ToupTek SEYM1062000A - MONO (IMX455)

With full frame sensor, precise temperature regulation, ultra-low readout noise and zero amp-glow, The SkyEye62AM camera is mainly used for deep sky photo shooting. Its extraordinary performance and extensive usage will give you great astrophotography experience

 

Cooled USB 3.0 full-frame colour astro camera with powerful 24x36 mm sensor for top-class astrophotography

 

Professional deep-sky astrophotography: The Volfformat sensor is perfectly suited for spread out nebulae, star fields or the lunar surface.  This sensor is larger than the APS-C sensors installed in most DSRL cameras and has an area of 24 mm x 36 mm (as in analogue 35 mm cameras).

Thermoelectric cooling: The Peltier cooling system reduces image noise. Noise caused by dark current has almost completely disappeared at up to 35°C below ambient temperature. In addition, the exact control of the sensor temperature is very helpful for calibrating the astrophotos with dark frames: they can all be taken at the correct temperature. The low-noise images show more details and require less post-processing.

USB hub: Via two additional USB 2.0 ports on the back of the camera, additional devices (for example a guiding camera) can easily be connected to this hub. An additional cable connection from your PC to each individual device is therefore not necessary.

Connection: The camera can be adapted to almost any telescope - with an M54x0.75(f) thread and the back focus of 17.5 mm. M48x0.75(f) adapters and an extension for the usual 55mm backfocus are also included. A T2 adapter ring completes the connection options. The 2" outer diameter of the adapters allows of course a telescope connection like any standard 2" eyepiece.

The supplied robust case is filled with foam. Thus the camera is very well protected during any transport. If the camera should ever be separated from the telescope again.

Transmission: A filter protects the sensor chamber from dust and moisture. The Topuptek colour CMOS cameras are equipped with an infrared blocking filter. CMOS sensors are also sensitive to incident infrared light, making correct colour reproduction impossible. In contrast, Topuptek mono CMOS cameras have an anit-reflective protective glass that transmits ultraviolet and infrared light in addition to visible light. This allows complete control over the transmission curve through the use of additional filters - a prerequisite for advanced photographic or photometric applications.

Practical camera software: The downloadable ToupSky software enables uncomplicated and comprehensive camera control. ToupSky allows full control over all essential parameters - without an overburdening interface. The software is compatible with Windows 8/10/11.

Compatibility: Touptek cameras can be controlled by a wide range of recording software via the common ASCOM and INDI interfaces as well as AStro Dshow drivers. Native compatibility with a growing number is available with popular programs such as PHD2 and N.I.N.A.

 

The features of SkyEye62AM are listed below:

• IMX 410 Mono CMOS Sensor
• Resolution: 9568 x 6380
•  3.76 um Square Pixels
•  Full Frame Optical Format
•  16-bitADC
• 512 Mbyte Memory Onboard
• PreciseTemperatureRegulation
• G Sensitivity: 435.5mV with 1/30s
• ZeroAmp-Glow
• Ultra-Low Noise: 0.9 to 1.95 e- (Low Noise Mode)
• Support Low Noise Mode/ High Frame Rate Mode (6.2 FPS at all Pixel Readout 8 bit)
• Support HCG Mode/ LCG Mode
• SNR Max: 47.1 dB (Low Noise Mode)
• Dynamic Range: 88.3 dB (Low Noise Mode)
• -30°C below Ambient under Short Exposure/ -35°C under Long Exposure Time (> 1s)

 

Spexicifactions

Sensor:	Sony CMOS IMX455 Mono
Diagonal	43.3 mm
Sensor size	35.976 mm x 23.989 mm
resolution	61 mega pixels, 9568 x 6380
pixel size:	3.76 µm x 3.76 µm
Spectral range	AR protective glass
ADC:	16 bit native
Cooling:	Leistungsstarke Peltierkühlung - Two-stage TE-cooling System 30-35 °C below Ambient Temperature - 35 K below ambient under short exposure - 35 K under long exposure time (> 1s)
Heating	- integrierte Heizung gegen Kondensation - die Sensorkammer ist luftdicht versiegelt - in der Sensorkammer befinden sich Trocknungsmittel
Empfindlichkeit	The sensor sensitivity of SkyEye62AM is 435.5mV. The sensitivity is measured with a testing standard lens with CM500S (t = 1.0 mm) as an IR-cut filter and image at F8.0. If the image is measured at F5.6, the result could have been 2 times of the current value.
Dark signal	0.039mv with 1/30s
Binning	1x1, 2x2, 3x3
Max FPS at Resolution (USB 3.0)	16 bit	8 bit
	3.1 FPS @ 9568*6380  9.4 FPS @ 4784*3190  27.8 FPS @ 3184*2124	6.2 FPS @ 9568*6380  18.8 FPS @ 4784*3190  55 FPS @ 3184*2124
Max FPS at Resolution (Low Noise, USB 3.0,)	16 bit	8 bit
	1.9 FPS @ 9568*6380 (Low Noise Mode is only available in All Pixel Readout Mode)	6.2 FPS @ 9568*6380 (Low Noise Mode is only available in All Pixel Readout Mode)
Max FPS at Resolution (USB 2.0)	16 bit	8 bit
	0.4 FPS @ 9568*6380 1.5 FPS @ 4784*3190  3.3 FPS @ 3184*2124	0.7 FPS @ 9568*6380  2.9 FPS @ 4784*3190  6.6 FPS @ 3184*2124
Max FPS at Resolution (Low Noise, USB 2.0)	16 bit	8 bit
	0.3 FPS @ 9568*6380 (Low Noise Mode is only available in All Pixel Readout Mode)	1.2 FPS @ 9568*6380 (Low Noise Mode is only available in All Pixel Readout Mode)
Shutter-Typ	Rolling Shutter
Exposure	0.1ms~3600s
Gain	1x - 150x
SNR	47.1 dB
Dynamic Range	88.3 dB (Low Noise Mode)
Read Noise	2.8 - 0.9 e-
Read Noise (Low Noise Model)	1.95 – 0.9 e-
Read Noise (LCG)	4.29 – 1.47 e-
QE Peak	>80%
Full Well	51ke- (111ke- @LCG)
ADC	16bit
DDR3 Buffer	512MB (4Gb)
Connection Port	USB3.0/USB2.0
Protect Windows	AR protective window
Spectral Range	380-690nm (with IR-cut Filter)
Capture/Control SDK	Windows/Linux/macOS/Android Multiple Platform SDK(Native C/C++, C#/VB.NET, Python, Java, DirectShow, Twain, etc.)
Camera Dimensions	Diameter 89 * Height 103 (mm)
Camera Weight	0.718kg
Back Focus Distance	17.5mm
Cooling:	Two stage TEC Peltierelement
Effective Cooling Temp:	-30°C below ambient under short exposure/ -35°C under long exposure (> 1s)
Supported OS	Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8 /10 (32 & 64 bit)  OSx(Mac OS X) Linux
Amp glow	no amp glow
Strombedarf:	12 V, 3 A
Teleskopanschluss:	M54x0,75 Innengewinde
Arbeitsabstand vom Innengewinde zum Sensor:	17,5 mm
Besonderheiten	- Support low noise mode/ high frame rate mode - Hardware ROI - Support HCG mode/ LCG mode - Zero Amp glow - Sensor tilt adjustment - M54 x 0.75 mount - Native ASCOM/WDM driver for easy connection with 3rd party astrophotography software - ToupSky for Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8 /10 (32 & 64 bit), OSx(Mac OS X), Linux - Windows/Linux/macOS/Android Multiple Platform SDK(Native C/C++, C#/VB.NET, Python, Java, DirectShow, Twain, etc.)

 

Sony IMX455 Sensitivity

The sensor sensitivity of SkyEye62AM is 435.5mV. The sensitivity is measured with a testing standard lens with CM500S (t = 1.0 mm) as an IR-cut filter and image at F8.0. If the image is measured at G5.6, the result could have been 2 times of the current value.


 

16Bit ADC and ROI

The SkyEye62AM has built in 16bit ADC. It also has 12bit output mode for hardware binning and smaller resolution. The camera also supports hardware ROI, and the smaller the ROI size is, the faster frame rate is.

Conversion Gain Switch

SkyEye62AM supports HCG and LCG mode switch. Under LCG mode, the full well can reach 111ke-.

 

HCG-Mode:

Abb.: Sensor Analysis Data in HCG Mode


Abb: Read Noise, Full Well, Relative Gain, Dynamic Range for SkyEye62AM
 

LCG-Mode

Abb.: Sensor Analysis Data in LCG Mode



Abb: Sensor Analysis Result in LCG Mode



 

Zero Amp-Glow

The SkyEye62AM has been carefully designed and is able to achieve zero amp-glow photo shooting. Figure 3 and Figure 4 show the different cameras at 20C and 5-minute exposure time with and without amp-glow. One can find that SkyEye62AM camera captured image has zero amp-glow.

 

Packing list

A: 3-A safety equipment case: L:26.2cm W:24.0cm H:12.4cm (1pcs, 3.9Kg/ box)
B: SkyEye camera (M54Fx0.75 mount)
C: Power adapter: input: AC 100~240V 50Hz/F60Hz, output: DC 12V 3A
D: High-Speed USB3.0 A male to B male gold-plated connectors cable /1.5m
E: CD (Driver & utilities software, Ø12cm)
F: Hex wrench H 2.0
G: M54M-M48F 21mm extender
H: M48M-M48F 16.5mm extender
I: M48M-M42F adapter
 

Camera dimensions

 

Camera Outline and Interface

1 Protective window, 39  27  1.1mm, AR window for mono camera, IR-cut for color camera
2 M54F  0.75 thread
3 Air inlet
4 Thermo outlet
5 USB 2.0 HUB
6 USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 port
7 DC 12V 3A power port, 5.5  2.1mm
8 LED indicators: 1) Power LED. 2) System LED. 3)TEC LED. 4)Fan LED



 

Camera Mechanical Connection with Adapter

The SkyEye62AM can be connected to a telescope with proper adapter, or the camera lens. The most common adapters are already included in the package, but we also provide some specific adaptors based on the requirement.

The female flange to the sensor is 17.5mm. User can make it to 55mm back focus distance with the 21mm and 16.5mm extender included in the camera package. Please check Figure 10 for details.

 

Camera Mechanical Connection with Lens

1 Nikon-M54 adapter
2 EOS-M54 adapter
3 Nikon lens
4 Canon lens
5 SkyEye camera with M54Fx0.75 mount



 

Camera Tilt Adjustment

Instructions:

1. Take a starred image with the camera, user can easily find out the tilt part in the image through the software, and then adjust one or more sets of flange adjustment screws on the camera corresponding to the imaging result.
2. Take another image after the sensor tilt adjustment, and compare it with the previous one in the software. If the tilt issue is reduced, that means the adjustment is correct. Otherwise, the adjustment is wrong.
3. Repeat step 2 until the stars in all corners are perfect.

 

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SkyEye62AM and Software

 

Application Installation

For software, customers are welcomed to go to our software website: https//touptek.com/download/ , to download the latest ToupSky. The SkyEye can also be used with ASCOM, DirectShow SDK. If the third-party software is compatible with these SDK, customers can also download the software driver from our website and install the drivers into the third-party software.
 

Compatible Software