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ToupTek AE676M Mono Cooled Camera
Cooled mono camera with the Sony IMX676 1/1.6″ square sensor. 12.5 MP, 2 µm pixels, 12-bit.
Original price was: £405.00.£380.00Current price is: £380.00.
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Overview
The ToupTek AE676M AstroEye is a small cooled mono astronomy camera with Sony’s IMX676, a 1/1.6″ square sensor of 3536 × 3536 pixels, each 2 µm across.
It’s built to do a bit of everything: planets, the Moon and the Sun at high frame rates, and deep-sky targets with cooling. The square frame suits galaxies and nebulae, and a single USB-C cable carries both power and data. It runs at up to 31 frames per second, and read noise drops to 1.04 e⁻.
Cooling works in two ways. With the fan off it holds the sensor 5 °C below the air temperature with no vibration, which suits planetary work. Clip on the magnetic fan and it reaches 20 °C below, for deep-sky exposures. That’s less than the ATR cameras, which reach 40 °C or more, but enough to keep noise steady and dark frames reusable.
In mono it gives full resolution through each filter, for narrowband or LRGB with 1.25″ filters.
Fitting
The camera comes with CS, C and M42 adapters and a 1.25″ extension tube, so it fits telescopes, lenses and guide scopes. A fisheye lens and an LP825 infrared filter cap are in the box too, so it can photograph the whole sky, or the Milky Way from town, straight away. It works with ToupTek’s StellaVita controller and app as well as ToupSky, ASCOM and INDI.
Specifications
| Sensor | Sony IMX676, mono |
|---|---|
| Sensor format | 1/1.6″ square |
| Sensor size | 7.07 × 7.07 mm |
| Diagonal | 10 mm |
| Image size | 3536 × 3536 px |
| Sensor megapixels | 12.5 MP |
| Pixel size | 2 µm |
| Shutter | Rolling |
| ADC | 12 bit |
| Full well | 11.7 ke⁻ |
| Read noise, low to high gain | 3.83–1.04 e⁻ |
| Peak QE | >83% |
| Cooling | Single-stage TEC, 5 °C below ambient silent, 20 °C with fan |
| Max frame rate | 31 fps |
| Image buffer | 512 MB |
| Back focus | 12.5 mm (CS) / 17.5 (C, M42 female) / 6.5 (M42 male) |
| Connection | USB 3.0 Type-C (power and data) |
| Adapters | CS, C, M42, 1.25″ |
| Body diameter | 63 mm |
Image scale and field of view
What this camera covers at common telescope focal lengths, from its 2 µm pixels and 7.07 × 7.07 mm sensor. How to read these figures
| Focal length | Image scale | Field of view |
|---|---|---|
| 250 mm | 1.7″ per pixel | 1.6° × 1.6° |
| 400 mm | 1.0″ per pixel | 1.0° × 1.0° |
| 600 mm | 0.69″ per pixel | 41′ × 41′ |
| 1,000 mm | 0.41″ per pixel | 24′ × 24′ |
| 2,000 mm | 0.21″ per pixel | 12′ × 12′ |
Specifications from the manufacturer. Check with us if a figure matters for your setup.
In the box
- AE676M camera
- Magnetic fan module
- CS-mount fisheye lens
- LP825 infrared pass filter cap
- 1.25″ extension tube
- M42 female to M42 female adapter ring, 11 mm
- CS to C adapter ring, 5 mm
- USB 3.0 cable, 1.5 m, Type-A to Type-C