ZWO ASI1600MM Pro - needed

ZWO ASI1600MM Pro - cooled monochrome CMOS Camera for many fields of astrophotography

ASI cameras stand for very good workmanship and have modern CMOS sensors installed. The cameras of the ASI1600 series are already almost a legend. The state-of-the-art Panasonic CMOS sensor convinces with very high sensitivity and very little noise at the same time.

Now ASI goes one better with the new ASI1600 PRO version. The main differences to the cooled version are:

♦ DDR memory buffer for more stable data transport auch unter USB2.0
♦ Improved thicker body
♦ Even less sensitive against dew and icing
 

Advantages and features of the ASI 1600MM Pro mono camera:

♦ USB 3.0 for a fast download - an also be used with USB 2.0
♦ DDR3 memory buffer to help improve data transfer reliability. Additionally, the use of a memory buffer minimizes amp-glow, which is caused by the slow transfer speeds when the camera is used with a USB 2.0 port.-- Powerful Peltier cooling up to 45 °C below Environment.
♦ Powerful Peltier cooling up to 45 °C below ambient
♦ Sensitive CMOS sensor with 22.2 mm diagonal - 16 megapixels
♦ High resolution through 3.8 µm pixels
♦ Comes with AR protection window - full transmission also in IR. If infrared should be blocked, an IR-cut filter is necessary.
♦ Distance from T2 connection thread (female) to camera sensor: 17.5 mm
♦ High sensitivity - QE more than 60% - ideal astronomy camera for dim objects
♦ 12bit ADC
 

Application ranges of the camera:

♦ Deep sky images (nebulae and galaxies): Due to the high sensitivity, nebulae and galaxies are captured after only a few seconds. By cooling down the camera up to 45 °C below ambient, the already low noise can be further reduced. By increasing gain (like the ISO setting of DSLR cameras), you can reduce exposure times below 30 seconds. Effects from seeing or inaccuracies of the drive are eliminated.

♦ Solar, lunar and planetary images: extremely short exposure times (due to high sensitivity) freeze the seeing. Through the high resolution of the sensor, many details can be reproduced even at shorter focal length. Video astronomy is also possible.
 

Important: external power supply required!

Please notice that all ZWO cameras with cooler need to be connected to an external 11-15 V power supply to work.

Even when the cooler is not being used the power supply must be used for the camera to be reliably recognized.