The ASI 178 MC Colour USB Camera will offer great performance for planetary and lunar imaging.
The Read Noise of the ASI178 cameras is extremely lower when compared with traditional CCD cameras. It is even lower when the camera is set at a higher gain.
The ASI 178 camera records in 10bit and 14bit ADC, you can image at a faster fps rate if you choose to use 10bit ADC (high speed mode). This camera also supports ROI (region of interest) shooting, and this smaller ROI has faster fps
It is not recommended for primarily deep space photography, AOC suggest a fan cooled model for all deep space object long exposure photography.
Key features:
$549.00 inc GST
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The ASI178MC camera has an extremely low read noise of 1.4e to 2.2 e, 1.4e @27db as well as high sensitivity and 14bit Analogue to Digital Converter (ADC) which makes it very suitable for astronomy and microscopy high resolution photography.
Also included is a 2.5mm all-sky lens which can provide a nearly 170° view of the sky.
Sony’s image sensors with STARVIS technology have the sensitivity well above that of the human eye, they deliver excellent performance in the low illumination.
| Sensor: | Sony IMX178 CMOS |
| Resolution: | 3096 x 2080 |
| Mega Pixels: | 6.4 Mega Pixels |
| Pixel Size: | 2.4µm |
| Sensor Size: | 1/1.8” |
| Sensor Size: 7.4mm*5mm | 7.4mm x 5mm |
| Sensor Diagonal: | 8.92mm |
| Cooling Fan: | n/a |
| Exposure Range: | 32µs – 1000s |
| Readout noise: | 1.4e – 2.2e |
| ROI: | Supported |
| Non-volatile memory/On camera storage: | Build-in total 192K byte user-accessible space(image size up to 480X320) |
| QE peak | 81% |
| Focus Distance to Sensor: | 12.5mm |
| Shutter Type: | Rolling Shutter |
| Protect window: | IR-Cut |
| Operating System Compatibility: | Mac, Windows, Linux |
| PC Interface: | USB3.0/USB2.0 |
| ADC: | 14 Bit |
| ST4 Guider Port: Yes | Yes |
| Full well: | 15ke |
| Adapters: | 2″, 1.25″, M42 x 0.75 |
| Dimensions: | φ62mm X 36mm |
| Weight: | 120g (without lens) |
| Working Temperature: | -5°C—45°C |
| Storage Temperature: | -20°C—60°C |
| Working Relative Humidity: | 20%—80% |
| Storage Relative Humidity: | 20%—95% |
| Max FPS at full resolution: 14 Bit ADC, USB3 | 3096×2080 30 fps 2560×2048 31 fps 2048×1080 58 fps 1280×960 65 fps 800×600 102.3 fps 640×480 126.5 fps 320×240 239.8 fps |
| Max FPS at full resolution: 10 Bit ADC, USB3 | 3096×2080 60 fps 2560×2048 62 fps 2048×1080 116 fps 1280×960 130 fps 800×600 204.7 fps 640×480 253.1 fps 320×240 479.7 fps |
