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- Page 1 Apollo Camera Manual Apollo-M Camera Manual V1.0 Dec, 2024...
- Page 2 Apollo Camera Manual Table of Contests Product Features ....................3 Technical parameters .................... 4 Product Description ....................5 Pregius Technology ................5 Format ..................... 5 Recommended accessories .................. 6 ACS (Active Cooling System) ..............6 Features ........................ 7 Cutting-edge Design ................7 2nd Gen –...
- Page 3 Apollo Camera Manual Product Features Apollo series is the world’s first camera line designed specifically for solar photography, named after Apollo. The Apollo series features Sony sensors with global shutters and a focus on monochrome sensors.
- Page 4 Apollo Camera Manual Technical parameters Sensor SONY IMX174 1/1.2" CMOS (mono) Diagonal 13.3mm Total Pixels 2.3 Mega Pixels Max Resolution 1936×1216 5.86μm Pixel Size Chip Size 11.3mm×7.1mm 164FPS（10bit） Frame Rate Shutter Global shutter 32μs-2000s Exposure Range Readout Noise 6.3-3.5e ≈77% QE Peak Full Well 24.8k e...
- Page 5 Apollo Camera Manual Product Description Apollo-M is a solar camera developed by Player One Astronomy, which adopts the Sony IMX174 1/1.2” format monochrome sensor. The 5.86um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 32Ke with a total of 2.3MP (the resolution is 1944*1216), and the diagonal is 13.3mm.
- Page 6 Apollo Camera Manual Recommended accessories ACS (Active Cooling System) ACS is an external air-cooled system, designed for solar and big format planetary cameras which already has PCS (Passive Cooling System). ACS can provide much better temperature control. When camera has PCS + ACS, temperature is only 7℃ higher than ambient, camera body is a little warm but won’t hot! ACS is not only can be used in daylight for solar imaging, it also could be used in night for DSO lucky imaging.
- Page 7 Apollo Camera Manual Features The naming of Player One Astronomy cameras is unique. Solar camera line, named after Apollo, the god of the sun. The suffix of the name describes the camera’s biggest feature. Drivers and software download: http://player-one-astronomy.com/service/software/ Manuals download: http://player-one-astronomy.com/service/manuals/...
- Page 8 Apollo Camera Manual The built-in high-density sponge shading pad can block the light from the side slits without any side leakage.
- Page 9 256M DDR3 Cache Player One Astronomy cameras are the first one who adopts the DDR3 cache in all planetary cameras in the world! It helps stabilize and secure data transmission, it effectively avoids frame dropping and greatly reduces readnoise.
- Page 10 Overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanism Player One cameras produced by the number one player ensures the safety of your camera and other equipment through overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanisms.
- Page 11 Apollo Camera Manual Performance...
- Page 12 Apollo Camera Manual Readout Noise Regarding readout noise, we solemnly promise that all values are obtained from actual tests. And for users, you could use Sharpcap 4 for testing. SC4 has a function called Sensor Analysis, provide a very simple way to test readout noise. We wrote a tutorial on our website: https://player-one-astronomy.com/service/manuals/ If you are interested in readout noise testing, you may try it yourself, which is very simple.
- Page 13 Apollo Camera Manual Mechanical Drawing...
- Page 14 Apollo Camera Manual Package List...
- Page 15 For best experiences, we recommend customers to purchase our products form local dealers. After-sales Service Warranty Policy 2-year free warranty (time start from delivered) for Player One products. If the product has any issue, please send the image or video and description to support@player-one- astronomy.com for further check to confirm. ...
- Page 16 × Legal proof-of-purchase, receipts, or invoices are not provided, or are reasonably believed to have been forged or tampered with. × A product sent to Player One for replacement does not include all original accessories, attachments and packaging, or contains items damaged by user error.
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