Ceres-M is a guiding camera developed by Player One Astronomy, which adopts the Aptina AR0130 1/3” format sensor. The 3.75um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 18ke with a total of 1.2MP (the resolution is 1280*960), and the diagonal is 6mm.
Player One Astronomy Ceres-M USB3.0 Mono Camera (AR0130)
Ceres-M is a guiding camera developed by Player One Astronomy, which adopts the Aptina AR0130 1/3” format sensor. The 3.75um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 18ke with a total of 1.2MP (the resolution is 1280*960), and the diagonal is 6mm.
DPS Technology
The guiding cameras from Player One Astronomy have DPS (Dead Pixel Suppression) technology. The DPS is anaylse many dark frames to find out thoes fixed abnormal pixel and record the map in camera memory. In imaging, each exposure frames, thoes position of dead pixels will be given a median value according to the active pixels around that abnormal pixel.
Overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanism
Player One cameras produced by the number one player ensures the safety of your camera and other equipment through overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanisms.
Data Port
When the camera is connected to the USB3.0 interface and full-resolution preview is used, it can reach 65 FPS in RAW8 mode (10bit ADC). 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.
Use the ST4 guide cable to connect the camera and the AUTO GUIDE port of the equatorial mount to do guiding.
Performance
Sensor |
Aptina AR0130 CMOS (Mono) |
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Diagonal |
6 mm |
Total Pixels |
1.2 Mega Pixels |
Max Resolution |
1284×964 |
Pixel Size |
3.75 μm |
Chip Size |
4.8×3.6 mm |
Frame Rate |
65 FPS(10bit) |
Shutter |
Rolling shutter |
Exposure Range |
32μs-2000s |
Readout Noise |
7.3-~3.6 e- |
QE Peak |
about 80% |
Full Well |
18 k e- |
ADC |
12 bit |
Data Port |
USB3.0/USB2.0 |
Adapter |
1.25″ / M28.5X0.6 |
Back Focal Length |
7.5 mm |
Protective Window |
AR coating |
Diameter |
40 mm |
Weight |
65 g |
Resolution and FPS |
Under USB3.0 mode |
Product Status | New |
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Package width | 8 cm |
Package height | 9 cm |
Package depth | 20 cm |
No. of parcels | 1 |