The Imaging Source DMK 21AG04.AS
Monochrome GigE astronomy camera without IR cut filter.

1/4 " CCD, Sony ICX098BL (progressive scan).
Resolution 640 x 480 pixels.
Up to 60 FPS and 60 minutes exposure.
C/CS mount.
Software included.



Features:

Up to 60 FPS

With 60 FPS (frames per second), the DMK 21AG04.AS is the fastest within its category. It is ideally suited to black and white astrophotography, in which very fast image sequences should be captured. The camera ships with IC Capture.AS, a comprehensive software package with which you can capture lossless and uncompressed images sequences and write them to disk as AVI files, or as a series of singular bitmaps.

Sony ICX098BL 1/4 " CCD Chip

The DMK 21AG04.AS ships with the monochrome Sony ICX098BL progressive scan CCD chip. With its 1/4 " format, the CCD chip produces a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. Even at very long exposure times - up to 60 minutes exposure are possible - noise is minimal. Thanks to this extremely high quality, the Sony ICX098BL CCD chip is also often used in other scientific, industrial and medical image processing applications.

No Compression, No IR Cut Filter

The DMK 21AG04.AS does not compress the video stream it outputs - the video data that is captured by the CCD chip is outputted directly by the GigE connector. Similarly, the camera does not have an IR cut filter, a color filter, nor an other kind of electronic filter. The camera is, therefore, ideally suited to capturing very true-to-life images of the night sky.

High Speed Data Transfer Via GigE

In order to transfer the vast amount of data created by the stream of uncompressed and lossless monochrome images to the host PC, you need a very high speed bus. Hence, the DMK 21AG04.AS is fitted with a fast GigE connector. Another advantage of GigE is, that you can use very long cables.

Included Software

Specifications: