I have no experience with any of the ZWO cameras but I do have an older camera here which was given to me with a dead sensor after a Peltier experiment. The Peltier introduced a lot of condensation which in turn corroded the pins and socket on the sensor itself. It was a Meade camera a member kindly gave me for the price of postage to play with.
Soaking sensor pins and socket in contact cleaner with the aid of a new toothbrush did get a signa (recognition of a light source)l but no picture.
While I'm not familiar with a lot of Astro-cams I looked up the 585 on Testar:
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Originally Posted by Testar
The ZWO ASI 585MC is a professional colour planetary camera containing the Sony STARVIS 2 IMX585 CMOS backlit colour sensor which has a diagonal of 1/1.2" and a resolution of 8.29 MP. The 585MC can be considered a successor to the ASI 485MC, with zero amp glow, lower dark current noise and three times the full well capacity.
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With the graphs shown (which I do not understand), it appears heat may not be a major issue. My experience with a DSLR (Nikon D80 CCD APS-C) being the amp glow was my only real problem, and street lights.........
Would it be worth trying out first to find out how much of an issue the heat is?
https://www.testar.com.au/products/zwo-asi585mc-colour
The 300 second exposure looks amazing with no glow, especially compared to the 485
The point of my answering (I have played with Peltier coolers for cooling of PC and other electronics equipment) I'd just be wary of the moisture point they do introduce.
Today I sent a message to a member with his Player One camera (and a larger ZWO pro) in the classifieds, it comes with a cooling fan. My interest was because I have a lesser Player One camera and would possibly be interested in a cooling fan if we ever get another summer west of the Blue Mountains and I was curious as to whether the cooling fan introduced any vibration.
Here is the listing, the included images are a great promotion for simply a cooling fan.
https://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/...d.php?t=213913
There are members here with a heck of a lot more experience than I and hopefully one will answer but I thought the days of playing with Peltier coolers was long over. I wouldn't risk damaging my little Neptune colour camera, I can not afford to replace it.
I have an older Starlight Express MX5 colour CCD camera in near new condition which is a cooled camera and I have considered switching out the sensor and electronics from a much newer camera. I'd hate to destroy a good camera (or 2) just to play and I wouldn't know what would fit inside the case BUT, it has crossed my mind more than once.
YES, I'd love a PRO, cooled camera one day, and a motorbike....
Good luck!