Apollo-M Max mm or the ASi 174 MM

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Apollo-M Max mm or the ASi 174 MM

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hi
For refractors from f7 and down,

best the Apollo-M Max mm or the ASi 174 MM ?

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Re: Apollo-M Max mm or the ASi 174 MM

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Using either of these cameras at f7?


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Re: Apollo-M Max mm or the ASi 174 MM

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The answer depends on the Ha filter used. Filter in front position (Coronado, Lunt), rear position (DayStar, SolarSpectrum), internal position (Lunt) ?


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Re: Apollo-M Max mm or the ASi 174 MM

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Hi I am looking for a camera to use with a Tilt tuned Lunt 60mm single stacked as well as double stacked with a Lunt 50mm front filter.
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The smaller the pixels the better in this case then Bill


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Re: Apollo-M Max mm or the ASi 174 MM

Post by Simon2940 »

Go with this camera:
https://player-one-astronomy.com/produc ... ni-imx429/
or
https://telescopes.net/zwo-asi178mm-mon ... amera.html

Personally, i would say the IMX429 since it's less noisy than the IMX178

Bill_C wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2022 9:25 pm Hi I am looking for a camera to use with a Tilt tuned Lunt 60mm single stacked as well as double stacked with a Lunt 50mm front filter.
Thanks Bill


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Re: Apollo-M Max mm or the ASi 174 MM

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Thank you Mark and Simon


Lunt pressure tuned 60mm
Orion ST 80mm
Bausch and Lomb 90mm
Quark Chromosphere / 130mm ERF
Antlia 35mm prism with 1.25" cak filter
Starfield 2" herschel wedge
Celestron 10x42 white light binos
various Barlows and Filters
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Neptune M IMX 178m
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Re: Apollo-M Max mm or the ASi 174 MM

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I keep thinking about either keeping my ASI174 or sell it and buy the Player One camera, but i use that ASI174mm for the moon and it is truly perfect amazing really, and i can use it for planetary also, so i don't want to sacrifice all those only to have a camera for solar mainly and it is normal for other things.


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Re: Apollo-M Max mm or the ASi 174 MM

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Re: Apollo-M Max mm or the ASi 174 MM

Post by Nik »

Same question here but with a Daystar quark, f/9 127/1200 scope


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Re: Apollo-M Max mm or the ASi 174 MM

Post by Dennis »

Nik wrote: Sun Jun 05, 2022 5:00 am Same question here but with a Daystar quark, f/9 127/1200 scope
I would recommend you the Apollo Max (imx432). It is very good for f30+ focal ratios and has around 3-4 times less noise then the 174mm, which helps enormously with seeing.


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