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ASI6200MC Pro uses Sony’s latest back-illuminated IMX455 Full Frame format native 16-bit ADC sensor. It has3.76µm, ultra-low 1.2e readout noise and an innovative breakthrough resulting in zero amp-glow.

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Amazing Craftsmanship, Lightweight body, Solid image quality:

We have been working hard to reduce the weight of the camera while improving the performance of the camera. After years of technical accumulation and repeated weight loss experiments by ZWO engineers, ZWO finally concentrated the ASI6200 to 0.7KG.

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Full Frame format:

The ASI6200MC Pro uses full frame format, the sensor length and width are 36mm * 24mm and the diagonal is 43.3mm. This is a 62MP camera with a small pixel size of 3.76um that can accommodate a large well depth of 51.4ke.

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Native 16bit ADC:

ASI6200MC Pro is our first batch of CMOS astronomy cameras with 16bit ADC. This 16bit ADC is not a CCD 16bit ADC, and it can really achieve a dynamic range output of 14 stops. This significantly improves the image sharpness and contrast, and the color changes are smoother and more natural.

14bit-vs-16bit

IMX455 backlit sensor:

Sony’s back-illuminated CMOS image sensor improves sensitivity and noise reduction – the key factors to enhancing image quality, while radically realigning their fundamental pixel structure from front-illumination to back-illumination. It has retained the advantages of CMOS image sensors such as low power consumption and high-speed operation.

With a conventional front-illumination structure, the metal wiring and transistors on the surface of the silicon substrate that form the sensor’s light-sensitive area (photo-diode) impede photon gathering carried out by the on-chip lens. A back-illuminated structure minimizes the degradation of sensitivity to optical angle response, while also increasing the amount of light that enters each pixel due to the lack of obstacles such as metal wiring and transistors that have been moved to the reverse of the silicon substrate.

Sony has newly developed a unique photo-diode structure and on-chip lens optimized for back-illuminated structures, that achieves a higher sensitivity and a lower random noise without light by reducing noise, dark current and defect pixels compared to the conventional front-illuminated structure.

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CameraPerformance:

The ASI6200MC Pro has excellent performance with a dynamic range of up to 14stops. When the gain value is 100, the magical HCG high gain mode is turned on, the readout noise is greatly reduced, and the dynamic range is basically unchanged. It is recommended to set the gain to 0 or gain 100 in deep space.

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Zero Amp Glow:

Traditional CMOS sensors produce a weak infrared light source during operation quite often seen in the corner of uncalibrated images as the tell tale signs of ‘amp glow’. As the ASI6200MC Pro uses zero amp glow circuitry, you won’t have to worry about amp glow even when using high gain, long exposure imaging.

amp-glow

With amp glow – exposure 300 second exposure

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ASI6200 frame with no amp glow – Exposure 300 seconds

Anti-dew

ASI6200MC Pro comes with the polyimide heater that can avoid any dew problems.

The anti-dew heater which completely fit the protective window will heat it to avoid any dew problems.

The heat anti-dew heater power is around 5W and can be turn off in software to save power.

anti-dew heater

QE value:

We suppose that the QE peak value of the ASI6200MC Pro is above 80%.

Two-stage TEC cooling, ultra-low dark current:

ASI6200MC Pro uses two stage TEC cooling that can lower the CMOS sensor temperature to more that 35c below ambient, which can greatly reduce dark current generation and sensor noise even with extended exposure times.

The unique dark current suppression technology can even further reduce dark current noise.

At a cooling temperature of 0 °, the dark current noise is only 0.003e/s/pix. This means 300s exposure can only cause 0.9e dark current noise, which is completely negligible!

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Note:ASI6200 Pro camera requires 1A current from the USB, if your PC can not provide enough current, please use an external 12V power supply to power the camera .

USB3.0 & 256M DDR3 Memory:

The ASI6200MC Pro is equipped with a USB 3.0 transmission interface and a built-in 256MB DDR3 cache to ensure stable and secure data transmission. Under long exposure, it effectively avoids frame dropping and greatly reduces the glow effect caused by slow reading speed.

DDR buffer

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Mechanical Diagram:

ASI6200MC-Pro-mechanical-diagram

What is in the box?

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The best solution of 55mm back focus length:

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Connecting Diagram:

ASI6200Mc-Pro-connecting-diagram

  1. Nikon-M54 adapter
  2. EOS-M54 adapter
  3. Nikon lens
  4. Canon lens

Specifications

Sensor SONY IMX455CMOS
Diagonal 43.30mm
Resolution 62 Mega Pixel 6248*4176
Pixel Size 3.76μm
Max FPS at full resolution 3.51FPS
Bayer Pattern RGGB
Shutter Rolling shutter
Exposure Range 32μs-2000s
ROI Supported
Read Noise 1.2-3.5e
QE peak TBD
Full well 51400e
ADC 16bit
DDRIII Buffer 256MB(=2Gb)
Non-volatile memory/On camera storage Build-in total 192K byte user-accessible space(image size up to 480X320)
Interface USB3.0/USB2.0
Interface USB3.0/USB2.0
Adaptor M54X0.75
Protect window D60-2 IR CUT
Dimensions 90mm Diameter
Weight 700g
Back Focus Distance 17.5mm
Cooling Regulated Two Stage TEC
Delta T 35°C-35°C below ambient
Camera Power consumption 650mA at 5V
Cooler Power consumption 12V at 3A Max
Working Temperature -5°C—45°C
Storage Temperature -20°C—60°C
Working Relative Humidity 20%—80%
Storage Relative Humidity 20%—95%
Max FPS at full resolution
16Bit ADC
9576×6388: 2.05fps
7680×4800: 2.72fps
6400×4096: 3.18fps
4096×2160: 5.97fps
3840×2160: 5.97fps
1920×1080: 11.66fps
1280×720 : 17.10fps
640×480: 24.81fps
320×240 : 45.21fps
more resolutions are in software, support customize resolution.