Artemis CCD Cameras - high quality, "no frills", very affordable cameras

Artemis is proud to offer a selection of CCD cameras that place particular emphasis on value for money while at the same time offering high quality images not unlike those of much more expensive cameras.

Features of Artemis Cameras:

- Integrated cooling system for less "noise" during long exposure times
- highly sensitive sensors
- intelligent electronics and software for ease of use

CCD Cameras
Easy Payment: We offer our customers several easy and fast payment methods. You will receive exact payment details when ordering or on request!

Art-4021
23mm diagonal 4-MegaPixel Camera
Art-11002
Huge 35mm sensor 11-MegaPixel Camera


Artemis Art-4021 CCD Camera - Large Sensor
large and powerful high-resolution high-sensitivity chip

 

Artemis Art 4021 CCD Cameras - Large 23mm Diagonal Sensor

The Artemis 4021 CCD camera is a new mid-size camera with a high performance sensor for astro-imaging. They are the logical step between the cheaper ATiK cameras and the huge Artemis 11002 camera.

CCD Sensor
The Kodak KAI4021 sensor was chosen for the new camera. Kodak has a great reputation for providing sensors for high end astronomy applications. The KAI4021 is a 4 million pixel device with a diagonal of about 23mm! It has an electronic shutter which, like the Sony ICX285, makes it very easy to use both for imaging faint deep sky objects or large scale images of a bright moon.

The Art4021 is designed to be simple to use. Jon Groves excellent Capture program is included as are plug-ins for Astro Art 2 and Maxim DL. The camera only has two sockets, one for power (12V) and the other a USB2 connection.

Easy to Use
To make a camera appear simple it needs to have brains! The camera uses a standard Artemis operating system on a PIC microcontroller running at 32Mhz. This looks after most of the house keeping functions of the camera including temperature control of the sensor. The analogue to digital converter is made by Texas Instruments and can convert 2 million samples per second at 16 bit resolution. A reprogrammable Xlinix logic device handles the high speed signal generation as well as data processing. Both the Xilinx chip and the PIC are firmware updateable over the USB link so any firmware upgrades can be installed without requiring the camera to be returned. Finally a Cypress USB 2 controller is used to interface the camera with a computer.

Why Monochrome?
Monochrome cameras are generally more powerful than colour cameras. However you need to use LRGB filters to get colour images out of them. Then however contrast is ideal and generally considered better than in colour cameras.

Qualtiy Standard - Definition:
All CCD chips do have a certain number of defects. The following number of defects has been defined for the Artemis cameras. These defects are not considered a reason for warranty repair or exchange.
Major Dark Pixels 100
Major Bright Pixels 100
Minor Dark Pixels 1000
Cluster Defects 20
Column Defects 0
Specifications:
 
Chip Kodak KAI4021
Resolution 2048 x 2048 pixels  ( 4 Megapixels )
Sensor size 16.67mm x 16.05mm (=23mm diagonal)
Pixel size 7.4 x 7.4 um
Readout Speeds 1x1 Binning Full Frame = 6sec
2x2 Binning Full Frame = 3sec
1x1 Focusing Sub Frame = 0.5sec
Cooling Peltier cooling (up to 25° below ambient temp.)
Read Out Noise 11 electrons at CCD temperatures between 0 and -25°C
Dark Current 0.01 electrons / sec at -20°
Well Depth 40,000 electrons
Quantum Efficiency 55%
Anti Blooming >300x
Camera Size 125mm diameter x 72mm
Prices:
 
Item No. Short description Price - Euros incl. VAT
Art 4021 Artemis 4021 CCD camera - monochrome 2995.-

Please send requests or online orders to: sales@telescope-service.com



Artemis Art-11002 CCD Camera - Huge "35mm Format" Sensor
large and powerful high-resolution high-sensitivity chip

 

Artemis Art 11002 CCD Cameras - huge "35mm Format" Sensor

The Art 11002 camera was designed to offer a full 35mm format CCD at a breakthrough price. It provides a step up from the Sony ICX285 cameras such as the Art285 to true multi mega pixel deep sky imaging.

CCD Chip
The Kodak KAI11002 was chosen for the sensor of the new camera. Kodak has a great reputation for providing sensors for high end astronomy applications. The KAI11002 is an 11 million pixel device with an active area slightly greater than traditional 35mm film. The pixel size is 9um square; which is relatively large and makes a good match for a broad range of telescopes. It has an electronic shutter which, like the Sony ICX285, makes it very easy to use both for imaging faint deep sky objects or large scale images of a bright moon.

Moving up from an ICX285 camera to one with a KAI11002 is the kind of quantum leap we were looking for. Pictures from an 11 mega pixel camera can look great regardless if they are viewed on a computer screen, printed out, or featured in a magazine. On computer it's possible to zoom into regions and keep seeing more and more detail. The Art11002 is designed to be simple to use. Jon Groves excellent Capture program is included as are plug-ins for Astro Art 2 and Maxim DL. The camera only has two sockets, one for power (12V) and the other a USB2 connection.

Easy to Use
To make a camera appear simple it needs to have brains! The camera uses a standard Artemis operating system on a PIC microcontroller running at 32Mhz. This looks after most of the house keeping functions of the camera including temperature control of the sensor. The analogue to digital converter is made by Texas Instruments and can convert 2 million samples per second at 16 bit resolution. A reprogrammable Xlinix logic device handles the high speed signal generation as well as data processing. Both the Xilinx chip and the PIC are firmware updateable over the USB link so any firmware upgrades can be installed without requiring the camera to be returned. Finally a Cypress USB 2 controller is used to interface the camera with a computer.

Artemis Quality
While the Art11002 is designed to be a step up from the Sony ICX285 cameras it is very much still an Artemis. As with the original Artemis it has been designed by astronomers. Artemis has established itself making high quality, no frills, affordable cameras. The Art 11002 offers amazing value for money.

Four Available Versions
You can choose between four different versions of the camera (see price list below). Two are colour, two are monochrome.

Monochrome is generally more powerful, but you must use LRGB filters to get colour images out of them. Then however contrast is ideal and generally considered better than in colour cameras.

The colour versions on the other hand are easier to use because you don't need to take separate images for all colour channels. This makes the colour cameras superior if you don't have much time to take and process the photos.

Two Chip Classes
For both colour monochrome cameras you can choose between two chip classes each. The classes have the same basic specifications like sensitivity, number of pixels, ...

The difference however is the number of hot and dead pixels. The better class chips do have nearly no hot or dead pixels at all. The lower class chips have more hot and dead pixels, but other than that the quality is comparable. This makes the lower grade chips an ideal choice for customers who are looking for best possible value for money and who can live with such minor problems.

Qualtiy Standard - Definition:
All CCD chips do have a certain number of defects. The following number of defects has been defined for the Artemis cameras. These defects are not considered a reason for warranty repair or exchange.
Class I Cl. II Colour Cl. II Mono
Major Dark Pixels 100 200 200
Major Bright Pixels 100 200 200
Minor Dark Pixels 1000 2000 2000
Cluster Defects 20 20 20
Column Defects 0 10 2
Specifications (for all models):
 
Chip Kodak KAI11002
Resolution 4008 x 2672 pixels  ( 11 Megapixels )
Sensor size 36mm x 24mm
Pixel size 9.0 x 9.0 um
Readout Speeds 1x1 Binning Full Frame = 19sec
4x4 Binning Full Frame = 6sec
1x1 Binning Focusing Sub Frame = 1sec
Cooling Peltier cooling (up to 30° below ambient temp.)
Read Out Noise 13.8 electrons
Dark Current 0.05 electrons / sec
Well Depth 60,000 electrons
Quantum Efficiency 50% (mono)
Anti Blooming >1000x
Camera Size 125mm diameter x 72mm
Prices:
 
Item No. Short description Price - Euros incl. VAT
Monochrome models:
Art SW1 Artemis 11002 CCD camera - Chip Class 1 - monochrome 5998.-
Art SW2 Artemis 11002 CCD camera - Chip Class 2 - monochrome 3998.-
Colour models:
Art C1 Artemis 11002 CCD camera - Chip Class 1 - colour 6298.-
Art C2 Artemis 11002 CCD camera - Chip Class 2 - colour 4198.-

Please send requests or online orders to: sales@telescope-service.com


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