ASTROMANIE OCULUS 2600C Pro

OCULUS 2600C PRO

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ASTROMANIE OCULUS 2600C Pro

The ASTROMANIE OCULUSC PRO camera is designed specifically for astrophotography. It is mainly used for deep sky photo shooting, since the camera has cooled CMOS sensor, ultra-low readout noise and zero amp-glow. It can be also used for planetary photo shooting. Its extraordinary performance and extensive usage will give you great astrophotography experience.

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ASTROMANIE OCULUS 2600C Pro

OCULUS cameras are manufactured by the renowned ToupTek company, a leader company in the manufacturing of cameras used in the field of science and medicine.

The OCULUS 2600C Pro camera is designed specifically for astrophotography. It is mainly used for deep sky shooting, as the camera has a cooled CMOS sensor, which has ultra-low readout noise and no amp-glow. However, it can also be used to take planetary photos. Its extraordinary performance and intensive use will offer you a great astrophotography experience.

Features Oculus 2600C Pro

  • IMX 571 Color CMOS Sensor
  • Resolution: 6224 x 4168
  • 3.76 um Square Pixels
  • APS-COpticalFormat
  • 16-bitADC
  • 512 Mbyte Memory
  • PreciseTemperatureRegulation
  • G Sensitivity: 484.6mv with 1/30s
  • ZeroAmp-Glow
  • Ultra-Low Noise: 1.16 to 2.35e- (Low Noise Mode)
  • Support Low Noise Mode/ High Frame Rate Mode (6.8 FPS at all Pixel Readout 16 bit)
  • SNR Max: 47.1 dB (Low Noise Mode)
  • Dynamic Range: 86.8 dB (Low Noise Mode)
  • -35°C below Ambient under Short Exposure/ -40°C under Long Exposure Time(> 1s)

 

Specifications

 

ensor

Sony IMX571 back illuminated sensor - Color

 

Diagonal

28.3 mm

 

Image Area

23.4mm x 15.7mm

 

Resolution

26 mega pixels(6224*4168)

 

Pixel size

3.76 µm x 3.76 µm

 

Spectral Range

380-690nm (with IR-cut Filter)

 

ADC:

16 bit native

 

Cooling:

- 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)

 

Sensitivity

The sensor G Sensitivity of OCULUS 2600C PRO is 484.6mv with 1/30s. 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

0.039 mV with 1/30s

 

Binning

1x1, 2x2, 3x3

 

Max FPS at Resolution (USB 3.0)

16 bit

8 bit

 

6.8 FPS @ 6224*4168

28 FPS @ 3104*2084 

63 FPS @ 2064*1386

13.2 FPS @ 6224*4168 

37.1 FPS @ 3104*2084 

110 FPS @ 2064*1386

Max FPS at Resolution (Low Noise, USB 3.0,)

16 bit

8 bit

 

0.6 FPS @ 6224*4168 

3.6 FPS @ 3104*2084 

8.5 FPS @ 2064*1386

1.2 FPS @ 6224*4168 

7.0 FPS @ 3104*2084 

15.7 FPS @ 2064*1386

Max FPS at Resolution (USB 2.0)

16 bit

8 bit

 

3.4 FPS @ 6224*4168 

(Low Noise Mode is only available in All Pixel Readout Mode)

12.7 FPS @ 6224*4168 

(Low Noise Mode is only available in All Pixel Readout Mode)

Max FPS at Resolution (Low Noise, USB 2.0)

16 bit

8 bit

 

0.3 FPS @ 6224*4168 

(Low Noise Mode is only available in All Pixel Readout Mode)

1.2 FPS @ 6224*4168 

(Low Noise Mode is only available in All Pixel Readout Mode)

Shutter-Typ

Rolling Shutter

 

Exposure

0.1ms~3600s

 

Gain

1x - 100x

 

SNR

47.1 dB

 

Dynamic Range

86.6 dB (Low Noise Mode)

 

Read Noise (LCG)

2.6 – 1.14 e-

 

Read Noise (HCG)

2.35 – 1.16 e-

 

QE Peak

>80%

 

Full Well

51ke-

 

ADC

16bit

 

DDR3 Buffer

512MB (4Gb)

 

Connection Port

USB3.0/USB2.0

 

Protect Windows

IR CUT

 

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

 

Power requirements:

12 V, 3 A

 

Telescopic connection:

M42x0,75 Innengewinde

 

Working distance from the internal thread to the sensor:

17,5 mm

 

Other specifications

- 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 IMX571 Sensitivity

 

The sensor G Sensitivity of OCULUS 2600C PRO is 484.6mv with 1/30s. Sensitivity is measured using a test standard lens with CM500S (t = 1.0 mm) as an IR cut filter and an image at F8.0.

 

 

16bit ADC und ROI

 

The OCULUS 2600C PRO 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 higher the frame rate is.

 

 

DD3 Buffer

The OCULUS 2600C PRO camera has a 512MB (4Gb) DDR3 buffer, which helps maintain the stability of data transmission, and effectively reduce the amp-glow caused because image data can be temporarily buffered without being sent hastily to the receiver.

 

Binning

The OCULUS 2600C PRO supports digital binning from 11 to 88 in either stacking or averaging method, and hardware binning from 11 to 33 in averaging method. Hardware pixel binning is much faster than software binning.

 

Conversion Gain Switch

The OCULUS 2600C PRO support HCG and LCG mode switch, the Gain ratio is 3.01.

 

 

HCG-Mode

 

Abb.: Sensor Analysis Data in HCG Mode

 

CURBES

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

 

 

LCG-Mode

 

Abb.: Sensor Analysis Data in LCG Mode

 

 

CURBES

Abb: Sensor Analysis Result in LCG Mode

 

 

 

 

Zero Amp-Glow

The OCULUS 2600C PRO 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. By comparison, the image captured by ATR3CMOS26000KPA shows zero amp-glow.



 

Camera Dimension and Its Mount

 

 

Camera Outline and Interface

 

 

 

 

1 Protective window, AR window for mono camera, IR-cut filter for color camera 
2 M42F x 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 x 2.1mm
8 LED indicators: 1) Power LED. 2) System LED. 3)TEC LED. 4)Fan LED

 

 

 

 

 

Camera Mechanical Connection with Adapter

The OCULUS 2600C PRO 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. The OCULUS 2600C PRO comes with M42x0.75 mount and can connect to telescope with the M42x0.75 thread in a direct way.

The OCULUS 2600C PRO can also connect to the telescope who use 1.25” or 2” eyepieces by M42M-1.25” or M42M- 2” adapter. Figure 10 shows the connection of the camera and the adapter. After the adapter is screwed to the camera, the camera can insert into the telescope’s eyepiece tube. Table 8 list the details of the camera and adapter parameters.

 

 

 

Camera Mechanical Connection with Lens

 

 

 

1 Nikon-M42 adapter 
2 EOS-M42 adapter
3 Nikon lens
4 Canon lens
5 ATR3CMOS camera with M42Fx0.75 mount

 

 

Camera Electric Connection with Accessories

 

On the back side of OCULUS 2600C PRO , there are 3 connection ports: DC 12V/3A power port, USB3.0/ USB2.0 port and USB-HUB.

Due to the significantly larger power cunsumption of IMX571, OCULUS 2600C PRO (including the cooling system) is now booted up only by 12V/3A power supply. USB3.0 no longer workds as a power source but only as a data communication method. The USB-HUB provides connection with other devices, which allows user to avoid the mess of cable management. Once another device is connected through the USB-HUB, it will be connected to PC device through the USB3.0/USB2.0 port.

 

 

 

OCULUS 2600C PRO and the 3rd Party Software

Installing the application


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

 

Compatible Software

 

oculus2600

ATR3CMOS26000KPAATR3CMOS26000KPAATR3CMOS26000KPAATR3CMOS26000KPA
Packing List

 

 

A: Carton L:50cm W:30cm H:30cm (20pcs, 12~17Kg/ carton, 0.045m3), not shown in the photo 
B: 3-A safety equipment case: L:28cm W:23cm H:15cm (1pcs, 3.9Kg/ box); carton size: L:28.2cm W:16.7cm H:25.5cm 
C: Camera OCULUS series 2600C PRO  (M42x0.75 Mount+2” adapter) 
D: Power adapter: input: AC 100~240V 50Hz/60Hz, output: DC 12V 5A 
E: High-Speed USB3.0 A male to B male gold-plated connectors cable /1.5m 
F: Drying tube 
G: CD (Driver & utilities software, Ø12cm) 
H: M42M-2” adapter 
I: M42M-1.25” adapter

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