ZWO's Air technology combines an image sensor and a guiding sensor in a compact housing. This gives you a cooled deep sky camera including a guider and an astro computer in one instrument!
The SC2210 CMOS is used as the guiding sensor. The stars in the corners of the guiding images, which are affected by the flange focal distance, may not be completely round. This is not due to any sensor tilt and does not affect normal use.
Dual-band Wi-Fi: The external dual-band antenna, which supports both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies, enables stable and smooth use of the camera within 20 metres. With the ASIAir app from ZWO, you can control the camera and view the images easily via your Smartphone.
Instant post-processing and sharing of images: During shooting, individual images are immediately combined in a process called stacking, which significantly improves the signal-to-noise ratio. The selected celestial object is thus rendered more and more accurately on your display in real time. You can also adjust the brightness, contrast and other parameters of the image. Share your masterpieces instantly on social media platforms and with your friends.
The ASI 585M Pro is equipped with a modern sensor with 3840 x 2160 pixels. The Sony IMX585 sensor impresses with its high resolution (2.9µm pixels), high frame rate and the complete absence of annoying amplifier glow (amp glow). This makes this camera not only ideal for planets, the sun and the moon, but also for deep sky photography. The sensor is large enough for many deep sky objects, meaning that a corrector is usually not necessary. The camera is ideal for:
- Moon and planet photography with high detail resolution
- Sun photography (with a suitable filter) with high detail resolution
- Long exposure photography of nebulae and galaxies
- Infrared photography to reduce atmospheric influences
- EAA for planets, moon and sun
Even the raw images are of high quality, as the sensor no longer shows any amplifier glow and the images are very smooth. In addition, there is powerful Peltier cooling to 35° below the ambient temperature, ensuring low-noise images even in midsummer.
Moon and planet photography
Thanks to the small 2.9 µm pixels, you can achieve a very high resolution even at an aperture ratio of f/10, which makes the use of barlow lenses unnecessary.
The clear glass filter prevents dust from entering the sensor. It also allows UV and infrared light to pass through, so you can also take infrared photographs with the camera. With the right selection of contrast filters, nebulae filters, IR pass filters or UV/IR blocking filters, you have full control over which light falls on the sensor.
Peltier cooling - reduces the sensor temperature
The sensor heats up during recording. The regulated Peltier cooling keeps the sensor well cooled even at high outside temperatures. This allows you to cool the sensor down to -15° at an ambient temperature of 20°.
Very high sensitivity for short exposure times
One advantage of the back-illuminated CMOS sensor is lower readout noise and improved sensitivity. Sony uses STARVIS 2 technology in the IMX585 sensor, which ensures excellent visibility in low lighting conditions. You can achieve very high light output in astrophotography and high image quality not only in visible light but also in the near-infrared range (to reduce seeing). In addition, low readout noise and high full-well capacity ensure a wider dynamic range. Combined with the large field of view offered by the large sensor format, the ASI585MC is not only ideal for solar, lunar and planetary photography, but can also be used as a live streaming camera.
