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amera manufacturer QHYCCD announces a new medium-format model for deep sky imaging. The QHY461 PH camera (US$10,800) is designed around the extremely sensitive Sony IMX461 BSI CMOS detector, which has a 11,760 x 8,896 array of 3.76-micron-square pixels measuring 44 x 33 mm. This

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