QHY 5-III 462C Color Astronomy Camera with Expansion Kit
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For just $50 over the price of the standard camera, this QHY 5-III 462C Expansion Kits includes the following items:
- QHY5III462C camera which comes standard with 1.25" UV/IR and 1.25" IR850 filters
- An additional 1.25" CH4 (Methane) 890nm filter useful for imaging Jupiter and Saturn
- An additional 2.5mm f/1.2 wide-angle All-Sky lens with CS-mount
- An additional CS mount adapter ring
About the camera
The new QHY5III462C camera uses the latest (6th Generation) 2.1 megapixel IMX462 STARVIS CMOS sensor from Sony. The pixel size is 2.9u making it the same size and resolution as the sensor used in the QHY5III290 camera that has been so successfully used for planetary imaging by some of the best planetary imagers in the world. Like others in the series, the QHY5III462C is USB 3.0 powered and controlled. No additional power is required.
The IMX462 sensor is back-illuminated and has new features that give it two significant advantages over other planetary cameras: First, the IMX462 sensor has sHGC for extremely low read noise (less than one electron) at high gain. This is ideal for stacking hundreds or thousands of short planetary images. Second, it is exceptionally sensitive in the NIR. In this generation of sensor, the photodiode portion of the pixel well is deepened, allowing photons of longer wavelength to penetrate deeper into the substrate and thereby dramatically increases the sensor's sensitivity to red light and near infrared light (NIR). The RGB filters over the pixels become transparent at NIR wavelengths, so the sensor displays almost equal peak sensitivity to NIR light as it does to light in the visible spectrum.
The peak QE in the NIR around 800nm is as high or higher as the peak QE in the visible wavelengths. For planetary imagers using a methane filter that passes light around 880nm this is welcome news.
The QHY5III462C camera will include two 1.25" screw-in filters, a UV/IR cut filter to isolate the visible wavelengths for normal RGB imaging and an IR850 filter that will cut the visible wavelengths but pass wavelengths above 850nm. Together, this yields a camera that can image in (a) visible light only, or (b) NIR light only, or (c) combined visible and NIR. Passing all the light, visible and NIR, will produce a very sensitive luminance frame (when shot through a reflector or other scope capable of focusing visible and NiR together) for producing LRGB color images. US List price for the QHY5III462C is $299.
Specifications:
- Model: QHY5III462C (Color and Enhanced Near Infrared)
- CMOS Sensor: SONY IMX462 CMOS
- Pixel Size: 2.9um x 2.9um
- Effective Pixel Area: 1920 x 1080
- Effective Pixels: 2 Megapixels
- Fullwell: 12000e-
- Readout Noise: 0.5e-
- AD Sample Depth: 12-bit (output as 16-bit and 8-bit)
- Sensor Size: Typical 1/2.8 inch
- Full Frame Rate: Full Resolution 135 FPS@8-bits (USB3.0 Port）
- ROI Frame Rate : Higher rates at selected fields of interest (Supports any region ROI)
- Exposure Time Range: 7us-900sec
- Shutter Type: Electronic Rolling Shutter
- Computer Interface: USB3.0
- Guide Port: Yes
- Telescope Interface: 1.25-inch
- Optical Window(s): Changeable 1.25-inch filter as optical window
- Filters Included: 1.25-inch UV/IR cut filter and 1.25-inch IR850 filter
- Weigth: 88g
What's in the Box:
- QHY5III462C Camera
- 1.25" UV/IR Filter
- 1.25" IR850 Filter
- 1.25" CH4 Filter
- Wide Angle All Sky Lens
- USB3.0 Cable
- Guiding Cable
- Focus Locking Ring
- CS Adapter Ring
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For just $50 over the price of the standard camera, this QHY 5-III 462C Expansion Kits includes the following items:
- QHY5III462C camera which comes standard with 1.25" UV/IR and 1.25" IR850 filters
- An additional 1.25" CH4 (Methane) 890nm filter useful for imaging Jupiter and Saturn
- An additional 2.5mm f/1.2 wide-angle All-Sky lens with CS-mount
- An additional CS mount adapter ring
About the camera
The new QHY5III462C camera uses the latest (6th Generation) 2.1 megapixel IMX462 STARVIS CMOS sensor from Sony. The pixel size is 2.9u making it the same size and resolution as the sensor used in the QHY5III290 camera that has been so successfully used for planetary imaging by some of the best planetary imagers in the world. Like others in the series, the QHY5III462C is USB 3.0 powered and controlled. No additional power is required.
The IMX462 sensor is back-illuminated and has new features that give it two significant advantages over other planetary cameras: First, the IMX462 sensor has sHGC for extremely low read noise (less than one electron) at high gain. This is ideal for stacking hundreds or thousands of short planetary images. Second, it is exceptionally sensitive in the NIR. In this generation of sensor, the photodiode portion of the pixel well is deepened, allowing photons of longer wavelength to penetrate deeper into the substrate and thereby dramatically increases the sensor's sensitivity to red light and near infrared light (NIR). The RGB filters over the pixels become transparent at NIR wavelengths, so the sensor displays almost equal peak sensitivity to NIR light as it does to light in the visible spectrum.
The peak QE in the NIR around 800nm is as high or higher as the peak QE in the visible wavelengths. For planetary imagers using a methane filter that passes light around 880nm this is welcome news.
The QHY5III462C camera will include two 1.25" screw-in filters, a UV/IR cut filter to isolate the visible wavelengths for normal RGB imaging and an IR850 filter that will cut the visible wavelengths but pass wavelengths above 850nm. Together, this yields a camera that can image in (a) visible light only, or (b) NIR light only, or (c) combined visible and NIR. Passing all the light, visible and NIR, will produce a very sensitive luminance frame (when shot through a reflector or other scope capable of focusing visible and NiR together) for producing LRGB color images. US List price for the QHY5III462C is $299.
Specifications:
- Model: QHY5III462C (Color and Enhanced Near Infrared)
- CMOS Sensor: SONY IMX462 CMOS
- Pixel Size: 2.9um x 2.9um
- Effective Pixel Area: 1920 x 1080
- Effective Pixels: 2 Megapixels
- Fullwell: 12000e-
- Readout Noise: 0.5e-
- AD Sample Depth: 12-bit (output as 16-bit and 8-bit)
- Sensor Size: Typical 1/2.8 inch
- Full Frame Rate: Full Resolution 135 FPS@8-bits (USB3.0 Port）
- ROI Frame Rate : Higher rates at selected fields of interest (Supports any region ROI)
- Exposure Time Range: 7us-900sec
- Shutter Type: Electronic Rolling Shutter
- Computer Interface: USB3.0
- Guide Port: Yes
- Telescope Interface: 1.25-inch
- Optical Window(s): Changeable 1.25-inch filter as optical window
- Filters Included: 1.25-inch UV/IR cut filter and 1.25-inch IR850 filter
- Weigth: 88g
What's in the Box:
- QHY5III462C Camera
- 1.25" UV/IR Filter
- 1.25" IR850 Filter
- 1.25" CH4 Filter
- Wide Angle All Sky Lens
- USB3.0 Cable
- Guiding Cable
- Focus Locking Ring
- CS Adapter Ring
| Product Banner Type | discontinued |
|---|---|
| Free Shipping Graphic | Free US Shipping |
| Hide Found a better Shipped Price on Frontend? | No |