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Is the ZWO ASI224MC capable of doing infrared planetary images to use a luminance layer with an ir pass filter?


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After a lot of back and forth about getting the 120mc-s or the 224mc I chose the 224mc. But after reading more about it I found out that it doesn't have a preinstalled ir cut filter. I know it's a color camera, but would it deliver decent luminance layer images of planets like Mars or Saturn with an ir pass filter? Also which ir pass and cut filters do I buy?

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Yes you can collect IR with the 224c. The bayer matrix is transparent beyond 800nm so if you just want IR (and not red + IR), then you want the Astronomic proplanet 807nm or the ZWO 850nm. These filters may be a bit dim depending on what scope you have, so you could try the astronomic 742nm or even the Baader 685nm.

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