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Product no.: 44280

Camera ASI 120 MC Color

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Product description

The ASI 120 is a very fast and sensitive camera at a low price!

The camera delivers thirty frames per second (fps) at maximum resolution of 1280x960 pixels. They can be sent smoothly and rapidly to a laptop thanks to the high-speed USB.

Long exposure times of up to one thousand seconds are possible and at high sensitivity! The quantum efficiency of the black and white version is 75% in the green spectral range, i.e. 3/4 of absorbed photons in this wavelength are registered by the sensor!

You can connect the camera to your telescope using the T-2 thread cut into the camera housing, or with the included adapters - just the way you are used to with your eyepieces.

In addition to the software, delivery includes connecting cables and the 1.25" nosepiece, and even contains a 2.1mm lens that can be screwed directly into the camera body.

Supported resolutions:

  • 1280x960 @ 60fps
  • 1280x720 @ 98 fps
  • 1280x600 @ 116 fps
  • 1280x400 @ 168 fps
  • 480x320 @ 196 fps
  • 320x240 @ 254 fps
  • 2x2 binning: 640X480 @ 45fps

Software and drivers are available for free download on the manufacturer's website: software drivers

Specifications

Capacity


Sensor type
CMOS Chip (AR0130CS)
Megapixel
1,2
Resolution Photograph (Pixel)
1280x960
Pixel size
3,75
Interfaces
USB 2.0
Bit depth (Bit)
12
Active cooling
no
Connection (to the telescope)
1,25" & 2" & T2
Colour camera
yes
Operating temperature
-5 - 45
Max. exposure time (min)
16
Min. exposure time
64 µs
Images per second
35 (at full resolution)
Quantal efficiency
75% @500nm
Chip - Diagonal (mm)
6
Size of chip (mm)
4,8 x 3,6

Equipment


Filter wheel
no

General


Weight (g)
100
Series
ASI 120

Area of application


AllSky, Meteore
yes
Autoguider
yes
Moon & Planets
yes
Nebulae & galaxies
no

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ZWO Camera ASI 120 MC Color
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ZWO Camera ASI 120 MC Color
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Customer reviews

Review by anonymous on 18.02.2016 23:01:07

( 4 / 5 )

I was privileged to be able to try one of these for a couple of weeks. First off, I had some difficulties installing the camera on a windows 10 platform. Eventually got it to work in compatibility mode. The cam works best with the free Sharpcap software and is ideal for planetary photography (got a fairly nice image of Jupiter after stacking the frames of the recorded video) or as a guidecam (still have to try this out). I find it a good investment. Price VS Quality is decent.

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