymaszek’s gallery

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Post published:04/28/2021
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"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’s gallery

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Post published:04/26/2021
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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’ gallery

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Post published:04/27/2021
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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 Scocha’s gallery

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Post published:04/27/2021
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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…

Tomasz Zwolinski’s gallery

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Post published:04/27/2021
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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’s gallery

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Post published:05/08/2021
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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’s gallery

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Post published:04/28/2021
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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

QHY5L-II-M

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QHY5L-II Planetary Guiding Camera fits in a standard 1.25-inch eyepiece holder. Ideal for use as low-weight autoguiders or planetary cameras.

Planetary Camera QHY5III290M

QHY5III290M

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QHY5III290M has the IMX290 STARVIS Exmor R back-illuminated CMOS sensor. Available in monochrome version. 1920x1080 full-HD resolution.

User Manual of Humidity Pressure Sensor Function

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Post published:04/26/2021
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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…

User Manual of Filter Wheel APIs

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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.…

Sky Lee’s gallery

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Post published:05/10/2021
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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:…

User Manual of ReadMode API

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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,…

CCD Camera of “A” Series

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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…

User Manual of Temperature Control API in QHYCCD SDK

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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…

The SkyX Software Plug-in of QHYCCD SDK

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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…

Dr.Qiu’s gallery

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Post published:05/21/2021
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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,…

Tripod Adapter (for cooling cams)

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QHY6060

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Post published:05/08/2021
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QHY6060 is a big format scientific CMOS camera with 37.7 Megapixel, 61mm square Gsense6060 sensor, 10um pixel size, 6K*6K resolution. 14bit/10um/BSI/FSI

Scientific Camera QHY411 QHY461, the 150 Megapixels, medium format, SONY IMX411/IMX461 CMOS sensor, back-illuminated,16bit ADC.

QHY411 QHY461

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QHY411 uses the 150 Megapixel SONY IMX411 sensor, QHY461 uses SONY IMX461 sensor,100mega pixels,16bit ADC/3.76um/BSI/CMOS.

QHY4040/QHY4040PRO I is a scientific CMOS camera with GSENSE4040 4K*4K sCMOS sensor. 36.9mm x 36.9mm square sensor in a 4k x 4k array.

QHY4040Pro I

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QHY4040PRO I is a scientific CMOS camera with GSENSE4040 4K*4K sCMOS sensor. 36.9mm x 36.9mm square sensor in a 4k x 4k array. Dual 12bit-16bit Combination/16.8 Megapixels/9um

QHY600PRO Series

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QHY600Pro Scientific Cooled Camera, Sony IMX455, Full Format, BSI, 3.76um Pixels, Native 16bit A/D, 60MP, 2GB DDR3 Memory, Mutiple Readout Modes, 2*10g, Support Customization.

QHY268M Pro I

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Post published:05/11/2021
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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.

SWIR Camera QHY990 QHY991 IMX990 IMX991

QHY990/QHY990Pro II/QHY991

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Post published:05/10/2021
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QHY990/991 SWIR Scientific Camera Series are the short-wave infrared cameras with Sony InGaAs IMX990/IMX991 sensor.

QHY1253P Polarized Camera

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Post published:05/07/2021
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QHY1253P Polarized Camera, IMX253 Global shutter CMOS sensor with the special Polarize version.

How to Use Debugview to Debug Programs Using QHYCCD.DLL

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Post published:04/26/2021
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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…

【User Interview】Nico Carver’s Astrophotography Story

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Post published:04/22/2021
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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!

QHY174GPS IMX174 Scientific Cooling Camera

QHY174GPS

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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 sCMOS sensor: 13.3mm x 13.3mm, 2K*2K resolution, 4mega pixels. Gsense2020/Dual 12bit/4Megapixels/6.5um

QHY2020

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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

QHY42 Pro

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Post published:05/10/2021
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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

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.

PCIE Grabber Card Kit

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Post published:05/19/2021
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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.

GPSBOX

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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,…

Liquid Cooling kit

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The Large Desiccant Tube includes desiccant container and hoses connected to the camera. If your camera will be left unmaintained for a long time, we recommend the solution of this large desiccant tube which can hold more silica gel and can maintain a dry state for a very long period without maintenance.

Large Desiccant Tube

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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…

12V Power Adapter (suitable for mult-regions)

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Level Convertor Board Kit (for Scientific Cameras)

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QHYCCD Level Convert Board Manual

DC 5V 5-meter/10-meter USB3.0 Active Extension Cable

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Discontinued Products

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Post published:05/26/2021
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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.

Use QHYCCD.DLL in C#

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Post published:04/26/2021
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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#…

Our Banner is Yours!! Welcome to the Top Page Show

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Post published:05/20/2021
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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…

NGC6164/NGC6165-The Dragon Egg (APOD 04/24/2024)

Astrophotographer Rowan Prangley (Australia)

Astrophotographer
Rowan Prangley (Australia)