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The Art-255C

The ART-255C is the colour version of the ART-255. This chip is again an exView but has slightly higher resolution and smaller pixels than the ART-254C. It is relatively small and compared with more expensive CCDs has higher dark current making dark frames more important.

CCD		ICX255AK
Format		1/3 inch
Resolution		500x582
Pixel Size		9.8x6.3 um
One shot colour		Ye, Cy, Mg, and G complementary colour mosaic filters on chip
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

Please note that all data based Art-255.