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 IMX492 4/3" CMOS (mono) |
|---|---|
| Diagonal | 23.2mm |
| Total Pixels | 47 Mega Pixels |
| Max Resolution | 8288×5648 @bin1 4144×2824 @bin2 |
| Pixel Size | 2.315μm |
| Chip Size | 19.2mm×13mm |
| Frame Rate | 8FPS @BIN1 (10bit) 33FPS @BIN2 (10bit) |
| Shutter | Rolling shutter |
| Exposure Range | 32μs–2000s |
| Readout Noise | 7.7–1.46e @bin1 7.8–1.2e @bin2 |
| Full Well | 18.6Ke @bin1 65.8Ke @bin2 |
| QE Peak | ≈90% |
| ADC | 12bit @bin1 14bit @bin2 |
| Cooling Syetem | High quality 2 stage TEC cooling Componet |
| Cooler Power Consumption | The camera's maximum power consumption is 3A, requiring a power adapter with a minimum rating of 5A. |
| Delta T | 40℃ ± 2℃ (below ambient) |
| Working Temperature and Humidity | Working Temperature: -10°C—60°C Working Relative Humidity: 0%—80% |
| Protective Window | D46×2MM High Quality AR Plus (Anti Reflection) Multi-Layer Coating |
| Data Port | Type-C USB3.0/USB2.0 |
| Adapter | M48X0.75, 2", 1.25" |
| Back Focal Length | 17.5mm, 12.5mm (without sensor tilt plate) |
| Diameter | 90mm |
| Weight | 650g |
| Resolution and FPS | Under USB3.0 mode Resolution Raw8 Raw16 8288×5648 8FPS 4FPS 7680×4320 12FPS 6FPS 3840×2160 46FPS 23FPS 2560×1440 93FPS 52.5FPS 1920×1080 122FPS 78FPS 1280×720 179FPS 113.5FPS 800×600 212FPS 134FPS 640×480 259FPS 164.5FPS More resolution options could be setup in capture softewares! |
| Artemis-M Purchase Options | Camera, Camera + Phoenix Wheel 7×36 + FHD-OAG MAX |
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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 IMX492 4/3" CMOS (mono) |
|---|---|
| Diagonal | 23.2mm |
| Total Pixels | 47 Mega Pixels |
| Max Resolution | 8288×5648 @bin1 4144×2824 @bin2 |
| Pixel Size | 2.315μm |
| Chip Size | 19.2mm×13mm |
| Frame Rate | 8FPS @BIN1 (10bit) 33FPS @BIN2 (10bit) |
| Shutter | Rolling shutter |
| Exposure Range | 32μs–2000s |
| Readout Noise | 7.7–1.46e @bin1 7.8–1.2e @bin2 |
| Full Well | 18.6Ke @bin1 65.8Ke @bin2 |
| QE Peak | ≈90% |
| ADC | 12bit @bin1 14bit @bin2 |
| Cooling Syetem | High quality 2 stage TEC cooling Componet |
| Cooler Power Consumption | The camera's maximum power consumption is 3A, requiring a power adapter with a minimum rating of 5A. |
| Delta T | 40℃ ± 2℃ (below ambient) |
| Working Temperature and Humidity | Working Temperature: -10°C—60°C Working Relative Humidity: 0%—80% |
| Protective Window | D46×2MM High Quality AR Plus (Anti Reflection) Multi-Layer Coating |
| Data Port | Type-C USB3.0/USB2.0 |
| Adapter | M48X0.75, 2", 1.25" |
| Back Focal Length | 17.5mm, 12.5mm (without sensor tilt plate) |
| Diameter | 90mm |
| Weight | 650g |
| Resolution and FPS | Under USB3.0 mode Resolution Raw8 Raw16 8288×5648 8FPS 4FPS 7680×4320 12FPS 6FPS 3840×2160 46FPS 23FPS 2560×1440 93FPS 52.5FPS 1920×1080 122FPS 78FPS 1280×720 179FPS 113.5FPS 800×600 212FPS 134FPS 640×480 259FPS 164.5FPS More resolution options could be setup in capture softewares! |
| Artemis-M Purchase Options | Camera, Camera + Phoenix Wheel 7×36 + FHD-OAG MAX |
There are currently no frequently asked questions about this product
Artemis-M Pro (IMX492) cooled camera is developed by Player One Astronomy, it’s design for advanced DSO imaging. it adopts Sony IMX492 4/3″ format monochrome sensor. The 2.315um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 18.6Ke with a total of 47MP (the resolution is 8288*5648), and the diagonal is 23.2mm.
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, Camera Delta-T can reach over 40℃.
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.
Artemis-M Pro (IMX492) cooled camera based on Sony STARVIS technology, it is back-illuminated pixel technology used in CMOS image sensors.
Artemis-M Pro cooled camera has 4/3″ format (19.2mm*13mm), this size is very popular for DSO imaging.
IMX492 sensor has native 47 Mega pixel, no need to unlock anything and don’t need any technology to do that. After you know this, following description will be very easy to understand.
12bit depth: IMX492 has 12bit on-chip ADC. When use BIN1 mode, IMX492 has 47Mega pixels, pixel size is 2.315um, and bit depth is 12bit (4096 levels).
14bit depth: When use hardware BIN2 mode, IMX492 will has 11.7Mega pixels, pixel size is 4.63um, and bit depth extend to 14bit (16384 levels) .
BIN1 and BIN2 also will cause the full well, FPS and readout noise be changed.
Software BIN support BIN3 and BIN4 mode (and we provide Sum BIN and Average BIN), hardware BIN only has BIN2 mode (Average BIN).
*Sum BIN: Sum the values of original pixels
*Average BIN: Calculate Average value of original pixels
Back piece of cooled camera has 2 Type-C data port and 12V DC 5.5×2.1mm power port.
Main data port support USB3.0 protocol, the camera can run 8fps 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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