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

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  • Page 1 Ares Camera Manual Ares-C Pro Camera Manual V1.0 Dec, 2024...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Ares Camera Manual Table of Contests Product Features ......................3 Technical parameters ....................4 Product Description ....................5 Format ......................6 Cutting-edge Design ................... 6 Front 3P and Rear 4P tilter plate..............7 Carbon fiber and light weight ..............7 Deep Cooling....................
  • Page 3: Product Features

    Ares 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: Technical Parameters

    Ares Camera Manual Technical parameters Sensor New SONY IMX533 1" CMOS (color) Diagonal 16mm Total Pixels 9 Mega Pixels Max Resolution 3008×3008 3.76μm Pixel Size RGGB Bayer Pattern Chip Size 11.31mm×11.31mm Frame Rate 43FPS(10bit) Shutter Rolling shutter 32μs-2000s Exposure Range Readout Noise 4.46-1e Full Well...
  • Page 5: Product Description

    Ares-C Pro (IMX533) camera is developed by Player One Astronomy, this camera is not only great for DSO imaging, and also can do solar and lunar imaging too. Ares-C Pro camera, which adopts Sony IMX533 1” square format color sensor. The 3.76um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 73Ke with a total of 9MP (the resolution is 3008*3008), and the diagonal is 16mm.
  • Page 6: Format

    Ares Camera Manual Format Ares-C Pro camera has 1″format; this size is quite big for imaging. Cutting-edge Design The Ares cooled series is starting with a new design! This time with a round body, a classic red and black color scheme, and using carbon fiber to keep weight down and cutting-edge outlook.
  • Page 7: Front 3P And Rear 4P Tilter Plate

    Ares Camera Manual Front 3P and Rear 4P tilter plate 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. Ares camera provide both front and Rear tilter plate fulfill all usage scenarios.
  • Page 8: Deep Cooling

    The camera weighs only 420 grams, making it one of the lightest models on the market. 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℃.
  • Page 9: Anti-Dew Heater

    Full well Ares-C Pro camera has 73Ke full well, it’s almost 1.5 times than IMX533 Basic (50ke). Frame rate Ares-C Pro camera can run 43FPS under RAW8 mode, that’s much faster than existing...
  • Page 10: Dual Sampling Mode

    Ares Camera Manual Dual Sampling Mode Ares series has dual sampling mode. Normal mode and LRN mode, they have different advantages in imaging. 1. Normal mode has faster FPS, it is more suitable for planetary imaging. 2. LRN (low readout noise) mode has lower readout noise and higher dynamic range. it is more suitable for DSO imaging.
  • Page 11: Non-Amp-Glow

    Non-Amp-Glow can give us very clean background, much easier to get high quality images. Ares-C PRO camera also very good for solar, lunar and planetary imaging. Its 1″ square sensor can easily capture full disk of the Sun and Moon with short focal refractors. And it also could make mosaic work more efficient.
  • Page 12: Type-C Data Port And Power Port

    Ares 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 43fps 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 13: Standard Cable Usage

    Ares Camera Manual The camera has 12V DC5.5*2.1mm port to provide enough power to TEC cooling system. If you don’t need to power up cooling, only need to connect the main Type-C port, the camera will work as an uncooled camera. Standard Cable Usage Cooling System and Anti-Dew Heater In ASCOM window, we provide 3 adjustable parameters: Target temperature, Fan Speed...
  • Page 14: Overvoltage And Overcurrent Protection Mechanism

    Ares Camera Manual 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 15: Performance

    Ares Camera Manual Performance HCG open at gain=125.
  • Page 16: Readout Noise

    Ares 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 17: Relative Qe Curve

    Ares Camera Manual Relative QE Curve...
  • Page 18: Mechanical Drawing

    Ares Camera Manual Mechanical Drawing...
  • Page 19: Bfl Solutions

    Ares 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 20 Ares Camera Manual Notice: Some BFL solution is 56mm (Compensate light path differences which caused by filters)
  • Page 21: Package List

    Ares Camera Manual Package List...
  • Page 22: Warranty & Shipping Policy

    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 23 × 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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