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Design & Drawing
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Features
- High sensitivity, low noise 7 megapixel IMX428 imaging sensor
- Electronic global shutter for fast exposure times (0.001 to 3600 sec.)
- High-speed USB 3.0 interface (USB 2.0 compatible)
- Downloads in under 50 milliseconds (depending on computer speed)
- Stack Pro™ automatic in-camera sub-exposure stacking
- Regulated two-stage cooling with delta ~ -30C
- SmartCooling™ active temperature regulation to 0.1 degrees C for high calibration stability
- Integrated 8-Position Filter Wheel with LRGB + Halpha, OIII, and SII filters, plus an opaque filter for dark frames
- Compatible with SBIG StarChaser SC-2 off-axis guiding camera
- Supports AO-8A adaptive optics unit via StarChaser SC-2
- MaxIm LT control software
- Multiplatform software API and sample code available
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Specifications
A/D Converter
12-bit
Adaptive Optics Option
AO-8A via StarChaser SC-2
Sensor Size
14.4 mm × 9.9 mm
Computer Interface
USB 3.0
Cooling Delta
30 °C
Dark Current e-/p/s
typical 0.1 e-/p/s at -5C
Exposure
0.001 – 3600 seconds
Filter Wheel Option
Built-in 8 position wheel including a set of seven 25.4 mm round 2 mm thick filters, and an optical blank
Full Frame Download
90 ms typical
Imaging Sensor
IMX428
Imaging / Pixel Array
3208 × 2200 pixels
OAG Option
StarChaser SC-2
Peak QE
78% typical
Pixel Size
4.5 × 4.5 micron
Power
12VDC, 4A max
Read Noise (typ)
1.9 e- High Gain, 2.5 e- Med Gain, 5 e- Low Gain
Temperature Regulation
Yes
Total Pixels
7.1 megapixel
Shutter
Global Shutter (electronic), Opaque Slot on Filter Wheel for Dark Frames
Weight
2 lbs
Binning Modes
1×1, 2×2
OS Compatibility
Windows 7, 8, 10 x86/x64, MacOS 10.14 “Mojave” x86 binaries, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS x64, Raspbian Buster armhf, Ubuntu MATE arm64