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ATR294M(ATR3CMOS10300KMA) User Manual ATR294M User Manual Version 2.2 Apr 2024 All materials related to this publication are subject to change without notice and its copyright totally belongs to ToupTek Photonics. Please download the latest version from touptek-astro.com.
ATR294M(ATR3CMOS10300KMA) User Manual Contents ATR294M User Manual............................... 1 Description and Features............................1 ATR294M Specifications and Performance ....................... 1 Camera Specifications ............................. 1 Sony IMX492 Sensitivity ..........................1 14bit ADC and ROI ............................2 DDR3 Buffer..............................2 Binning ................................2 Conversion Gain Switch ..........................2 Power and Cooling System for Precise Temperature Regulation ..............
ATR294M(ATR3CMOS10300KMA) User Manual 1 Description and Features The ATR294M(ATR3CMOS10300KMA) camera is designed specifically for astrophotography. It is mainly used for deep sky photo shooting, since the camera has cooled monochrome CMOS sensor, ultra-low readout noise and low amp-glow. It can be also used for planetary photo shooting.
Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8 /10 (32 & 64 bit) Supported OS OS x (Mac OS X) Linux 2.2 Sony IMX492 Sensitivity The sensor G Sensitivity of ATR294M is 350.76mv with 1/30s. Its spectral sensitivity is shown in Figure 2.
2.3 14bit ADC and ROI ATR294M has built in 14bit 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.
2.8 Low Amp-Glow ATR294M has been carefully designed and is able to achieve low amp-glow photo shooting. Figure 3 and Figure 4 show the different cameras at 20C and 5-minute exposure time with high amp glow and low amp glow. By comparison, the image captured by ATR294M shows low amp-glow.
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Camera setting used for HCG performance analysis is shown below: ⚫ Full resolution ⚫ RAW 14-bit mode ⚫ Temperature: -10C Figure 5 shows the curves of the camera analysis data in Table 3 Figure 5 e/ADU, Read Noise, Full Well and Dynamic Range for ATR294M...
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ATR294M(ATR3CMOS10300KMA) User Manual The camera analysis data is shown in Table 3: Table 3 Camera Analysis Data Sensor Analysis Data Gain Value 1100 2100 3100 4100 5100 6100 7100 8100 9100 10100 Rel Gain (dB) 20.8 26.44 29.8 32.26 34.51 35.71...
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Camera setting used for LCG performance analysis is shown below: ⚫ Full resolution ⚫ RAW 14-bit mode ⚫ Temperature: -10C Figure 6 shows the curves of the camera analysis data in Table 4 Figure 6 e/ADU, Read Noise, Full Well and Dynamic Range for ATR294M...
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ATR294M(ATR3CMOS10300KMA) User Manual The camera analysis data is shown in Table 4: Table 4 Camera Analysis Data Sensor Analysis Data Gain Value 1000 1584 2511 3981 6309 10000 15848 Rel Gain (dB) 0.00 3.92 11.9 15.8 19.8 23.6 27.6 31.5 35.2...
ATR294M(ATR3CMOS10300KMA) User Manual 3 Product Package and Connections 3.1 Packing List Figure 7 Packing Information of ATR294M Table 5 ATR294M Packing List Standard Package Carton L:50cm W:30cm H:30cm (20pcs, 12~17Kg/ carton, 0.045m3), not shown in the photo 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 (TBD), not shown in the photo ATR series camera (M42x0.75 Mount+2”...
ATR294M(ATR3CMOS10300KMA) User Manual 3.2 Camera Dimension and Its Mount Figure 8 Dimension and Mount of ATR294M Table 6 Dimension and Mount of ATR294M Item Specification 80mm Diameter Height 107.1mm Mount M42Fx0.75mm...
3.4 Camera Mechanical Connection with Adapter ATR294M 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.
ATR294M(ATR3CMOS10300KMA) User Manual telescope’s eyepiece tube. Table 8 list the details of the camera and adapter parameters. Figure 10 The Connection of the ATR Camera and Adapter Table 8 Camera and Its Adapter Connections Item Specification Back Focal Distance 17.50mm M42M-1.25”...
3.6 Camera Electric Connection with Accessories On the back side of ATR294M, 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 IMX492, ATR294M (including the cooling system) is now booted up only by 12V/3A power supply.
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ATR294M(ATR3CMOS10300KMA) User Manual Figure 12 Camera Electric Connection Table 10 Camera Electric Connection Details Item Specification USB3.0/USb2.0 Port To computer with USB3.0/USB2.0 cable To filter wheel with USB2.0 cable USB HUB for Accessories To guiding camera with USB 2.0 cable...
4 ATR294M and Its Software 4.1 Application Installation For software, customers are welcomed to go to our software website: https://touptek-astro.com/downloads/, to download the latest ToupSky. The ATR 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.
ATR294M(ATR3CMOS10300KMA) User Manual Figure 14 ToupSky and Its Browse Window 4.1.2 Professional Camera Control Panel Capture & Resolution Set the live and snap resolution and snap the image or record video; Exposure & Gain Auto exposure (exposure target preset) and manual exposure (exposure time can be inputted manually); Up to 5 times gain;...
USB port: USB3.0/USB2.0 port Display:17” or larger CD-ROM 4.2 ATR294M and Dshow DshowAstro is an interface driver providing Dshow standard support for ToupTek USB astronomy camera Supported OS: Windows: ⚫ x86: XP SP3 or above; CPU supports SSE2 instruction set or above ⚫...
4.3.5 PHD Guiding A popular free guide software: http://openphdguiding.org/ ToupTek’s telescope camera support Native/ASCOM/WDM driver to run the video. 4.3.6 Nebulosity A popular cooled camera control/image process software directly supported via ASCOM. 4.3.7 MetaGuide Autoguiding software with novel method to avoid the atmospheric agitation. The latest version support GCMOS01200KPB and the guide port: http://www.astrogeeks.com/Bliss/MetaGuide/...
ATR294M(ATR3CMOS10300KMA) User Manual 5 Service For software upgrades, please refer to “Download” on our official website: https://touptek-astro.com// For customers who purchase the cameras from local dealer, please contact your dealer for more inquiry. For technical support, please contact e-mail address: astro@ToupTek.com.
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