INOVA PLA-M W/SONY 1/4″ ICX098BL-E
299.00
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INOVA PLA-M W/SONY 1/4″ ICX098BL-E
INOVA PLA-M W/SONY 1/4″ ICX098BL-E
Description
The PLA-M 310Kp Monochrome CCD Camera is a multi-purpose camera capable of planetary/lunar imaging to autoguiding. It includes the new Sony Exview CCD monochrome ICX098BL-E (640×480 pixel array) with very high quantum efficiency with extremely low noise. A high frame rate of 60fps enables you to “freeze-frame” a planetary or lunar image to keep only the best frames
Due to its excellent sensitivity, of the whole visible spectrum, this camera is ideally suited for planetary/lunar imaging. It provides 2×2 hardware binning (640 x 480) to get a 11.2 square pixel for autoguiding.
- Adjustable exposure time from 0.1ms to infinity.
- Plugin ASCOM V5 tested with software V1.12 PHDGuiding, AstroArt V4, V5 and MaximDL Prism.
- CCD Sony Super HAD ICX098BL-E 1/4″
Specifications:
Capacity | |
| Type of camera | Astro CCD camera |
| Sensor type | CCD-chip (Sony ICX098BL-E) |
| Size of chip (mm) | 6,4 |
| Megapixel | 0,3 |
| Pixel size | 5,6 |
| Colour camera | no |
| Image format | BMP, AVI, RAW, FITS, SER |
| Resolution Photograph (Pixel) | 640x480 |
| Bit depth (Bit) | 12 |
| Min. exposure time | 1/1000 |
| Max. exposure time (min) | mehrere 10 |
| Active cooling | no |
| Power supply | - (USB) |
| Interfaces | USB 2.0 |
| Autoguider | yes |
| Supported operating systems | Windows XP and higher |
| Connection (to the telescope) | C-Mount |
| Images per second | 60 |
Equipment | |
| Filter wheel | no |
| Connection (to the telescope) | 1.25" adapter |
General | |
| Length (mm) | 50 |
| Width (mm) | 50 |
| Height (mm) | 40 |
| Weight (g) | 170 |
| Series | PLx |
| Colour | black |
Area of application | |
| Nebulae & galaxies | yes |
| Moon & Planets | yes |
| Autoguider | yes |
Software and compatibility
Microsoft
Windows XP SP3, Vista, W7, 8, 8.1 x86/x64
Compliant with Microsoft Directshow
The SDK is available on request for programming (Microsoft C# or C++).
Linux
Linux drivers are available.
Mac
Drivers are not available but it is possible to run i-Nova cameras in emulation Windows mode with Bootcamp.
Camera Inova PLA-M