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QHY550 has the 2/3inch SONY 5.0mega pixel IMX250 Global shutter CMOS sensor. Besides the monochrome and color version it has the special Polarize version.
Unlike the rolling shutter technology used in most cmos cameras, The Pregius is global shutter pixel technology for active pixel-type CMOS image sensors that use Sony’s low-noise CCD structure,and realizes high picture quality. For high speed moving object and the atmospheric agitation the pregius sensor can generate undisborted imaging.
QHY550 has build-in two stage TEC cooler. It can cooled the sensor to -35C below ambient. This can reduce the dark current of IMX250 significantly. Which greatly improving the dark signal detect performance. Especially for detect the tiny difference of the polarize light. Which is necessary for the astronomy, life science and optical lab.
Model | QHY550M (Monochrome Version) |
COMS Sensor | SONY IMX250 Pregius Global Shutter CMOS Sensor |
Pixel Size | 3.45um*3.45um |
Effective Pixel Area | 2464 × 2056 |
Effective Pixels | 5.0 mega pixel |
Effective Image Area | 8.50mm * 7.09mm |
Fullwell | 11000e |
AD Sample Depth | 12BIT (output as 16bit or 8bit format) |
Sensor Size | Typical 2/3inch |
Full Frame Rate and ROI Frame Rate | 2458*2056 68FPS@8BIT 2458*2056 34FPS@12BITROI 1080lines (eg.2458*1080,1920*1080)126FPS@8BIT ROI 480lines (eg.2458*480, 640*480) 270FPS@8BIT ROI 100lines (eg.2458*100,100*100) 940FPS@8BIT*Note:QHYCCD has optimized the cmos drive freqency and limit the max frame rate. The CMOS sensor may not work under the maxium frequency to ensure the better noise performance. If you need the customized higher frame rate version please contact QHYCCD. |
Readout Noise | 2.0e-2.5e |
Dark Current | 0.005e/pixel/sec @ -10C |
Exposure Time Range | 20us-600sec |
Anti-Glow Control | Yes. Big reduction of the amp-glow of the IMX250 sensor |
Shutter Type | Electric Global Shutter |
Computer Interface | USB3.0 |
Built-in Image Buffer | 128MByte DDR2 memory |
Non-volatile memory / On camera storage | Build-in total 512Kbytes Flash Memory. 100Kbytes user-accessible space for stellar ROI frames for analysis of exoplanet investigation, occultations, atmospheric seeing messurement, focus , optic analysis etc. Support 100*100 image x 10rames 50*50 image x40frames. 25*25 image x160frames 10*10 image * 1000 frames (total frame numbers is based on 8bit image) |
Cooling System | Dual Stage TEC cooler(about -35C below ambient) |
Anti-Dew Heater | Yes |
Telescope Interface | M42/0.75 or optional C-mount |
Optic Window Type | AR+AR High Quality Multi-Layer Anti-Reflection Coating (for QHY550M and QHY550P) IR cut Coating(for QHY550C) |
Back Focal Length | 18mm(±0.3) |
Weigth | 460g |