ZWO ASI 120MC CAMERA REVIEW

06th of November 2014 - Carlos Malagón

Yesterday the conditions were horrible. Transparency was perfect but with very bad seeing. The cold front is noted. The moon, 95% illuminated, makes no effort to help. Nevertheless, we must work in all circumstances in order to see the real performance of products in all those less favorable situations.

Today´s camera to be tested is  ZWO ASI 120 mc with a Bayer RGB matrix. A pretty famous camera among planetary imagers enthusiasts. 

The software used was the one included in the cd rom of the camera along with the drivers, Fire Capture. 

Because the moon phase does not help much, we have approach the terminator and made  a photo in Oceanus Procellarum area. 

With just a few seconds of video recording in avi format, processed with Registax, some craters not bigger than 3km were visible. Please, see Marius G. 

As a proof of the bad weather conditions, please note the screen capture of Registax. The blurred areas are the result of the stacked frames. 

The same image after some post-processing. 

Coming next, Jupiter and OMEGON PROTEUS 120MCI camera.