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Uranus Camera Manual
Uranus-C Pro Camera Manual
V1.0
Dec, 2024

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  • Page 1 Uranus Camera Manual Uranus-C Pro Camera Manual V1.0 Dec, 2024...
  • Page 2 Uranus Camera Manual Table of Contests Product Features ..........................3 Technical parameters ........................4 Product Description ........................5 STARVIS Technology ....................5 Format ..........................5 Cutting-edge Design ....................6 Front 3P and Rear 4P tilter plate ................6 Carbon fiber and light weight ..................7 Deep Cooling ........................8 Anti-Dew heater ......................8 Full well ..........................9 Frame rate ........................9...
  • Page 3 Uranus Camera Manual Product Features DSO cooled camera line is the most advanced product line in Player One history. We start the project from 2021, through a lot of modify and rebuild we made this final version. It brings our newest technology and design to everyone, we are very proud to introduce this...
  • Page 4 Uranus Camera Manual Technical parameters Sensor New SONY IMX585 1/1.2" CMOS (color) Diagonal 12.85mm 8.3 Mega Pixels Total Pixels 3856×2180 Max Resolution 2.9μm Pixel Size Bayer Pattern RGGB Chip Size 11.2mm×6.3mm Frame Rate 47FPS(10bit) Shutter Rolling shutter 32μs-2000s Exposure Range 6.5-0.7e Readout Noise Full Well...
  • Page 5 Uranus Camera Manual Product Description Uranus-C Pro (IMX585) camera is developed by Player One Astronomy, it’s first IMX585 cooled camera in the world. Uranus-C Pro camera, which adopts Sony IMX585 1/1.2” format color sensor. The 2.9um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 47Ke with a total of 8.3MP (the resolution is 3856*2180), and the diagonal is 12.85mm.
  • Page 6 When shooting deep sky objects, the sensor tilt plate can be used to adjust the sensor tilt angle to make the stars at the corners more rounded. Uranus-C Pro camera provide both front and Rear tilter plate fulfill all usage scenarios.
  • Page 7 Carbon fiber and light weight The Uranus-C Pro uses a carbon fiber in camera housing and has been optimized for weight reduction in its structural design. The camera weighs only 420 grams, making it one of the lightest models on the market.
  • Page 8 Uranus Camera Manual Deep Cooling Player One cooled camera series use 2 Stage TEC Cooling unit, after improved the structure design to reject the heat back to camera chamber, Camera Delta-T can reach 35-40℃. Anti-Dew heater In the design of lightweight cooled cameras, Player One still pursuing the perfection, any necessary features must have, especially anti-dew system, is the problem that a lot of small cooled cameras ignored.
  • Page 9 Uranus Camera Manual Full well Uranus-C Pro camera has 47Ke full well, it’s almost 3.6 times than previous generation IMX485 (13ke). Frame rate Uranus-C Pro camera can run 47FPS under RAW8 mode, that’s much faster than IMX485 cameras.
  • Page 10 Uranus Camera Manual Non-Amp-Glow Dark frame of Uranus-C Pro camera is totally “dark”, it is also “Non-Amp-Glow” camera too! 300s@gain=0, offset=10, -10 degree, Dark frame of Uranus-C Pro camera: DOWNLOAD ℃ Preview of Dark frame: Exposure=300s, gain=0, offset=10, temp=-10 STF auto-Stretch in Pixinsight 1.86 Non-Amp-Glow can give us very clean background, much easier to get high quality images.
  • Page 11 Uranus Camera Manual Type-C Data port and Power port Back piece of cooled camera has 2 Type-C data port and 12V DC 5.5×2.1mm power port. Main data port support USB3.0 protocol, the camera can run 47fps under RAW8 mode. Type-C port is easier to plug in when assemble the imaging equipment in night. When recording images, since the actual writing speed will be affected by the writing speed of the hard disk itself, when the hard disk writing speed is slow, the recording may not reach the theoretical speed.
  • Page 12 The heat power is adjustable. 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 13 Uranus Camera Manual Performance HCG open at gain=210.
  • Page 14 Uranus 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 15 Uranus Camera Manual Relative QE Curve...
  • Page 16 Uranus Camera Manual Mechanical Drawing...
  • Page 17 Uranus Camera Manual BFL Solutions Following is some recommend 55mm BFL solution for this camera. If don’t consider about BFL, the connection way is various.
  • Page 18 Uranus Camera Manual Notice: Some BFL solution is 56mm (Compensate light path differences which caused by filters)
  • Page 19 Uranus Camera Manual Package List...
  • Page 20 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 21 × 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.