Designed for Lunar, Solar mosaic and DSO imaging the Saturn SQR cameras from Player One Astronomy feature the Sony IMX533 CMOS image sensor offering high image quality, high resolution and a square format with virtually no amp glow.
The Saturn-C and Saturn-M SQR camera’s IMX533 sensor is based on Sony STARVIS technology with a 1” square format pixel array and approximately 9M effective pixels. This sensor incorporates a maximum 36 dB PGA circuit and 14-bit A/D converter. The 14-bit digital output makes it possible to read out the signals of 9.07 M effective pixels at high-speed of 26.9 frames/s in still picture mode. It realizes 12-bit digital output at high-speed of 63.6 frames/s. The 3.76um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 73Ke with a total of 9MP (the resolution is 3008*3008), and the diagonal is 16mm.
The Saturn SQR cameras can run 43FPS under RAW8 mode and offer dual sampling modes. Normal mode has a faster fps and is more suitable for planetary imaging. LRN (low readout noise) mode has lower readout noise and higher dynamic range and is more suitable for DSO imaging.
The Saturn SQR Cameras from Player One Astronomy have DPS (Dead Pixel Suppression) technology. The DPS analyzes many dark frames to find fixed abnormal pixels and record the map in camera memory. With each exposure frame, the position of dead pixels will be given a median value according to the active pixels around that abnormal pixel.
The cameras also utilize a DDR3 cache which helps stabilize and secure data transmission, helping to effectively avoid frame dropping and greatly reducing read noise. With the DDR3 cache, the camera does not have high demands on computing needs and will offer excellent performance even if it is connected to a USB 2.0 port.
When the camera is connected to the USB3.0 interface and full-resolution preview is used, it can reach 43 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.
The ST4 guide cable provides the ability to connect the camera to the auto guide port of an equatorial mount to do guiding.
You can learn more about the Saturn SQR Cameras from Player one here.
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Designed for Lunar, Solar mosaic and DSO imaging the Saturn SQR Cameras Saturn-C and Saturn-M SQR cameras from Player One Astronomy feature the Sony IMX533 CMOS image sensor offering high image quality, high resolution and a square format with virtually no amp glow.
The Saturn-C and Saturn-M SQR camera’s IMX533 sensor is based on Sony STARVIS technology with a 1” square format pixel array and approximately 9M effective pixels. This sensor incorporates a maximum 36 dB PGA circuit and 14-bit A/D converter. The 14-bit digital output makes it possible to read out the signals of 9.07 M effective pixels at high-speed of 26.9 frames/s in still picture mode. It realizes 12-bit digital output at high-speed of 63.6 frames/s. The 3.76um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 73Ke with a total of 9MP (the resolution is 3008*3008), and the diagonal is 16mm.
The Saturn SQR cameras can run 43FPS under RAW8 mode and offer dual sampling modes. Normal mode has a faster fps and is more suitable for planetary imaging. LRN (low readout noise) mode has lower readout noise and higher dynamic range and is more suitable for DSO imaging.
The Saturn SQR Cameras from Player One Astronomy have DPS (Dead Pixel Suppression) technology. The DPS analyzes many dark frames to find fixed abnormal pixels and record the map in camera memory. With each exposure frame, the position of dead pixels will be given a median value according to the active pixels around that abnormal pixel.
The cameras also utilize a DDR3 cache which helps stabilize and secure data transmission, helping to effectively avoid frame dropping and greatly reducing read noise. With the DDR3 cache, the camera does not have high demands on computing needs and will offer excellent performance even if it is connected to a USB 2.0 port.
When the camera is connected to the USB3.0 interface and full-resolution preview is used, it can reach 43 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.
The ST4 guide cable provides the ability to connect the camera to the auto guide port of an equatorial mount to do guiding.
You can learn more about the Saturn SQR Cameras from Player one here.
And to make it easier for you to get the most extensive news, articles and reviews that are only available in the magazine pages of Astronomy Technology Today, we are offering a 1 year magazine subscription for only $6! Or, for an even better deal, we are offering 2 years for only $9. Click here to get these deals which only will be available for a very limited time. You can also check out a free sample issue here.