ATIK Mono CCD Camera and high sensitive autoguider - uncooled
... very sensitive SONY ICX445 EXview II sensor - diameter 6mm - 3,75 µm Pixels

The Atik GP excels as both a planetary camera and as a guide camera.

Its compact size and light weight make it a joy to use on telescopes large and small. The sensor used is the fantastically sensitive 1.3 million pixel ICX445 EXview II CCD from Sony. The GP is capable of up to 30 frames per second and will download both 8bit data with the convenience of saving to standard avi file format, or 12bit for full dynamic rage as Tif and Fits format. When used with the included GPAcquire software the camera is fully configurable with gain, region of interest, data format and a myriad of other settings enabling optimal planetary, solar and lunar imaging. Data can be save direct to disk or initially to memory to optimise frame rates with slightly slower hardware.

Slowing things down a little the advanced passive cooling allows images of 1mS to several seconds to be collected, ideal for guiding. The camera is fully compatible with existing Atik software so can be used with our (included) Capture software as well as plug ins for Maxim DL, AstroArt, and more though the ASCOM camera interface. Controlled this way it behaves much the same as our bigger cameras and will allow binning and sub framing.

The GP does not have the active cooling of the Atik Titan so its potential for deep sky imaging is more limited, but it can be used to image the brighter deep sky objects.

What's included in the box?

-- camera body with T2 connection and 1.25'' adapter
-- 1.8 metre USB cable
-- CD-ROM with drivers, software and user's manual (PDF)
-- Quickstart guide (paper).

-- ATIKs highly-acclaimed Capture software is included for camera control and data acquisition, and plug-ins are included to allow use with Astroart and Maxim DL.

Front View with 1.25" adapter

System requirements:

Pentium IV PC with 512MB RAM, Windows XP/Vista/Win7, CD-ROM drive and USB 2.0 port.

Specifications:

Sensor Type: Sony ICX445 EXview HAD II CCD
Horizontal Resolution: 1296 pixels
Vertical Resolution: 964 pixels
Pixel Size: 3.75 µM x 3.75 µM
ADC: 12 bit
Frame rate: 30 fps max (15 in full resolution)
Interface: USB 2.0 High speed
Power: USB powered
Cooling: Passive
Weight: ~80g

Backfocus: ~7mm from the female T2 thread to the sensor