QHY533 M/C CMOS camera

We at Baader Planetarium consider the QHY 533 M/C to be a very good and reasonably priced entry-level camera. It has everything a modern CMOS camera can do. For amateur astronomers interested in all areas of astronomical photography, the QHY 533 C/M can cover a wide range of your images. With its BSI Sony sensor, the camera is extremely sensitive and low-noise in the deep sky range. Thanks to the good cooling performance, long exposure times can be realized with it. The pixel size of 3.76 x 3.76 µm is optimally adapted for shorter focal lengths of 500 to 750 mm. Optimal for RASA and Hyperstar telescopes. Canon and Nikon telephoto lenses are also adaptable with a required backfocus of 55 mm. Due to the function of selecting only a small area of the sensor (ROI), also the solar, lunar and planetary photographers - besides the deep sky area - get their money's worth.

The monochrome version scores with a quantum efficiency of over 90% at 450 nanometers with the narrow band photographers, because here are the interesting wavelengths of O-III and H-Beta. A new filter wheel is available and also the monochrome version with filter wheel can be focused with telephoto lenses at the standard backfocus of 55 mm.

 

CMOS technology, which is characterized by low noise and high readout speeds, has revolutionized astronomical imaging technology in recent years. The QHY533M/C sets a new generation of back side illuminated sensors with a pixel size of 3.76 x 3.76 µm, which belong to the same family of sensor technology as the much more expensive QHY600 and QHY268 models. They feature non-existent amplifier glow, very low dark current and readout noise while maintaining extremely high sensitivity. The IMX 533 a 9 megapixel CMOS image sensor with 15.97 mm diagonal (11.3 mm square) and 3003 x 3003 pixels, which are read out with 14 bit data depth via the AD converter and is available in both monochrome and color versions.

More details about the QHY533 M/C can be found on our product page