ZWO ASI174MM USB3.0 Mono Astro Camera

Description

The ZWO ASI174MM Monochrome Planetary Imaging Camera is ideal for solar, lunar, planetary, and some deep-sky imaging. Designed with modern features like a USB 3.0 port, an AR window, ST-4 guide port, and 0.25-inch tripod thread, make it an exceptional performing astrophotography camera. 

Use in conjunction with a filter wheel with L-RGB filters to get a colour rich image.

The new ASI174 astro camera comes with a large CMOS sensor with high resolution. The camera is a good alternative for all astrophotographers who attach importance on a large field.

Features

♦ planetary photography
♦ moon photography - due to the large sensor, beautiful overview images are possible
♦ solar photography (with appropriate filtering)
♦ deep-sky photography (the camera is uncooled, but the CMOS sensor offers a good noise response)
♦ autoguiding camera
♦ comes with AR protection window - full transmission also in IR. If infrared should be blocked, an IR-cut filter is necessary.

The latest ZWO camera offers a much larger 13.4mm diagonal sensor than that in the very popular ASI120 camera.
The camera delivers 128 frames per second at full resolution (1936x1216 pixels) using fast USB 3.0. It is therefore ideally suited for imaging the Moon and planets - and, with a suitable filter, for the Sun. This camera also allows exposures of up to fifteen minutes - allowing the imaging of extremely faint objects.
It comes with everything you need to operate the camera - a range of connection options (2-inch, 1.25-inch and T-thread adapters (M42x0.75)), a two metre USB cable, an ST4 guider cable and a CD-ROM with all the required drivers.

Resolution data

Support resolutions using USB 3.0

12bit ADC:

• 1936X1216 @128FPS
• 640x480 @309FPS
• 320x240 @577FPS
• 2X2Bin: 968x608 @128FPS 

10bit ADC:

• 1936X1216 @ 164FPS
• 640x480 @397FPS
• 320x240 @740FPS
• 2X2Bin: 968x608 @164FPS

(FPS = frames per second). Additional ROIs (Regions of Interest) can be freely selected.
The camera can also be operated using USB 2.0, but with significantly fewer images per second.

Specifications: