The Altair 585C TEC Cooled camera is ideal for astro imagers who want both solar system and deep-sky imaging in one camera.
The Altair 585C Colour camera has the latest Starvis 2 BSI sensor, with a high frame rate, no amp glow and very high sensitivity. Sony Starvis 2 improves on the version 1 with better dynamic range and sensitivity in the red regions of the spectrum, including H-Alpha! Peak Quantum Efficiency is about 91%!
The sensor has a 12.84mmm diagonal and 2.9um pixels, and is therefore well-suited for deep-sky imaging with a wide field refractor such as the Altair 60EDF, which has a 288mm focal length with it's F4.8 reducer.
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
| Weight | 17.5 oz |
| Pixel fullwell capacity | 40 000 electrons |
| Cooling | 2-stage Peltier Cooling |
| Backfocus | 17.5mm |
| Maximum exposure length | 1000s |
| Pixel size | 2.9µ x 2.9µ |
| Connection to telescope | 2"/M48 |
| Power | 12V, 3A |
| QE | Peak 91 % QE |
| Connections | USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 |
| Sensor size | 11,14 mm x 6,26 mm - 12,8 mm Diagonale |
| Sensor type | IMX585 Colour 8.3mp Starvis 2 BSI CMOS Sensor |
| ADC | 12bit (16bit in HDR mode). |
