Andy’s Toys

Utilising the Sony IMX 455 backlit sensor, the Apx60 is Atik’s most advanced CMOS camera to date. The 61.17 megapixel sensor is perfect for large format, wide field views with outstanding detail, breaking through the boundaries of what is traditionally expected from a CMOS camera.

This camera offers exceptional build quality with innovative features such as in situ levelling and a built in USB hub.

Sensor Size 43.3mm diagonal (36mm x 24mm)
Pixel Pitch 3.76 µm
Resolution 9576 x 6380
Full Well 51,000 e-
Set Point Cooling
at ambient of 20o C -20 °C
System Requirements Windows 10
USB 3.0 8GB Ram 64 bit Operating System

Here is the first light image from this camera, the Vela SNR in HaO3 RGB.

Taken with Chroma 5nm Ha & 3nm O3 filters (RGB for the stars) from my light-polluted suburban location in Melbourne, Australia (pop. 5,000,000)

Here is the Unboxing video of my Atik APX 60 camera  

Preferred Software

Andy primarily uses Astropixel Processor, Photoshop CC2023 and Russell Croman’s StarXterminator and NoiseXterminator to process his images.

Voyager loaded on a NUC is his fully automated Capture/Guiding/Autofocussing/Platesolving/Mount control program.

Andy is primarily a Mac user, and he finds these applications very successful. He is not currently endorsed by any of the above, but is open to offers!

(At Snake Valley Astronomy Camp 2016 with the SV70t on my former Skywatcher EQ6)