For sale is my QHY163c cooled OSC. It has the color version of the same chip as in the ZWO ASI1600 camera.
My experience with this camera is overwhelmingly positive, I had some connectivity issues with acquisition software but installing the correct drivers from QHY website corrected that.
I bought this camera used right here on IIS 1-1/2 years, i'm selling it with the original box, a dust cap, USB 3.0 cable and the 12v power cable it came with (no adaptor sorry). If you need an M42 to 1.25 inch adaptor I can provide that free of charge.
For specifications please see: https://agenaastro.com/qhy-163c-cool...a-qhy163c.html
- QHY163C cooled 16-Megapixel color astronomy camera ideal for serious deep-sky imaging
- 4/3” cooled CMOS sensor with small 3.8um pixels in a 4656x3522 array
- Two-stage cooling keeps sensor temperature as much as 45C below ambient for low-noise imaging, even in warm conditions
- 128MB DDRII data buffer to minimize data dropouts during image transfer
- Reduced amp-glow for superior imaging of faint objects
This camera is discontinued but when new it was around $1300 Australian.
I'm selling it for a steeply discounted price of $750 including postage within Australia
Some images taken with this camera are attached.
Please note that I tend to do short EAA sessions with no guiding and little to no calibration frames (only darks were applied, no flats or bias) plus my collimation skills are sub-par at best and I do very little post-processing. So if there's anything good about the images its only because of the camera
Selling to fund upgrades
If anyone required darks taken with this camera please ask. I can take other bench tests and post results here also.
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Ahmed