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

 

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 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