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Hisis-22 CCD camera
Hisis-22 CCD camera
Hisis-22 CCD camera
Compur mechanical shutter
Compur mechanical shutter

Technical specifications

• Kodak CCD KAF-0400, 768x512 pixels or Kodak KAF-0400L equipped with an anti-blooming system.

• 9 micron square pixels, with a 100% surface sensivity (70% surface sensivity with KAF-0400L).

• 6.9x4.6 mm2 photosensitive area.

• Digitization on 14 bits (16384 levels of brightness).

• Reading noise level equal to or less than 12 electrons. Gain 2.5 electrons per ADU.

• Very low dark current (MPP technology).

• Average typical increase in dark current less than 0.2 ADU per minute for a room temperature of +10oC.

• Internally controlled by a microprocessor.

• Maybe connected directly to the printer port by a 5m cord.

• Cooling system regulated by a thermoelectric solid state device (2 cooling settings).

• AC 110/220V power supply.

• Reading modes- full format (768x512 pixels), programmable binning from two axes (the favored format for deep-sky imaging is the 2x2 binning, which produces a 384x256 pixel image that gathers the pixels in the CCD 2 by 2); frame transfer for planet imaging, possibility to configure the window; possibility to read only a limited zone of the CCD.

• Reading time- 13 sec for a full format, 5 sec for 2x2 binning, 1 second for a 100x100 pixel window (PC 486 25MHz).

• Telescope interface- 1.25" adapter or 2" adapter.

• Optical head diameter- 100mm. Length- 90mm. Weight- 1.2Kg.

• Acquisition software- QMips, Qmips32, WinMips.