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A review of the 174M guide cameras

Planewave CDK14 Equipment Planetary Camera Review
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Rouz Astro avatar
Rouz Astro avatar
I've been using the 174M camera as an OAG guidecam with the CDK12 and CDK14 at 2565mm with great results. Here is short review of the camera for those interested:  https://astrogeartoday.com/off-axis-guiding-imx174-based-guide-cameras-from-zwo-and-qhyccd/

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Howard Trottier avatar
Howard Trottier avatar
Excellent review Rouz! I’ve used the three guide cams that you covered, the Lodestar, QHY5111-174, and ZWO ASI174mini, and found myself nodding along in agreement throughout your discussion.
-Howard.
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Rouz Astro avatar
Rouz Astro avatar
Howard Trottier:
Excellent review Rouz! I’ve used the three guide cams that you covered, the Lodestar, QHY5111-174, and ZWO ASI174mini, and found myself nodding along in agreement throughout your discussion.
-Howard.

Thank you for the feedback Howard, appreciate it.

I'm having great results with that little 174m camera. 

There is a new IMX sensor that has 9u pixels with much higher FWC and chip size. The QE is higher too. I hope they adopt that as a guider, the IMX462.
Already contacted QHY asking if they could make a guider with that, lets see what they say. 

Rouz