This is new territory for yours truly. Inexpensive OSC imaging with a small telescope from the 'burbs.
I was quite keen to tinker with my freshly minted QHY183C camera...and a sucker hole in the clouds last night let me do just that
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QHY deserve some roses and unfortunately some brick bats as well.
Cons: The camera does not function with a 5m USB3 cable. Only the supplied 2m and my own 3m cables worked. Documentation is very poor.
No mechanical shutter. Software a joke, but the drivers (including ASCOM) are very robust.
I tinkered with Sharpcap, but it crashed so many times I gave up. MaxIm control however was bullet-proof.
Pros: Really well priced. Remarkably sensitive and noise free.. Downloads in the blink of an eye. Compact.
Remarkable resolution . Well made. When it worked, live-stack with Sharpcap was fun to watch...a colour image developed beautifully within minutes.
Anyway, enough of my mini-review.
First light image here