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ToupTek SkyEye62AM Plus Mono Cooled Camera
Cooled mono camera with the Sony IMX455 Full frame sensor. 61 MP, 3.76 µm pixels, 16-bit.
Original price was: £2,590.00.£2,460.00Current price is: £2,460.00.
Free SkyEye M54 tilter and GPM174M guide camera while the sale is on
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Overview
The ToupTek SkyEye62AM Plus is a cooled mono astronomy camera, the monochrome version of the 62AC Plus: Sony’s full-frame IMX455 with 61 megapixels of 3.76 µm pixels and a 16-bit output. Peak quantum efficiency is above 91%, and there’s no amp glow.
It’s built for narrowband and LRGB imaging over wide fields. The sensor needs 50 mm square or 2″ mounted filters, and the filter wheel can plug straight into the camera’s USB hub. Full well is 51 ke⁻, rising to 111 ke⁻ in low gain mode; read noise falls to 0.9 e⁻ in high gain mode.
The full-frame sensor has a 43.3 mm diagonal. It needs a telescope, flattener or reducer that illuminates and corrects a field that size; otherwise the corners will show soft stars and vignetting. In practice that means a large astrograph or a refractor with a full-frame flattener.
Each 16-bit frame is about 120 MB, so plan for fast storage and a computer that can stack large files. Two-stage cooling holds the sensor 35–40 °C below the air temperature.
USB hub: one cable back to the computer
The back of the camera has a four-port USB 2.0 hub. The filter wheel, guide camera and focuser plug into it, so only one USB 3.0 cable runs back to the computer. A 512 MB buffer holds each frame while it transfers, so a slow USB link or a busy laptop doesn’t drop frames.
The camera runs from 12 V. USB doesn’t power it, and ToupTek recommends a 5 A supply when the hub is in use.
Dew, tilt and back focus
The sensor sits in a sealed, dry chamber, and the front window has a heater with four power settings. Three sets of push–pull screws in the body correct sensor tilt without a separate tilt plate.
Back focus is 17.5 mm from the M54 thread. The supplied 21 mm and 16.5 mm extenders bring it to the standard 55 mm used by most flatteners and reducers. Take the front adapter off and it drops to 12.5 mm, which helps when an off-axis guider and filter wheel have to fit in the same space.
Specifications
| Sensor | Sony IMX455, mono |
|---|---|
| Sensor format | Full frame |
| Sensor size | 36 × 24 mm |
| Diagonal | 43.3 mm |
| Image size | 9568 × 6380 px |
| Sensor megapixels | 61 MP |
| Pixel size | 3.76 µm |
| Shutter | Rolling |
| ADC | 16 bit |
| Full well | 51 ke⁻ |
| Read noise, low to high gain | 2.8–0.9 e⁻ |
| Peak QE | >91% |
| Cooling | Two-stage TEC, 35–40 °C below ambient |
| Max frame rate | 3.1 fps (16-bit) |
| Image buffer | 512 MB |
| Back focus | 17.5 / 12.5 mm |
| Connection | USB 3.0, 4-port USB 2.0 hub |
| Adapters | M54×0.75, M48×0.75, M42×0.75 |
| Weight | 785 g |
| Body diameter | 89 mm |
Image scale and field of view
What this camera covers at common telescope focal lengths, from its 3.76 µm pixels and 36 × 24 mm sensor. How to read these figures
| Focal length | Image scale | Field of view |
|---|---|---|
| 250 mm | 3.1″ per pixel | 8.2° × 5.5° |
| 400 mm | 1.9″ per pixel | 5.2° × 3.4° |
| 600 mm | 1.3″ per pixel | 3.4° × 2.3° |
| 1,000 mm | 0.78″ per pixel | 2.1° × 1.4° |
| 2,000 mm | 0.39″ per pixel | 1.0° × 41′ |
Specifications from the manufacturer. Check with us if a figure matters for your setup.
In the box
- SkyEye M54 tilterFree while the sale is on
- GPM174M guide cameraFree while the sale is on
- SkyEye Plus camera
- USB 3.0 cables
- M54 extenders (21 mm and 16.5 mm) and adapters for a 55 mm back focus
- Camera bag
- Hex key and spare screws
Not included
- Power supply: 12 V, 5 A recommended