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QHY 163M Medium Size Cooled CMOS Camera
د.إ 4,630.50
- Cooled medium size “COLDMOS “monochrome camera, ideal for use with narrowband filters, spectroscopy and Deep Sky imaging
- Lightweight compact design with low read noise, high sensitivity and short backfocus connection
- Uses a Panasonic MN34230 Front-Illuminated CMOS sensor in the format 17.7mm x 13.4mm (diagonale 21,9mm)
- 16 Megapixel (4656 x 3522 pixel array) at 3.8µm with electronic shutter
- Supports any size ROI, 22.5FPS @16MP full resolution, 30FPS 4K video, 57FPS 1920 x 1080 and hundreds frame per second at smaller ROI
- Exposure duration from 60µs to 1800sec
- AR+AR High Quality Multi-Layer Anti-Reflection Coating
- Two-stage Thermoelectric Cooling (TE) to -40C blow ambient
- Anti-Noise, Anti-Amp Glow and Anti-Dew Technology
- With USB3.0 High Speed Transfer
- Include 128MB DDR Frame Buffer, a filter wheel port with 4-pin QHYCFW filter wheel control port and a 6-pin Guide port
Lead time delivery: 14 - 30 days
Available on backorder
Description
QHY163 is a model designed for astrophotography beginners. It exhibits excellent sensitivity and low noise with its 4/3-inch sensor having about twice the field of view. It is well suited to planetary and deep-space imaging particularly when mated with the CFW3 filter wheel. This model has two-stage thermal electric cooling of the sensor to about minus 40 degrees C below ambient for maximum reduction of dark current noise in long exposures.
QHY163 incorporates QHY’s Anti-Amp Glow technology to significantly reduce typical CMOS amplifier glow to a minimum, allowing excellent calibration by subtracting a dark frame.
QHY163 utilizes the Anti-Dew features common to the QHY COLDMOS cameras. Dew is moisture that condenses from the air onto the outside of the chamber window. Frost is water vapor that freezes when it comes into contact with the inside of the chamber window or the surface of the sensor. QHY has nearly 20 years of experience designing cooled cameras and these models benefit from those years of anti-dew and anti-frost design experience. To help prevent dew from forming on the chamber window heating elements are built into the light shield just above the chamber. To avoid frost from forming inside the chamber a desiccant tube is provided that can easily be attached by the user to the outside of the camera when needed to dry the internal atmosphere of the chamber and remove any built-up moisture.
QHY163 models can be used as guiding devices, too. The Opto-isolated guiding port is a standard ST-4 configuration using an RJ11 style Jack. A guiding cable is included with each camera.
The QHY163M uses a relatively large 4/3-inch, 16 Megapixel CMOS sensor, available in both monochrome and color. The QHY163M has exceptionally low readout noise (as low as 1 electron!), low dark current and two-stage cooling capable of reducing the sensor temperature to -40C below ambient. The sensor chamber is sealed and the optical window is heated to prevent dew. The camera’s interface is USB 3.0 and delivers 23FPS@16 megapixel full resolution output, 30FPS@4K HD video output.
Sample Images
Specifications
| Model | QHY163M |
| CMOS Sensor | Panasonic 16mega pixel 4/3inch sensor |
| Mono/Color | Mono only
(163C discontinued in 2020) |
| FSI/BSI | FSI |
| Pixel Size | 3.8um*3.8um |
| Effective Area | 4656*3522 |
| Effective Pixels | 16 mega |
| Sensor Size
|
Typical 4/3inch
17.7mm*13.4mm |
| Fullwell | 18ke- to 20ke- |
| AD Sample Depth | 12bit/10bit (output as 16bit and 8bit) |
| Max Full Frame Rate and ROI Frame Rate | 22.5FPS@16mega Full Resolution
30FPS@4K HD Video 57FPS@1920*1080 60FPS@1280*1024 80FPS@1024*768 100fps@800*600 |
| Readout Noise | 2.4e@low gain
1.0e@high gain |
| Dark Current | 0.006e/pixel/sec @ -20C |
| Exposure Time Range | 60us-1800sec |
| Unity Gain | 120 |
| Anti-Glow Control | Yes |
| Shutter Type | Electric Rolling Shutter |
| Computer Interface | USB3.0 |
| Built-in Image Buffer | 128MByte DDR2 memory |
| Cooling System | Dual Stage TEC cooler (about -40C below ambient）（Test temperature +20°） |
| Optic Window Type | QHY163M: AR+AR High Quality Multi-Layer Anti-Reflection Coating |
| Anti-Dew Heater | Silicon gel tube socket |
| Telescope Interface | M42/0.75 |
| Back Focal Length | 17.5mm |
| Weigth | 442g |
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