Description

Player One Mars-C USB3.0 Color Camera (IMX462)

Mars-C is a planetary camera developed by Player One Astronomy, which adopts the Sony IMX462 1 2.8” format sensor. The 2.9um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 12ke with a total of 2.1MP  (the resolution is 1944*1096), and the diagonal is 6.46 mm.

The naming of Player One Astronomy cameras is unique. For example, we name the planetary cameras after planets (They are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, Earth is not included). The size of each planet to a certain extent represents the size of camera sensors. We will name Saturn with a 1-inch sensor camera, and for Mars, we will name it with a ½.8 inch sensor camera. All names will be engraved on the housing of the cameras.

Planetary camera Mars-C Highlights

Mars-C has super high sensitivity and ultra-low readout noise. All of these features provide users with excellent performance for planetary imaging, like Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,  as well as solar and lunar imaging.

The fun thing is, with the strong ability in capturing infrared lights and the super-high sensitivity, the Mars-C camera can be used as a monochrome camera with an IR850 filter or CH4 filter to capture infrared lights.

Connecting the Mars-C camera to a telescope with a 1.25″ T-Mount, or adding a Barlow lens between the camera and a telescope to extend the focal length for more details.

 With a CS lens attached to the Mars-C camera, it can be used as an all-day camera or meteor monitoring camera.

Cutting-edge Design

The planetary cameras developed by Player One Astronomy use a scientific and technological regular hexagon to construct the main body line, supplemented by round chamfers to achieve both rigidity and flexibility. The positive red, which is like a summer fire, is matched with the low-key and steady black, and the super-fine frosting process on the entire surface makes the camera look luxurious and cool, highlighting the style of high-end players, can’t take my eyes off ; D

2nd Gen – Sensor Tilt Plate

The built-in high-density sponge shading pad can block the light from the side slits without any side leakage.

When taking solar photograph with prominence telescope, the Newton ring is annoying. Smoother solar image without Newton ring could be taken by adjusting the focal plate. Get a much smaller field curvature of the telescope.

256M DDR3 Cache

Player One Astronomy cameras are the first ones who adopt the DDR3 cache in all planetary cameras in the world! It helps stabilize and secure data transmission, effectively avoids frame dropping, and greatly reduces read noise.

With the DDR3 cache, the Mars-C camera does not have high demands on computing needs any longer, it will still have excellent performance even if it is connected to a USB 2.0 port.

Technical Specifications 

Sensor		SONY IMX462 1 2.8 CMOS (color)
Diagonal		6.5mm
Total Pixels		2.1 Mega Pixels
Max Resolution		1944×1096
Pixel Size		2.9μm
Chip Size		5.6mm×3.2mm
Frame Rate		136FPS（10bit）
Bayer Matrix		RGGB
Shutter		Rolling shutter
Exposure Range		32μs-2000s
Readout Noise		2.6e~0.7e
QE Peak		≈9%
Full Well		12k e
ADC		12 bit
Data Port		USB3.0 USB2.0
Adapter		1.25″ M42X0.75
Back Focal Length		12.5mm
Protective Window		D21*1.1MM High Quality AR Plus (Anti Reflection) Multi-Layer Coating
Diameter		66mm
Weight		180g
Resolution and FPS		Under USB3.0 mode
	Resolution 12bit ADC 10bit ADC
	1944×1096 62.5 FPS 136 FPS
	1920×1080 63.5 FPS 138 FPS
1280×720 94.1 FPS 205 FPS
800×600 112.4 FPS 245 FPS
640×480 139.3 FPS 304 FPS
More resolution options could be setup in capture softewares!

 

 

In the Box

• Camera and T-mount
• USB3.0 Cable
• ST4 Cable
• M2 Hexagonal wrench
• 1.2 Cover
• Air Blower

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