ZWO ASI178MC Color CMOS Astronomy Imaging Camera

Description

The ZWO ASI178MC is geared toward planetary photography, but is capable of so much more.

The ZWO ASI178MC is a fantastic entry level ZWO camera you want for planetary imaging. Now you can do planetary and deep space imaging with it as well, so don’t be fooled by the main objective when ZWO designed the camera.TheASI178MC CMOS Color Imaging Camera is based on the SonyIMX178 with SONY STARVIS and Exmor R Technology.

The 6.4 megapixel CMOS sensor is capable of recording 60 frames per second in full resolution.

Back-illuminated CMOS Image Sensor with14bit ADC

ASI178MC has a 1/1.8 and6.4Mpixels sensor IMX178 withSONY STARVISandExmor RTechnology.
Extremely low read noise(2.2e -1.4e) , high sensitivity and14bit ADCmake it very suitable for astronomy and microscopy photograph

The ZWO ASI78MM conectivity.

USB 3.0 Port:Provides 5Gb bandwidth to make it possible for ASI294MC to run at 16fps (14bit, normal mode) or 19fps (12bit, high speed mode) at full resolution (11.7Mega).
ST4 Port:Can be used to connect to the auto-guiding port of your mount and become a great guider.

ZWO has all their information available for download on their website in a perfectly laid out section. Check it out here for software and drivers and here for manuals and guides.

One of the coolest gadgets, and a neccessity according to a majority of ZWO users, is the ASIair Pro. It is an all-in-one wireless camera solution. The ASIair pro gives you control of focus, image taking, plate solving, and computerized mount control with the included SkySafari bridge all controlled by your smartdevice or tablet. It really is pretty awesome.

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