Player One - CLEARANCE

14 products

1. 

   Active Cooling System (ACS) for uncooled cameras [PL-ACS]

   $79.59 CAD $106.12 CAD

   On sale

   Player One:

   Active Cooling System (ACS) for uncooled cameras
   What is ACS?
   ACS (Active Cooling System) is a external air-cooled system, designed for solar and big format planetary cameras.
   Why I need ACS?
   ACS can provide much better temperature control for uncooled cameras. We all have some bad experiences in hot summer. The temperature of sensor rising up and camera shield is too hot to touch, afraid of  the camera can’t working normally.
   We have been aware of the heating problem before, so we added PCS (Passive Cooling System) to the camera. However, looks it is not enough! In 2022, summer ambient temperature even over 40℃ （104℉）,  camera sensor might close to 60℃ in long time using under sunlight.

   Although our users said Player One camera is still working well in hot day, but we think it’s still has damage risk. So we decide to make this ACS unit, to provide much better temp control.
   Clearly, that when camera has PCS + ACS, temperature is only 7℃ higher than ambient, camera body is a little warm but won’t hot!

   ACS is not only can be used in daylight for solar imaging, it also could be used in night for DSO lucky imaging.
   Does my camera support ACS?
   ACS is only useful on some uncooled cameras, not all of them. The camera must already has PCS in it, so that heat from sensor could transmit to the shield, then the ACS can dissipate heat by air cooling.

   How to setup ACS?
   Setup of ACS is simple, we wrote a quick guide, only has 6 steps. Please read the guide and setup your ACS correctly. SEE IMAGE

   Out of Stock
2. 

   Apollo-M MAX USB3.0 Mono Camera (IMX432) M [PL-APOLLO-MMAX]

   $662.14 CAD $882.85 CAD

   On sale

   Player One:

   • Sensor：IMX432
   • Format：1.1 inch
   • Resolution：1608×1104
   • Pixels：1.7 MP
   • FPS：98 FPS
   • Mono Camera
   • ADC：12bit
   • Port：USB3.0 & ST4

   Focus on Solar imaging!
   Apollo series is the world’s first camera line designed specifically for solar photography, named after Apollo.

   The Apollo series features Sony sensors with global shutters and a focus onProduct Description
   Apollo-M MAX is a solar camera developed by Player One Astronomy, which adopts the Sony IMX432 1.1” format monochrome sensor. The 9um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 100ke with a total of 1.7MP  (the resolution is 1608*1104), and the diagonal is 17.5mm. monochrome sensors.
   Pregius Technology

   IMX432 sensor is based on Pregius 3rd Generation. But IMX432 is quite different. According to the introduction of technical documents, pixel size of 3rd Gen usually is 4.5um, and full well is 25Ke. But this sensor has 9um pixel, and of course the full well up to 4x (100Ke).

   IMX432 has 1.1″ format, it is pretty big, almost twice of IMX174 chip.

   Pixel size
   9um pixel size is 1.5 times bigger than IMX174 camera, which means it can works at longer focal ratio, such as SCT + Daystar filter(with 4.2X) .
   Full Well

   100Ke full well, is 3 times bigger than IMX174. This feature will bring some new possibility in imaging. What we can imagine is HDR the Sun and prominence, or maybe the bright and dark side of the Moon.

   HCG and Noise
   HCG mode will automatic open when Gain >145, readout noise will drop to 4.6e. And dynamic range will rise to 12 drops again.

   At 380 gain, readout noise of IMX432 is 2.6e, it is lower than IMX174. And full well will still bigger than IMX174.

   Highlights
    
   No banding
   Row noise problem is a big trouble in solar imaging. When we use IMX174 or IMX178 cameras, bandings occurs sometimes. Although we can fix this problem in post-processing, but it still does nagitive affect on the details.

   The biggest surprise in testing Apollo-M  MAX is, we found that images of IMX432 are so smooth, no annoying horizontal banding. So that, we can focus on capture details in any focal ratio, in any way ( full disk mosaic or ROI ) , never need to worry about banding issue in post-processing.

   Cutting-edge Design
   The planetary cameras developed by Player One Astronomy uses a scientific and technological regular hexagon to construct the main body line, supplemented by round chamfers to achieve both rigidity and flexibility. The positive orange, which is imply solar, is matched with the low-key and steady black, and the super-fine frosting process on the entire surface makes the camera look luxurious and cool, highlighting the style of high-end players, can’t take my eyes off 😀

   Sensor Tilt Plate
   When taking solar photograph with prominence telescope, the Newton ring is annoying. Smoother solar image without Newton ring could be taken by adjusting the focal plate. Get a much smaller field curvature of the telescope.

   
   The built-in high-density sponge shading pad can block the light from the side slits without any side leakage.

    256M DDR3 Cache
   Player One Astronomy cameras are the first one who adpots the DDR3 cache in all planetary cameras in the world! It helps stabilize and secure data transmission, it effectively avoids frame dropping and greatly reduces readnoise.

   With the DDR3 cache, the camera does not have high demands on computing needs any longer, it will still has excellent performance even if it is connected to a USB 2.0 port.

   DPS technology
   The planetary cameras from Player One Astronomy have DPS (Dead Pixel Suppression) technology. The DPS is anaylse many dark frames to find out thoes fixed abnormal pixel and record the map in camera memory. In imaging, each exposure frames, thoes position of dead pixels will be given a median value according to the active pixels around that abnormal pixel.
   Overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanism
   Player One cameras produced by the number one player ensures the safety of your camera and other equipment through overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanisms.

   Data Port
   When the camera is connected to the USB3.0 interface and full-resolution preview is used, it can reach 98FPS both in 12bit (RAW16) and 10bit(RAW8) mode. When recording images, since the actual writing speed will be affected by the writing speed of the hard disk itself, when the hard disk writing speed is slow, the recording may not reach the theoretical speed. It is recommended that you use a high-quality solid state drive to record data to give full play to the performance of the camera.

   Use the ST4 guide cable to connect the camera and the AUTO GUIDE port of the equatorial mount to do guiding.

   HCG  Mode
   The Apollo-M MAX camera has a unique HCG mode, which will automatically turn on when the camera gain setting is >145. The HCG mode can greatly reduce the readout noise and retain the same high dynamic range as the low gain.

   Out of Stock
3. 

   Ceres-C USB3.0 Color Camera (IMX224) [PL-CERES-C]

   $156.53 CAD $208.71 CAD

   2 in stock On sale

   Back Order / Waiting List

   Player One: Ceres-C USB3.0 Color Camera (IMX224)Player One Astronomy guiding camera series, AKA Dwarf Planet Series, is design for guiding and imaging. This series including 3 sub-series, Ceres, Sedna and Xena
   Ceres-C is a guiding camera developed by Player One Astronomy, which adopts the Sony IMX224/225 1/3” format sensor. The 3.75um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 19.4ke with a total of 1.2MP  (the resolution is 1304*976), and the diagonal is 6mm.

   Highlights
   Dwarf planet series integrated USB3.0 data port(500Mb/s), which can provide over 10 times speed than USB2.0 device(60Mb/s). Whatever you wants to do guiding or imaging, this camera series can handle it very well.Dwarf planet camera diameter is 1.25″, it can slide in 1.25″ holder of guiding scope, makes the whole setup shorter.With a 5-100MM CS lens attached on the camera, it also can be used as a guider or finder.
   The naming of Player One guiding cameras is interesting. Guiding camera is smaller than planetary camera, that’s why we choose dwarf planets to name it.

   The size of each dwarf planet to a certain extent represents the size of camera sensors. We will name Ceres with a 1/3″ sensor camera, and for Xena, we will name it with a 1/1.2 inch sensor camera. All names will be engraved on the housing of the cameras.

   Drivers and softwares download: https://player-one-astronomy.com/service/software/

   Manuals download: https://player-one-astronomy.com/service/manuals/

   Cutting-edge Design
   The guiding cameras developed by Player One Astronomy uses technological regular hexagon to construct the main body line.
   DPS technology
   The guiding cameras from Player One Astronomy have DPS (Dead Pixel Suppression) technology, dead pixels (including both hot pixels and cold pixels) of the image are swept away. DPS function is turned on during your whole imaging session, no need to worry about it !

   
   Overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanism
   Player One cameras produced by the number one player ensures the safety of your camera and other equipment through overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanisms.

   Data Port
   When the camera is connected to the USB3.0 interface and full-resolution preview is used, it can reach 154 FPS in RAW8 mode (10bit ADC). When recording images, since the actual writing speed will be affected by the writing speed of the hard disk itself, when the hard disk writing speed is slow, the recording may not reach the theoretical speed. It is recommended that you use a high-quality solid state drive to record data to give full play to the performance of the camera.

   Use the ST4 guide cable to connect the camera and the AUTO GUIDE port of the equatorial mount to do guiding.
   Readout Noise
   Regarding readout noise, we solemnly promise that all values are obtained from actual tests.  And for users, you could use Sharpcap 4 for testing. SC4 has a function called Sensor Analysis, provide a very simple way to test readout noise.

   We wrote a tutorial on our website: https://player-one-astronomy.com/service/manuals/

   After many rigorous readout noise tests, the Ceres-C camera can reach a low readout noise of 0.75e at a gain of 350.

   If you are interested in readout noise testing, you may try it yourself, which is very simple.

     Add to cart
4. 

   Ceres-M USB3.0 Mono Camera (AR0130) [PL-CERES-M]

   $200.50 CAD $267.33 CAD

   4 in stock On sale

   Back Order / Waiting List

   Player One:

   Ceres-M USB3.0 Mono Camera (AR0130)Player One Astronomy guiding camera series, AKA Dwarf Planet Series, is design for guiding and imaging. This series including 3 sub-series, Ceres, Sedna and Xena.
   Ceres-M is a guiding camera developed by Player One Astronomy, which adopts the Aptina AR0130 1/3” format sensor. The 3.75um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 18ke with a total of 1.2MP  (the resolution is 1280*960), and the diagonal is 6mm.

   Highlights
   Dwarf planet series integrated USB3.0 data port(500Mb/s), which can provide over 10 times speed than USB2.0 device(60Mb/s). Whatever you wants to do guiding or imaging, this camera series can handle it very well.

   Dwarf planet camera diameter is 1.25″, it can slide in 1.25″ holder of guiding scope, makes the whole setup shorter.With a 5-100MM CS lens attached on the camera, it also can be used as a guider or finder.
   The naming of Player One guiding cameras is interesting. Guiding camera is smaller than planetary camera, that’s why we choose dwarf planets to name it.

   The size of each dwarf planet to a certain extent represents the size of camera sensors. We will name Ceres with a 1/3″ sensor camera, and for Xena, we will name it with a 1/1.2 inch sensor camera. All names will be engraved on the housing of the cameras.

   Drivers and softwares download: https://player-one-astronomy.com/service/software/

   Manuals download: https://player-one-astronomy.com/service/manuals/

   Cutting-edge Design
   The guiding cameras developed by Player One Astronomy uses technological regular hexagon to construct the main body line.
   DPS technology
   The guiding cameras from Player One Astronomy have DPS (Dead Pixel Suppression) technology, dead pixels (including both hot pixels and cold pixels) of the image are swept away. DPS function is turned on during your whole imaging session, no need to worry about it !Overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanism
   Player One cameras produced by the number one player ensures the safety of your camera and other equipment through overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanisms.

   Data Port
   When the camera is connected to the USB3.0 interface and full-resolution preview is used, it can reach 65 FPS in RAW8 mode (10bit ADC). When recording images, since the actual writing speed will be affected by the writing speed of the hard disk itself, when the hard disk writing speed is slow, the recording may not reach the theoretical speed. It is recommended that you use a high-quality solid state drive to record data to give full play to the performance of the camera.

   Use the ST4 guide cable to connect the camera and the AUTO GUIDE port of the equatorial mount to do guiding.
   Readout Noise
   Regarding readout noise, we solemnly promise that all values are obtained from actual tests.  And for users, you could use Sharpcap 4 for testing. SC4 has a function called Sensor Analysis, provide a very simple way to test readout noise.

   We wrote a tutorial on our website: https://player-one-astronomy.com/service/manuals/

   After many rigorous readout noise tests, the Ceres-M camera can reach a low readout noise of 3.6e at a gain of 200.

   If you are interested in readout noise testing, you may try it yourself, which is very simple.

     Add to cart
5. 

   Mars-C USB3.0 Color Camera (IMX462) [PL-MARS-C]

   $156.53 CAD $208.71 CAD

   On sale

   Player One: Mars-C USB3.0 Color Camera (IMX462)
   Mars-C is a planetary camera developed by Player One Astronomy, which adopts the Sony IMX462 1/2.8” format sensor. The 2.9um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 12ke with a total of 2.1MP  (the resolution is 1944*1096), and the diagonal is 6.46 mm.
   The naming of Player One Astronomy cameras is unique. For example, we name the planetary cameras after planets (They are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, Earth is not included). The size of each planet to a certain extent represents the size of camera sensors. We will name Saturn with a 1-inch sensor camera, and for Mars, we will name it with a ½.8 inch sensor camera. All names will be engraved on the housing of the cameras.

   Planetary camera Mars-C Highlights
   Mars-C has super high sensitivity and ultra-low readout noise. All of these features provide users with excellent performance for planetary imaging, like Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,  as well as solar and lunar imaging.
   The fun thing is, with the strong ability in capturing infrared lights and the super-high sensitivity, the Mars-C camera can be used as a monochrome camera with an IR850 filter or CH4 filter to capture infrared lights.

   Connecting the Mars-C camera to a telescope with a 1.25″ T-Mount, or adding a Barlow lens between the camera and a telescope to extend the focal length for more details.

    With a CS lens attached to the Mars-C camera, it can be used as an all-day camera or meteor monitoring camera.

   Cutting-edge Design
   The planetary cameras developed by Player One Astronomy use a scientific and technological regular hexagon to construct the main body line, supplemented by round chamfers to achieve both rigidity and flexibility. The positive red, which is like a summer fire, is matched with the low-key and steady black, and the super-fine frosting process on the entire surface makes the camera look luxurious and cool, highlighting the style of high-end players, can’t take my eyes off ; 

   Sensor Tilt Plate
   When taking solar photography with a prominence telescope, the Newton ring is annoying. A smoother solar image without a Newton ring could be taken by adjusting the focal plate. Besides, when you use a planetary camera for deep-sky lucky imaging, if you find the surrounding stars are not perfect, you can adjust the sensor tilt plate to obtain a flatter image field. get a much smaller field curvature of the telescope.
   256M DDR3 Cache
   Player One Astronomy cameras are the first ones who adopt the DDR3 cache in all planetary cameras in the world! It helps stabilize and secure data transmission, effectively avoids frame dropping, and greatly reduces read noise.
   With the DDR3 cache, the Mars-C camera does not have high demands on computing needs any longer, it will still have excellent performance even if it is connected to a USB 2.0 port.

   DPS technology
   The planetary cameras from Player One Astronomy have DPS (Dead Pixel Suppression) technology, dead pixels (including both hot pixels and cold pixels) of the image are swept away. DPS function is turned on during your whole imaging session, no need to worry about it!
   Overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanism
   Player One cameras produced by the number one player ensure the safety of your camera and other equipment through overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanisms.

   Data Port
   When the camera is connected to the USB3.0 interface and a full-resolution preview is used, it can reach 136 FPS in RAW8 mode (10bit ADC), and the frame rate in RAW16 mode (12bit ADC) is 64 frames per second. When recording images, since the actual writing speed will be affected by the writing speed of the hard disk itself, when the hard disk writing speed is slow, the recording may not reach the theoretical speed. It is recommended that you use a high-quality solid-state drive to record data to give full play to the performance of the camera.
   Readout Noise
   Regarding readout noise, we solemnly promise that all values are obtained from actual tests.  And for users, you could use Sharpcap 4 for testing. SC4 has a function called Sensor Analysis, provide a very simple way to test readout noise.

   We wrote a tutorial on our website: https://player-one-astronomy.com/service/manuals/

   After many rigorous readout noise tests, the Mars-C camera can reach a low readout noise of 0.73e at a gain of 350 and around 0.7e at a gain of 400.

   If you are interested in readout noise testing, you may try it yourself, which is very simple.

   HCG  Mode
   The Mars-C camera has a unique HCG mode, which will automatically turn on when the camera gain setting is ≥80. The HCG mode can greatly reduce the readout noise and retain the same high dynamic range as the low gain.

    QE Curve
   The QE curve of the Mars-C camera is unique. The sensitivity reaches its peak at 800-850nm, and the RGB is gathered together, which has very strong infrared sensitivity.

   Out of Stock
6. 

   Mars-M USB3.0 Mono Camera (IMX290) [PL-MARS-M]

   $277.44 CAD $369.92 CAD

   1 in stock On sale

   Back Order / Waiting List

   Player One: Mars-M USB3.0 Mono Camera (IMX290)
   Mars-M is a monochrome planetary camera developed by Player One Astronomy, which adopts the Sony IMX290 1/2.8″ CMOS , with a 1944 x 1096 array of 2.9um pixels and the diagonal is 6.46 mm.
   The naming of Player One Astronomy cameras is unique. For example, we name the planetary cameras after planets (They are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, Earth is not included). The size of each planet to a certain extent, represents the size of camera sensors. We name Saturn with a 1-inch sensor camera, and for Mars, we name it with  a ½.8 inch senor camera. All camera names will be engraved on the housing of the cameras.

   Drivers and softwares download: http://player-one-astronomy.com/service/software/

   Manuals download: http://player-one-astronomy.com/service/manuals/
   Highlights
   Mars-M is an monochrome camera with higher sensitivity than color cameras, you can get brighter image when you do planetary imaging.  In additional, the monochrome camera can get a sharper image because it does not need de-Bayer transformation. It is suitable for close-ups of the moon and sunspots.
   With Player One Filter Wheel (coming soon), you can use the Mars-M camera to do LRGB , NIR imaging etc. 
   Connecting the Mars-M camera to a telescope with an 1.25″ T-Mount, or adding a Barlow lens between the camera and a telescope to extend the focal length for more details.
   With a CS lens attached on the Mars-M camera,it can be used as an all-day camera or meteor monitoring camera, monochrome camera has better performance than color camera!
   Cutting-edge Design
   The planetary cameras developed by Player One Astronomy uses a scientific and technological regular hexagon to construct the main body line, supplemented by round chamfers to achieve both rigidity and flexibility. The positive red, which is like a summer fire, is matched with the low-key and steady black, and the super-fine frosting process on the entire surface makes the camera look luxurious and cool, highlighting the style of high-end players, can’t take my eyes off ; D
   Sensor Tilt Plate
   When taking solar photograph with prominence telescope, the Newton ring is annoying. Smoother solar image without Newton ring could be taken by adjusting the focal plate. Besides, when you use a planetary camera for deep-sky lucky imaging, if you find the surrounding stars are not perfect, you can adjust the sensor tilt plate to obtain a flatter image field. get a much smaller field curvature of the telescope.
   The built-in high-density sponge shading pad can block the light from the side slits without any side leakage.

   256M DDR3 Cache
   Player One Astronomy cameras are the first one who adpots the DDR3 cache in all planetary cameras in the world! It helps stabilize and secure data transmission, it effectively avoids frame dropping and greatly reduces readnoise.

   With the DDR3 cache, the Mars-M camera does not have high demands on computing needs any longer, it will still has excellent performance even if it is connected to a USB 2.0 port.
   DPS technology
   The planetary cameras from Player One Astronomy have DPS (Dead Pixel Suppression) technology, dead pixels (including both hot pixels and cold pixels) of the image are swept away. DPS function is turned on during your whole imaging session, no need to worry about it !

   Overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanism
   Player One cameras produced by the number one player ensures the safety of your camera and other equipment through overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanisms.

    USB3.0 Port and ST4 Port
   When the camera is connected to the USB3.0 interface and full-resolution preview is used, it can reach 136 FPS in RAW8 mode (10bit ADC), and the frame rate in RAW16 mode (12bit ADC) is 64 frames per second. When recording images, since the actual writing speed will be affected by the writing speed of the hard disk itself, when the hard disk writing speed is slow, the recording may not reach the theoretical speed. It is recommended that you use a high-quality solid state drive to record data to give full play to the performance of the camera.
   Use the ST4 guide cable to connect the camera and the AUTO GUIDE port of the equatorial mount to do guiding.
   Readout Noise
   Regarding readout noise, we solemnly promise that all values are obtained from actual tests.  And for users, you could use Sharpcap 3.3 for testing. SC3.3 has a function called Sensor Analysis, provide a very simple way to test readout noise.

   We wrote a tutorial on our website: http://player-one-astronomy.com/service/manuals/

   After many rigorous readout noise tests, the Mars-C camera can reach a low readout noise of 0.73e at a gain of 350 and around 0.7e at a gain of 400.

   If you are interested in readout noise testing, you may try it yourself, which is very simple.

   HCG Mode
   The Mars-M camera has a unique HCG mode, which will automatically turn on when the camera gain setting is ≥60. The HCG mode can greatly reduce the readout noise and retain the same high dynamic range as the low gain.

   QE Curve
   The peak value of QE of Mars-M camera is about 80%, and it has very strong ultraviolet and infrared sensitivity. The actual QE value can be estimated by multiplying the ordinate of the official relative QE graph (below) by 80%.

     Add to cart
7. 

   100mm Mini Guiding Set [PL-MINIGS]

   $112.57 CAD $150.09 CAD

   4 in stock On sale

   Back Order / Waiting List

   Player One: 100mm Mini Guiding Set100mm
    Mini Guiding Set

   Design for guiding cameras, this set including 3 parts. (Planetary camera is too big, can not use this guiding set)

   Material：Metal

     Add to cart
8. 

   Neptune-CII USB3.0 Color Camera (IMX464) [PL-NEPTUNE-CII]

   $222.48 CAD $296.64 CAD

   On sale

   Player One: Neptune-CII USB3.0 Color Camera (IMX464)
   The Neptune series is a 1/2-inch format planetary camera series for the top player. It is larger than 1/3-inch and has a higher resolution, and is more suitable for astronomy enthusiasts.
   The main hit of the Neptune series is Neptune-C II, yes, you read it right. We directly released the second-generation Neptune model on the grounds that the plan could not keep up with the changes.  Neptune-C II camera uses Sony’s latest IMX464 chip, which is bigger than IMX462. Neptune-C II is also the world’s first planetary camera with IMX464 chip. 

   Product Description
   Neptune-C II is a planetary camera developed by Player One Astronomy, which adopts the Sony IMX464 1/1.8” format sensor. The 2.9um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 12ke with a total of 4.2MP  (the resolution is 2712*1538), and the diagonal is 9mm.

   Everyone should know that the rookie IMX462 chip currently on the market has become the new favorite of planetary shooting, and IMX464, as a product of the same process, is equivalent to an enhanced version of IMX462, with a larger target surface and higher resolution. Come for a better shooting experience.

   
   0.7e ultra-low read noise
   Compared with the IMX178 of the same frame, the read noise of Neptune-C II can be as low as 0.7e, and the noise is reduced by about 47%, which is as strong as IMX462!. Sensitivity increase
   Compared with another 1/1.8 inch chip IMX178, we find that the IMX464 pixel is larger than the IMX178 at 2.4um, reaching 2.9um

   When used on the same telescope, although the quantum efficiency is not much different, the 2.9um pixel has 46% larger photosensitive area than the 2.4um pixel, which can greatly increase the single pixel to obtain more photons, which means Sensitivity has also been greatly improved. 

   Near infrared super light sensitivity
   Not only that, IMX464 also has ultra-sensitive infrared sensitivity characteristics, suitable for playing infrared photography, whether it is matched with IR685, IR850 or CH4 filters, it will give you a new visual experience. 

   Ultra high frame rate
   Neptune-C II can reach 93FPS at full resolution, which is 55% higher than the 60FPS of the IMX178 chip of the same size, making it more efficient to shoot planets.

    Highlights
   The fun thing is, with the strong ability in capturing infrared lights and the super high sensitivity, the Neptune-C II camera can be used as a monochrome camera with an IR850 filter or CH4 filter to capture infrared lights. 

   Connecting the Neptune-C II camera to a telescope with an 1.25″ T-Mount, or adding a Barlow lens between the camera and a telescope to extend the focal length for more details. 

   With a CS lens attached on the Neptune-C II camera,it can be used as an all-day camera or meteor monitoring camera.

   Features:
   The naming of Player One Astronomy cameras is unique. For example, we name the planetary cameras after planets (They are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, Earth is not included). The size of each planet to a certain extent, represents the size of camera sensors. We will name Saturn with a 1-inch sensor camera, and for Neptune, we will named it with  a 1/1.8 inch senor camera. All names will be engraved on the housing of the cameras.

   Cutting-edge Design
   The planetary cameras developed by Player One Astronomy uses a scientific and technological regular hexagon to construct the main body line, supplemented by round chamfers to achieve both rigidity and flexibility. The positive red, which is like a summer fire, is matched with the low-key and steady black, and the super-fine frosting process on the entire surface makes the camera look luxurious and cool, highlighting the style of high-end players, can’t take my eyes off

   2nd Gen – Sensor Tilt Plate
   The built-in high-density sponge shading pad can block the light from the side slits without any side leakage.
   Sensor Tilt Plate
   When taking solar photograph with prominence telescope, the Newton ring is annoying. Smoother solar image without Newton ring could be taken by adjusting the focal plate. Besides, when you use a planetary camera for deep-sky lucky imaging, if you find the surrounding stars are not perfect, you can adjust the sensor tilt plate to obtain a flatter image field. get a much smaller field curvature of the telescope.
   256M DDR3 Cache
   Player One Astronomy cameras are the first one who adpots the DDR3 cache in all planetary cameras in the world! It helps stabilize and secure data transmission, it effectively avoids frame dropping and greatly reduces readnoise.

   With the DDR3 cache, the camera does not have high demands on computing needs any longer, it will still has excellent performance even if it is connected to a USB 2.0 port.
   DPS technology
   The planetary cameras from Player One Astronomy have DPS (Dead Pixel Suppression) technology, dead pixels (including both hot pixels and cold pixels) of the image are swept away. DPS function is turned on during your whole imaging session, no need to worry about it !
   Overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanism
   Player One cameras produced by the number one player ensures the safety of your camera and other equipment through overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanisms.

   Data Port
   When the camera is connected to the USB3.0 interface and full-resolution preview is used, it can reach 93 FPS in RAW8 mode (10bit ADC). When recording images, since the actual writing speed will be affected by the writing speed of the hard disk itself, when the hard disk writing speed is slow, the recording may not reach the theoretical speed. It is recommended that you use a high-quality solid state drive to record data to give full play to the performance of the camera.

   Use the ST4 guide cable to connect the camera and the AUTO GUIDE port of the equatorial mount to do guiding.

   Readout Noise

   Regarding readout noise, we solemnly promise that all values are obtained from actual tests.  And for users, you could use Sharpcap 4 for testing. SC4 has a function called Sensor Analysis, provide a very simple way to test readout noise.

   We wrote a tutorial on our website: https://player-one-astronomy.com/service/manuals/

   After many rigorous readout noise tests, the Neptune-C II camera can reach a low readout noise of 0.75e at a gain of 350 and around 0.71e at a gain of 400.

   If you are interested in readout noise testing, you may try it yourself, which is very simple.

   HCG  Mode
   The Neptune-C II camera has a unique HCG mode, which will automatically turn on when the camera gain setting is >80. The HCG mode can greatly reduce the readout noise and retain the same high dynamic range as the low gain.

    

   Out of Stock
9. 

   FHD-OAG MAX [PL-OAG-MAX]

   $222.48 CAD $296.64 CAD

   1 in stock On sale

   Back Order / Waiting List

   Player One:

   FHD-OAG MAX

   Support model: Poseidon series, Zeus series, Artemis series.

   Material：Aluminum 6061-T6

   Extention Length: 17.5mm

   No Vignetting Design
   FHD-OAG use 8*14mm prism, it is close to 16:9 format. It can give no vignetting result on Xena-M camera, and because the prism height is only 8mm, the prism could closer to light path center and accept more lights.

     Add to cart
10. 

    Phoenix Wheel 5x2" [PL-PW5X2]

    $332.39 CAD $443.19 CAD

    1 in stock On sale

    Back Order / Waiting List

    Player One: Product description:
    Phoenix Filter Wheel 5×2″

    Support model: Poseidon series, Zeus series, Artemis series.

    Body Threads: M54*0.75 on both sides

    Filter size: 2″ mounted filter / 50mm unmounted filter is required

    Material：Aluminum 6061-T6

    Optical Length: 21mm
     

    Hall Sensing Technology
    Traditional infrared sensor scanning positioning hole to locate position, this way positioning accuracy depends on the size of the positioning hole, the smaller the hole, the higher the accuracy, but the diameter of the hole must have at least 1mm diameter, otherwise it is difficult to manufacture.  But if use magnet on filter plate, Hall sensor will detect the center of the magnet, the positioning accuracy is better than infrared sensor.
    Hybrid stepping motor
    This super thin hybrid stepping motor can provide very smooth rotation, almost no vibration when change the filter position.
    Type-C data port
    Using USB Type-C port can reduce the thickness of red piece.

    Support filters
    Filter Positions of Phoenix Wheel 5×2″ support 2″ mounted filter and 50mm unmounted filter is required.

    2″ mounted filter need to check the thickness:

      Add to cart
11. 

    Phoenix Wheel 7x2" [PL-PW7X2]

    $442.31 CAD $589.75 CAD

    1 in stock On sale

    Back Order / Waiting List

    Player One: Product description:
    Phoenix Filter Wheel 7×2″

    Support model: Poseidon series, Zeus series, Artemis series.

    Body Threads: M54*0.75 on both sides

    Filter size: 2″ mounted filter / 50mm unmounted filter is required

    Material：Aluminum 6061-T6

    Optical Length: 20mm
     

    Hall Sensing Technology
    Traditional infrared sensor scanning positioning hole to locate position, this way positioning accuracy depends on the size of the positioning hole, the smaller the hole, the higher the accuracy, but the diameter of the hole must have at least 1mm diameter, otherwise it is difficult to manufacture.  But if use magnet on filter plate, Hall sensor will detect the center of the magnet, the positioning accuracy is better than infrared sensor.
    Hybrid stepping motor
    This super thin hybrid stepping motor can provide very smooth rotation, almost no vibration when change the filter position.
    Type-C data port
    Using USB Type-C port can reduce the thickness of red piece.

    Support filters
    Filter Positions of Phoenix Wheel 7×2″ support 2″ mounted filter and 50mm unmounted filter is required.

    2″ mounted filter need to check the thickness:

      Add to cart
12. 

    Saturn-C SQR USB3.0 Color Camera (IMX533) [PL-SATURN-CSQR]

    $629.16 CAD $838.88 CAD

    On sale

    Player One: Design for Lunar, Solar mosaic and DSO lucky imaging!
    Saturn-M SQR and Saturn-C SQR is the most powerful planetary camera in our history! Based on IMX533 BSI sensor, high image quality, high resolution and square format, non-amp-glow feature, the camera will be great for lunar, solar mosaic and DSO lucky imaging.
    Product Description
    Saturn-C SQR (IMX533) camera is developed by Player One Astronomy, SQR means its sensor is square. Saturn-C SQR camera, which adopts Sony IMX533 1” square format color sensor. The 3.76um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 73Ke with a total of 9MP  (the resolution is 3008*3008), and the diagonal is 16mm.
    STARVIS Technology
    Saturn-C SQR (IMX533) camera based on Sony STARVIS technology, it is back-illuminated pixel technology used in CMOS image sensors..

    Format
    Saturn-C SQR camera has 1″ format, this size is quite big for imaging.

    Extend Full well Capacity
    Based on our technology, we improved the full well of Saturn-M SQR camera to 73Ke , it’s almost 1.5 times than IMX533 Basic (50ke).

    
    High Frame rate
    Based on our technology Saturn-M SQR camera can run 43FPS under RAW8 mode, that’s much faster than existing models on market.
    Dual Sampling Mode
    Saturn SQR series has dual sampling mode. Nromal mode and LRN mode, they has different advantages in imaging.

    1. Normal mode has faster FPS, it is more suitable for planetary imaging.
    2. LRN (low readout noise) mode has lower readout noise and higher dynamic range. it is more suitable for DSO lucky imaging. SEE IMAGE

    Non-Amp-Glow
    Dark frame of Saturn SQR (IMX533) camera is totally “dark”, that’s we called it “Non-Amp-Glow” camera!

    300s dark frame of Saturn SQR camera(resize to 50%)
    Non-Amp-Glow can give us very clean background, much easier to get high quaility images.

    Recommended accessories:
    ACS (Active Cooling System) is a external air-cooled system, designed for solar and big format planetary cameras which already has PCS (Passive Cooling System).

    ACS can provide much better temperature control. When camera has PCS + ACS, temperature is only 7℃ higher than ambient, camera body is a little warm but won’t hot!

    ACS is not only can be used in daylight for solar imaging, it also could be used in night for DSO lucky imaging.
    Saturn SQR camera also very good for lunar and planetary imaging, its 1″ big format and 9MP total pixels, easier to capture full disk of the Moon and the Sun, or make mosaic more efficient.

    Features:
    The naming of Player One Astronomy cameras is unique. Planetary camera line, naming depend on the size of planets, Mars(1/3″), Neptune(1/2″), Uranus(1/1.2″), Saturn(1″), Jupiter(4/3″).

    Cutting-edge Design
    The planetary cameras developed by Player One Astronomy uses a scientific and technological regular hexagon to construct the main body line, supplemented by round chamfers to achieve both rigidity and flexibility. The positive orange, which is imply solar, is matched with the low-key and steady black, and the super-fine frosting process on the entire surface makes the camera look luxurious and cool, highlighting the style of high-end players, can’t take my eyes off 😀

    2nd Gen – Sensor Tilt Plate
    When taking deepsky objects, using sensor tilt plate can get a much smaller field curvature of the telescope.
    The built-in high-density sponge shading pad can block the light from the side slits without any side leakage.
    Passive Cooling System
    Player One add a new feature called Passive Cooling System to conduct the heat from the sensor out.
    256M DDR3 Cache
    Player One Astronomy cameras are the first one who adpots the DDR3 cache in all planetary cameras in the world! It helps stabilize and secure data transmission, it effectively avoids frame dropping and greatly reduces readnoise.

    With the DDR3 cache, the camera does not have high demands on computing needs any longer, it will still has excellent performance even if it is connected to a USB 2.0 port. 
    DPS technology
    The planetary cameras from Player One Astronomy have DPS (Dead Pixel Suppression) technology. The DPS is anaylse many dark frames to find out thoes fixed abnormal pixel and record the map in camera memory. In imaging, each exposure frames, thoes position of dead pixels will be given a median value according to the active pixels around that abnormal pixel.
    Overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanism
    Player One cameras produced by the number one player ensures the safety of your camera and other equipment through overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanisms.

    Data Port
    When the camera is connected to the USB3.0 interface and full-resolution preview is used, it can reach 43 FPS in RAW8 mode (10bit ADC). When recording images, since the actual writing speed will be affected by the writing speed of the hard disk itself, when the hard disk writing speed is slow, the recording may not reach the theoretical speed. It is recommended that you use a high-quality solid state drive to record data to give full play to the performance of the camera.

    Use the ST4 guide cable to connect the camera and the AUTO GUIDE port of the equatorial mount to do guiding.

    Performance
    HCG open at gain=125. Saturn SQR series has dual sampling mode, Normal mode has faster fps, LRN (low readout noise) mode has lower readout noise and higher dynamic range.

    Readout Noise
    Regarding readout noise, we solemnly promise that all values are obtained from actual tests.  And for users, you could use Sharpcap 4 for testing. SC4 has a function called Sensor Analysis, provide a very simple way to test readout noise.

    
     

    Out of Stock
13. 

    Sedna-M USB3.0 Mono Camera (IMX178) [PL-SEDNA-M]

    $277.44 CAD $369.92 CAD

    3 in stock On sale

    Back Order / Waiting List

    Sedna-M is a guiding camera developed by Player One Astronomy, which adopts the Sony IMX178 1/1.8” format sensor. The 2.4um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 15ke with a total of 6.4MP  (the resolution is 3096*2078), and the diagonal is 9mm.

    Highlights
    Dwarf planet series integrated USB3.0 data port(500Mb/s), which can provide over 10 times speed than USB2.0 device(60Mb/s). Whatever you wants to do guiding or imaging, this camera series can handle it very well.

    Dwarf planet camera diameter is 1.25″, it can slide in 1.25″ adapter of guiding scope, makes the whole setup shorter.
    With a 5-100MM CS lens attached on the camera, it also can be used as a guider or finder.

    Features:

    The naming of Player One guiding cameras is interesting. Guiding camera is smaller than planetary camera, that’s why we choose dwarf planets to name it.

    The size of each dwarf planet to a certain extent represents the size of camera sensors. We will name Ceres with a 1/3″ sensor camera, and for Xena, we will name it with a 1/1.2 inch sensor camera. All names will be engraved on the housing of the cameras.

    Drivers and softwares download: http://player-one-astronomy.com/service/software/

    Manuals download: http://player-one-astronomy.com/service/manuals/

     Cutting-edge Design
    The guiding cameras developed by Player One Astronomy uses technological regular hexagon to construct the main body line.
    DPS technology
    The guiding cameras from Player One Astronomy have DPS (Dead Pixel Suppression) technology, dead pixels (including both hot pixels and cold pixels) of the image are swept away. DPS function is turned on during your whole imaging session, no need to worry about it !
    Overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanism
    Player One cameras produced by the number one player ensures the safety of your camera and other equipment through overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanisms.

    Data Port
    When the camera is connected to the USB3.0 interface and full-resolution preview is used, it can reach 60 FPS in RAW8 mode (10bit ADC). When recording images, since the actual writing speed will be affected by the writing speed of the hard disk itself, when the hard disk writing speed is slow, the recording may not reach the theoretical speed. It is recommended that you use a high-quality solid state drive to record data to give full play to the performance of the camera.

    Use the ST4 guide cable to connect the camera and the AUTO GUIDE port of the equatorial mount to do guiding.
    Readout Noise
    Regarding readout noise, we solemnly promise that all values are obtained from actual tests.  And for users, you could use Sharpcap 4 for testing. SC4 has a function called Sensor Analysis, provide a very simple way to test readout noise.

    We wrote a tutorial on our website: https://player-one-astronomy.com/service/manuals/

    After many rigorous readout noise tests, the Sedna-M camera can reach a low readout noise of 1.34e at a gain of 350.

    If you are interested in readout noise testing, you may try it yourself, which is very simple.
    HCG  Mode
    The Sedna-M camera has a unique HCG mode, which will automatically turn on when the camera gain setting is >30. The HCG mode can greatly reduce the readout noise and retain the same high dynamic range as the low gain.

      Add to cart
14. 

    ZEUS 455M PRO (IMX455) USB3.0 Mono Cooled Camera [PL-ZEUS455M-PRO]

    $5,154.68 CAD $5,425.98 CAD

    On sale

    Player One:

    ZEUS 455M PRO (IMX455) USB3.0 Mono Cooled Camera
    Features:
    DSO cooled camera line is the most advanced product line in Player One history. We start the project from 2021, through a lot of modify and rebuild we made this final version. It brings our newest technology and design to everyone, we are very proud to introduce this camera line.
    Product Description

     New Cutting-edge Design
    Polygon like regular hexagon is very Player One, the DSO cooled cameras we want to make it more beautiful and practical. After a lot of trying,  we fix the final style, which uses a scientific and technological octagon to construct the main body line and 4 sides are cambered surface, supplemented by round chamfers to achieve both rigidity and flexibility. The front piece is round to avoid diffraction on RASA. The positive red, which is like a summer fire, is matched with the low-key and steady black, and the super-fine frosting process on the entire surface makes the camera look luxurious and cool, and keep Player One style.

    ZEUS 455M Pro cooled camera is developed by Player One Astronomy, it’s design for advanced DSO imaging. it adopts Sony Industrial grade IMX455ALK-K full-frame format monochrome sensor. The 3.76um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 71.6Ke with a total of 61MP  (the resolution is 9576*6388), and the diagonal is 44.3mm.

    Rear Adjustment 4 Point Sensor Tilt Plate
    When taking deepsky objects, using sensor tilt plate can get a much smaller field curvature of the telescope. We adopts rear Adjustment and 4 point tilt plate, it has a lot advantages in usage.
    4 Point adjustment is easier to know which corner is needed to adjust. The built-in high-density sponge shading pad can block the light from the side slits without any side leakage.

    For understand 4 point adjustment method, we made a example for users:
    Deep Cooling
    Player One cooled camera series use 2 Stage TEC Cooling unit, after improved the structure design to reject the heat back to camera chamber, Zeus Camera Delta-T can reach about 35℃.

    512MB DDR3 Cache
    As an improvement, DDR3 cache in cooled cameras are increased to 512MB. It helps stabilize and secure data transmission, it effectively avoid.
    STARVIS Technology
    ZEUS 455M Pro cooled camera based on Sony STARVIS technology, it is back-illuminated pixel technology used in CMOS image sensors.
    Full-Frame Format
    ZEUS 455M Pro cooled camera has full-frame format (36mm*24mm), it is very suitable for professional DSO imaging.
    Native 16bit ADC
    IMX455 has native 16-bit on-chip ADC. Native 16bit ADC (65536 levels) provide higher sample resolution than 12bit (4096 levels) or 14bit (16384 levels). When we do non-linear transformation, 16bit data can endure very strong transform and also could bring much better light and dark transition, furthermore 16bit can make the color more vivid.

    Non-Amp-Glow
    ZEUS 455M Pro cooled camera is a Non-Amp-Glow camera too!
    Non-Amp-Glow can give us very clean background, much easier to get high quaility images.

    Type-C Data port and Power port
    Back piece of cooled camera has 2 Type-C data port and 12V DC 5.5×2.1mm power port.
    Main data port support USB3.0 protocol, the camera can run 6.5fps under RAW8 mode. Type-C port is easier to plug in when assemble the imaging equipment in night.

    When recording images, since the actual writing speed will be affected by the writing speed of the hard disk itself, when the hard disk writing speed is slow, the recording may not reach the theoretical speed. It is recommended that you use a high-quality solid state drive to record data to give full play to the performance of the camera.

    The camera has 12V DC5.5*2.1mm port to provide enough power to TEC cooling system. If you don’t need to power up cooling, only need to connect the main Type-C port, the camera will works as a uncooled camera.
    Cooling System and Anti-Dew Heater
    In ASCOM window, we provide 3 adjustable parameters: Target temperature, Fan Speed and Anti-Dew power.

    Standard Delta-T: 35℃ (±2℃) , when ambient temp 30℃, fan speed 100%, dew heater 10%.

    Recommend Delta-T settings: 30℃ below ambient, fan speed 70%, dew heater 10%, power consumption 40- 60%.

    The rotation speed of cooling fan is also adjustable, the default value is 70% speed.

    Dew problem is the biggest enemy in astro imaging, the camera integrated anti-dew heater in front of the camera. The heat power is adjustable.
    Overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanism
    Player One cameras produced by us ensures the safety of your camera and other equipment through overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanisms.

    Performance
     
    Dual Sampling Mode
    ZEUS series has dual sampling mode. Normal mode and Low Noise mode, they has different advantages in imaging.
    1. Normal mode has faster FPS, it is more suitable for planetary imaging.

    2. Low Noise mode (LRN) mode has lower readout noise and higher dynamic range. it is more suitable for DSO imaging.

    At gain=0, the camera has 14.2 stops dynamic range and 71.6Ke full well capacity, readout noise is 4.2e.

    HCG open at gain=125, the camera has 13.5 stops dynamic range and 16.7Ke full well, readout noise drop to only 1.5e.

    Frame rate
    ZEUS 455M Pro cooled camera can run 6.5FPS under RAW8 mode, 3.2FPS under RAW16 mode.

     Extended Full well
    ZEUS 455M Pro cooled camera has 71.6Ke full well.
    Readout Noise
    Regarding readout noise, we solemnly promise that all values are obtained from actual tests.  And for users, you could use Sharpcap 4 for testing. SC4 has a function called Sensor Analysis, provide a very simple way to test readout noise.

    We wrote a tutorial on our website: https://player-one-astronomy.com/service/manuals/

    If you are interested in readout noise testing, you may try it yourself, which is very simple.

    Dark Current
    The dark current is only 0.00014 e/s/pix at -20℃, and 0.00154e/s/pix at 0℃. In entire curve, dark current is almost like a straght a line, which can prove that ZEUS camera has very good quality.

    Out of Stock