DSO cooled camera line is the most advanced product line in Player One history.
We start the project from 2021, through a lot of modify and rebuild we made this final version.
It brings our newest technology and design to everyone, we are very proud to introduce this camera line.
| Sensor | New SONY IMX455AQK-K full-frame CMOS (color) |
|---|---|
| Diagonal | 43.3mm |
| Total Pixels | 61 Mega Pixels |
| Max Resolution | 9576×6388 |
| Pixel Size | 3.76μm |
| Bayer Matrix | RGGB |
| Chip Size | 36mm×24mm |
| Shutter | Rolling shutter |
| Exposure Range | 32μs–2000s |
| Readout Noise | 4.2–1.27e |
| Full Well | 71.6k e |
| QE Peak | ≈80% |
| ADC | 16 bit |
| Cooling System | High quality 2 stage TEC cooling component |
| Cooler Power Consumption | The camera's maximum power consumption is 3A, requiring a power adapter with a minimum rating of 5A. |
| Delta T | 35℃ ± 2℃ (below ambient) |
| Working Temperature and Humidity | Working Temperature: -10°C–60°C Working Relative Humidity: 0%–80% |
| Protective Window | D55×2mm high quality AR Plus multi-layer coating |
| Data Port | Type-C USB 3.0 / USB 2.0 |
| Adapter | M54×0.75, 2" |
| Back Focal Length | 17.5mm, 12.5mm (without sensor tilt plate) |
| Diameter | 90mm |
| Weight | 650g |
| Resolution and FPS | Under USB 3.0 mode Resolution / Raw8 / Raw16 9576×6388 – 6.5FPS / 3.2FPS 7680×4320 – 12FPS / 6FPS 3840×2160 – 47FPS / 11FPS 2560×1440 – 80FPS / 17.4FPS 1920×1080 – 105FPS / 22FPS 1280×720 – 155FPS / 33FPS 800×600 – 184FPS / 39FPS 640×480 – 225FPS / 48FPS |
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DSO cooled camera line is the most advanced product line in Player One history.
We start the project from 2021, through a lot of modify and rebuild we made this final version.
It brings our newest technology and design to everyone, we are very proud to introduce this camera line.
| Sensor | New SONY IMX455AQK-K full-frame CMOS (color) |
|---|---|
| Diagonal | 43.3mm |
| Total Pixels | 61 Mega Pixels |
| Max Resolution | 9576×6388 |
| Pixel Size | 3.76μm |
| Bayer Matrix | RGGB |
| Chip Size | 36mm×24mm |
| Shutter | Rolling shutter |
| Exposure Range | 32μs–2000s |
| Readout Noise | 4.2–1.27e |
| Full Well | 71.6k e |
| QE Peak | ≈80% |
| ADC | 16 bit |
| Cooling System | High quality 2 stage TEC cooling component |
| Cooler Power Consumption | The camera's maximum power consumption is 3A, requiring a power adapter with a minimum rating of 5A. |
| Delta T | 35℃ ± 2℃ (below ambient) |
| Working Temperature and Humidity | Working Temperature: -10°C–60°C Working Relative Humidity: 0%–80% |
| Protective Window | D55×2mm high quality AR Plus multi-layer coating |
| Data Port | Type-C USB 3.0 / USB 2.0 |
| Adapter | M54×0.75, 2" |
| Back Focal Length | 17.5mm, 12.5mm (without sensor tilt plate) |
| Diameter | 90mm |
| Weight | 650g |
| Resolution and FPS | Under USB 3.0 mode Resolution / Raw8 / Raw16 9576×6388 – 6.5FPS / 3.2FPS 7680×4320 – 12FPS / 6FPS 3840×2160 – 47FPS / 11FPS 2560×1440 – 80FPS / 17.4FPS 1920×1080 – 105FPS / 22FPS 1280×720 – 155FPS / 33FPS 800×600 – 184FPS / 39FPS 640×480 – 225FPS / 48FPS |
There are currently no frequently asked questions about this product
ZEUS 455C Pro cooled camera is developed by Player One Astronomy, it’s design for advanced DSO imaging. it adopts Sony IMX455AQK-K full-frame format color sensor. The 3.76um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 71.6Ke with a total of 61MP (the resolution is 9576*6388), and the diagonal is 43.3mm.
Polygon like regular hexagon is very Player One, the DSO cooled cameras we want to make it more beautiful and practical. After a lot of trying, we fix the final style, which uses a scientific and technological octagon to construct the main body line and 4 sides are cambered surface, supplemented by round chamfers to achieve both rigidity and flexibility. The front piece is round to avoid diffraction on RASA.The camera body is a vibrant red, accentuated with classic black trim.The sandblasted coating on the outer surface makes the camera look luxurious and cool, while inside this is a solid scientific instrument.
When taking deepsky objects, using sensor tilt plate can get a much smaller field curvature of the telescope. We adopts rear Adjustment and 4 point tilt plate, it has a lot advantages in usage.
4 Point adjustment is easier to know which corner is needed to adjust. The built-in high-density sponge shading pad can block the light from the side slits without any side leakage.
Player One cooled camera series use 2 Stage TEC Cooling unit, after improved the structure design to reject the heat back to camera chamber, Zeus Camera Delta-T can reach about 35℃.
As an improvement, DDR3 cache in cooled cameras are increased to 512MB. It helps stabilize and secure data transmission, it effectively avoids frame dropping and greatly reduces readout noise.
With the DDR3 cache, the camera does not have high demands on computing needs any longer, it will still has excellent performance even if it is connected to a USB 2.0 port.
ZEUS 455C Pro cooled camera based on Sony STARVIS technology, it is back-illuminated pixel technology used in CMOS image sensors.
ZEUS 455C Pro cooled camera has full-frame format (36mm*24mm), it is very suitable for professional DSO imaging.
IMX455 has native 16-bit on-chip ADC. Native 16bit ADC (65536 levels) provide higher sample resolution than 12bit (4096 levels) or 14bit (16384 levels). When we do non-linear transformation, 16bit data can endure very strong transform and also could bring much better light and dark transition, furthermore 16bit can make the color more vivid.
Main data port support USB3.0 protocol, the camera can run 6.5fps under RAW8 mode. Type-C port is easier to plug in when assemble the imaging equipment in night.
When recording images, since the actual writing speed will be affected by the writing speed of the hard disk itself, when the hard disk writing speed is slow, the recording may not reach the theoretical speed. It is recommended that you use a high-quality solid state drive to record data to give full play to the performance of the camera.
The camera has 12V DC5.5*2.1mm port to provide enough power to TEC cooling system. If you don’t need to power up cooling, only need to connect the main Type-C port, the camera will works as a uncooled camera.
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