I recently purchased a QHY6Pro Camera from the Au distributor at took it for a shakedown run, not so much to image seriously, but to make sure the new ccd worked.
The camera installed like clockwork (did that earlier in day) and performed flawlessly and returned images straight away. No wrestling with drivers and setup. CCDCAP just did its job.
I have issues with the mounting (home made split ring wooden mount with stepper motor drive.) including vibrations from the stepper motor resulting in oval star shapes. Tracking is poor leaving me with just 8 seconds exposure before errors. Focusing needs work too.
I dream about doing 5min exposures that many others do routinely... (sigh)
But I gain on aperture: 12 inch f5 newtonian which comes down to f3 using a focal reducer.
Captured with CCDCap (it came with the camera) and used Deep Sky Stacker to stack them following a suggestion from AlexN.
M8: lagoon 10 x 8 sec.
M20: trifid neb: 10 x 8 sec.
ngc104: globular 10 x 8 sec.
The images are nothing special but I can see that the QHY6PRO has potential in the right hands.
I am working on a different tracking motor to eliminate the vibration but it will take a while...
Meanwhile I am glad that the camera is sensitive and that I can throw a 12 inch telescope at it!
I am just amazed at the images everyone produces with with the newer CCD cams and DSLRs and are shown here. Keep them coming!
Looking very nice indeed Tony..
