ZWO ASI662MC 2.1 Megapixel USB3.0 Color Astronomy Camera for Astrophotography

Very nice solar system camera

The camera came quickly and in perfect condition.

First time using the camera and it came through like a charm. High recommended and picture quality is amazing for the cost. I think if you needed to get a planetary camera, this would be it. Thanks ZWO.

Worked well in Celestron 11” SCT on CGX equatorial tripod mount with 2x Barlow lens. Used ASI software to capture and stack video. Look forward to good cold winter nights with great seeing conditions.

So first off, this camera has a TON of noise, worse than my cameras with a worse noise rating. It's not even good enough for polar alignment, the computer can't even plate solve whatever I point this thing at. My ASI120MM cameras are better than this thing, and I use those as guide scopes. Based on the images I could get of just stars, even with the highest gain, it's not good enough to even use as a guide scope. I feel like ZWO is trolling us with this camera, it's absolutely terrible. Returning this ASAP. I bought this for planetary use, but the computer can't even plate solve so it's impossible to point this to a planet. My ASI533MC is light years ahead of this thing. What's the point of a high FPS if you can't capture anything? EDIT: So I decided to keep this thing and keep trying. I put it on Jupiter at high gain and the lowest frame rate for video. The noise is TERRIBLE, and I recorded 5 videos and stacked those and it looked like absolute crap. I did video with my ASI2600 as a test and the picture looks 10 times better. Not sure what this camera could possibly used for, except maybe a guide scope camera. Waste of money, and now I can't return it. It's just going to collect dust at this point.

I found out that you need a lot of practice in working with cameras in astrophotography. This camera made it a little easier. it came with a fisheye lens and is a good beginners camera.