ZWO ASI585MM Air
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ZWO ASI585MM Air is a small-sensor monochrome astronomy camera for planetary, lunar, and solar capture.
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Specifications
Sensor
- Sensor model
- Sony IMX585 main sensor + SC2210 guide sensor
- Color / mono
- Monochrome
- Sensor size
- 1/1.2-inch main sensor
- Megapixels
- 8.29 MP
- Resolution
- 3840 x 2160 (8.29 MP)
- Pixel size
- 2.9 µm main / 4 µm guide
- Full well
- 40 ke main / 8.78 ke guide
Cooling
- Cooling
- two-stage TEC cooling system lowers the CMOS sensor temperature by 30°C–35°C below ambient, effectively reducing dark current generation
Mechanical
- Interface
- USB-C / Wi-Fi smart camera
- Buffer
- Built-in ASIAIR storage and control
- Back focus
- 55 mm DSLR-style spacing
Specifications
- Peak QE
- 91%
Sensor / electronics
- Read noise
- 0.7 e-
Astrophotography Fit
A focused monochrome camera for high-frame-rate planetary, lunar, and solar imaging.
ZWO ASI585MM Air is a premium monochrome camera aimed at planetary, lunar, and solar capture.
As a mono camera, it becomes a system only after you add a filter wheel, LRGB filters, and narrowband filters. The payoff is stronger control over signal, star color, and emission-line contrast, but the setup asks for calibration discipline.
The Air version folds camera control into the body, which is helpful for tidy portable ZWO rigs but less flexible if you prefer a separate mini PC or cross-brand control stack.
For high-frame-rate work, pair it with a long focal length telescope, an ADC when planets are low, and capture software that can record short exposures quickly. It is less satisfying as the only deep-sky camera unless the target scale and sensor size make sense.
Best paired with
- SCTs, Maksutovs, or long refractors used at high effective focal length
- Atmospheric dispersion corrector and IR-pass or methane filters where appropriate
- High-frame-rate capture software with careful focusing and collimation
Not recommended for
- Wide-field deep-sky imaging as the primary camera
- Users expecting large nebula framing from a small planetary sensor
- Poorly collimated long focal length scopes where resolution is already limited
Where To Buy
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| Retailer | Price | Availability | View Offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Break Optics Cloud Break Optics | $1,169.00 | In stock Updated 8/4/2026 | View Offer - $1,169.00 |
| High Point Scientific High Point Scientific | $1,169.00 | In stock Updated 8/4/2026 | View Offer - $1,169.00 |
| Mile High Astronomy Mile High Astronomy | $1,169.00 | In stock Updated 8/4/2026 | View Offer - $1,169.00 |
| ZWO USA ZWO USA | $1,169.00 | In stock Updated 8/5/2026 | View Offer - $1,169.00 |
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