TS-Optics ToupTek color astro camera 2600CP Sony IMX571 sensor D=28.3 mm

TS-Optics ToupTek color astro camera 2600CP Sony IMX571 sensor D=28.3 mm


Cooled USB 3.0 APS-C color astro camera with powerful Sony CMOS sensor for astrophotography
♦ Powerful two-stage Peltier cooling up to 40 °C below ambient temperature

♦ Sony IMX571 APS-C format color sensor - back-illuminated

♦ High resolution with 3.76 µm pixels

♦ 16 bit ADC - dynamic range like a CCD sensor

♦ No more amplifier glow due to Zero-Ampglow circuit

♦ Telescope-side connection: M42x0.75 internal thread

♦ Working distance only 17.5 mm from the T2 (M42x0.75) female thread

♦ Built-in UV/IR blocking filter as protective glass

♦ DDR3 Buffer 512 MB for more stable data transfer

♦ Binning is supported

TS 2600MC color astro camera of the latest generation
The camera with the powerful Sony IMX571 sensor enables astrophotography at a very high level. This cooled CMOS sensor no longer has amplifier glow and can be used for all areas of astrophotography. Due to the high resolution of the sensor, fine details are displayed even with shorter focal lengths.

Another advantage is the sensational light sensitivity. The QE of 80% thanks to the BACK ILLUMINATION technology already enables deep astrophotographs with short exposure times. This makes the camera very suitable for deep sky photography.

The "single-shot" color camera offers more convenience than monochrome cameras. Not everyone wants to use the complex L-RGB process for beautiful colored nebula images or planetary images. The color cameras give you the opportunity to get nice pictures without changing the filter. In a direct comparison to the DSLR camera, however, the color camera convinces with a much higher light sensitivity, a smoother image and significantly more depth. Stars don't burn out that quickly.

Back Illumination Technology:
Sony's back-illuminated CMOS image sensor improves sensitivity and noise reduction - key factors in improving image quality - by changing the basic pixel structure from front to back exposure. The advantages of the CMOS image sensors, such as low power consumption and high operating speed, have been retained.

Back exposure improves light capture while increasing the amount of light. This makes significantly shorter exposure times possible and leads to an improved quantum efficiency of 80%.

Sony has developed a unique photodiode structure and on-chip lens optimized for back-illuminated structures, resulting in higher sensitivity and lower no-light random noise by reducing noise, dark current and defective pixels compared to the traditional front-illuminated structure.

No amp glow:
Conventional CMOS sensors produce a faint source of infrared light during operation, which can often be seen in the corners of uncalibrated images as a telltale sign of the "amplifier glow". Because this camera's sensor uses zero-ampglow circuitry, you don't have to worry about amp-glow even when using high-gain, long-exposure images.
Sensor: CMOS color sensor IMX571
Size: 23.5 x 15.7 mm - diagonal 28.3 mm
Pixel size: 3.8 µm
Number of pixels: 6224 x 4168 - 26 MP
Bit depth: 16
Frames per second: 7 frames at full resolution
Cooling: Peltier cooling up to 40 °C below ambient temperature
Power Supply: 12V 3A
Interfaces: USB 3.0 and USB 2.0
Supported operating systems: Windows from Win7
Dimensions: diameter 80mm - length 100mm
Connection telescope side: T2 internal thread (M42x0.75)
Back focus: 17.5 mm (distance sensor to internal thread)