QHY Camera 268C Color (83337)

The QHY Camera 268C Color is a high-resolution cooled color astrophotography camera featuring a back-illuminated CMOS sensor. This advanced sensor design improves sensitivity by allowing more photons to reach the photosensitive layer, increasing quantum efficiency and making the camera highly effective for capturing faint celestial objects. With its large sensor, active cooling, and high bit depth, the QHY 268C is ideal for deep-sky imaging, as well as lunar and planetary photography.

Back-Illuminated CMOS Sensor Design
The back-illuminated structure places the sensor’s wiring below the photosensitive layer, allowing more light to be captured and converted into electrons. This results in higher quantum efficiency and greater sensitivity, especially useful for imaging dim objects in the night sky.

Specifications

Sensor type: CMOS (Sony IMX571)
Sensor diagonal: 28.3 mm
Megapixels: 26
Pixel size: 3.76 µm
Photo resolution: 6280 x 4210 pixels
Binning options: 1x1, 2x2, 3x3
Bit depth: 16 bits
Active cooling: Yes
Interface: USB 3.0
Telescope connection: M54 thread
Color camera: Yes
Maximum cooling below room temperature: 30°C
Maximum exposure time: 60 minutes
Minimum exposure time: 30 microseconds
Frame rate: 6.8 frames per second at full resolution
Read noise: 3.5 e-
Full well capacity: 51 ke-
Flange focal distance: 14.3 mm
Power supply: 12V (not included)
Cable length: 1.5 meters
Quantum efficiency: 80%
Internal memory: 1 GByte DDR3
Filter wheel: Not included
Barrel adaptors: 2-inch
Weight: 780 grams

Recommended uses: Moon and planetary imaging, deep-sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies
Not suitable for: All-sky imaging, meteor detection, or as an autoguider