Moravian G1-0301 monochrome CCD camera

Moravian G1-0301 monochrome CCD / guider camera air cooled with Sony ICX414AL 656 × 494 px sensor. Reccomended as a guiding camera for your Moravian off-axis guider!

Features

• Model: G1-0301
• Color mask: no
• Anti-blooming: yes
• CCD sensor: Sony ICX414AL
• Resolution: 656 x 494 px
• pixels size: 9.9 × 9.9 μm
• imaging area: 6.5 x 3.7 mm
• Download Time: ~ 0.05 s

Mechanical specifications

• Minimum exposure time: 0,125 s
• Dimensione: 83 × 76 × 26 mm
• Back focus: 12.5 mm with CS-adapter, 17.5 mm with C-adapter.
• Weight: 0.1 Kg

Guiding and imaging Moravian G0 and G1 CCD cameras

G0 and G1 CCD cameras are ideally suited for imaging of Moon, planets and bright deep-sky objects. High sensitivity, low noise, fast image download, electronic shutter and integrated “autoguider” port also allow G1 cameras to guide astronomical telescope mounts. Thank to their capability to integrate light can G0 and G1 cameras guide the mount also using dim stars, invisible for common TV and web cameras. Robust construction, small dimensions, easy manipulation and powerful software make G1 cameras ideally suited for beginning astrophotographers.

G0 and G1 cameras use Sony ICX CCD detectors with progressive read. All models are available in both monochrome and color versions.

G0 and G1 cameras are very compact, lightweight and easy to operate. The user only needs to insert it into telescope focuser, plug the USB cable to the computer and it works.

Sensitivity is an important feature of any guider. It must provide images of guiding star(s) with sufficient S/N ratio in rather short time to ensure perfect guiding. The necessity to accumulate light for many tens of seconds or even minutes is often unacceptable for high quality guider. This is why the G1 cameras utilize sensitive Sony ICX CCDs.

• Sony EXview HAD CCDs have better than 50% quantum efficiency and low read noise.
• G0/G1 cameras support 16-bits digitization, significantly enhancing the dynamic range.
• Strong anti-blooming protection keeps even bright stars round, without blooming streaks.
• G0/G1 cameras also provide very fast readout—pixel digitization speed reaches 8 MPx/s in fast read mode.
• G0/G1 cameras ensure very low readout noise.
• Both G0 and G1 series of CCD cameras contain similar electronics, same CCD detectors and provide similar functionality. The difference is mainly in mechanical construction and in cooling.
• G0 cameras offer round body, which is more compact compared to G1 series, which could be important e.g. in combination with Off-Axis Guider etc.
• G1 cameras are slightly bigger and heavier, but they keep the CCD detector on lower temperature thanks to embedded fan, which more than two times lowers detector dark current. They also offer CS-thread adapter and also other alternatives of lens adapters (Canon EOS and Nikon bayonets, T-thread etc.).