The Altair GPCAM3 662C Colour camera has both very high sensitivity in the green wavelengths crucial for planetary imaging and the near IR red regions.
With a full well depth of 39 ke- the camera has very high dynamic range compared to most planetary cameras, meaning higher gain settings can be used to maintain high frame rates - even on dim targets like Saturn.
The sensor has no amp glow and therefore offers better performance for deep-sky imaging or video astronomy. Read noise of 5.35 – 0.46 e- depending on gain setting, is also extremely low.
increased full well capacity, high dynamic range, high sensitivity, and low readout noise are characteristic of the latest STARVIS 2 CMOS technology.
Included software: The well featured intuitive AltairCapture software is included in a CD ROM, and can also be downloaded from www.altairastro.help. AltairCapture is a stable 64 bit Windows application, which allows full control of the camera in high speed video or still mode. It includes extensive automation features, and supports all the major file formats useful for astro imaging and professional scientific imaging in 14bit or 8bit mode.
Autoguiding: The camera has an ST4 auto-guiding port, and can be used to auto-guide with mounts from all the major manufacturers supporting ST4 format, including iOptron, Celestron and Skywatcher. The sensor is more than sensitive enough for autoguiding.
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Products specifications
| Power Supply | with USB |
| Weight | 70g |
| Backfocus | 17.5mm |
| Pixel | 2,1 MPx |
| Pixel size | 2.9µ x 2.9µ |
| Connection to telescope | 1.25" barrel with filter thread |
| Horizonal Resolution | 1920 Px |
| ADC | 12bit |
| Vertical Resolution | 1080Px |
| QE | Peak 91 % QE |
| Connections | USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 |
| Sensor size | 5.57mm x 3.13mm |
| Maximum exposure length | 0.1ms ? 1000s |
| Sensor type | Sony IMX662 back illuminated sensor |
| Pixel fullwell capacity | 39ke- |
| Readout noise typical | 5.35 ? 0.46 e- |
