Using SPCC in Pixinsight with QHYCCD MiniCAM8M Deep Sky Combo mono camera

Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight QHYCCD miniCAM8M CMOS Color Calibration Processing Monochrome How-to
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Eric Xie avatar
Eric Xie avatar

🌌 A way to use SPCC in Pixinsight with QHYCCD MiniCAM8M (Mono) Deep Sky Combo

I cannot find either the sensor or the filters of QHYCCD MiniCAM8M Deep Sky Combo, so I tried to solve it. Finally, I did.

You can follow this link to do it ~ 🌹

https://github.com/EricXie-Git/QHYCCD-MiniCAM8M-Curves-for-SPCC-in-Pixinsight

Enjoy Astronomy Photography !

Tony Gondola avatar
Tony Gondola avatar

585 or SONY IMX585 mono…

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