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The Art-255

The ART-255 is an affordable starter in the Artemis range.  This chip is again an exView but has slightly higher resolution and smaller pixels than the ART-254.  It is relatively small and compared with more expensive CCDs has higher dark current making dark frames more important.

 

CCD   ICX255AL
Format   1/3 inch
Resolution   500x582
Pixel Size   9.8x6.3 um
One shot colour   No
Read out noise   14 electrons
Dark Current   16 electrons per second
Estimated well depth   47000 electrons
Binning   Up to x4 independently in x and y but monochrome only beyond 2x1
Read out Speeds    
Full frame high quality   4 seconds
Full frame high speed   2 seconds
Subframe focus update   <1 seconds

 

 

 
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