Lumenera Infinity 2-1RM CCD camera
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Lumenera Infinity 2-1RM CCD camera
Hi,
I just received a new Lumenera Infinity 2-1RM camera for some real time night observations in an Observatory. I know DSO imaging at night is for Sissy's (as some say here) :silly: but this cameras are very well suited for Sun imaging too.
I do use a Infinity 2-2M 1616x1216 pixels which makes 12fps in 12bit colour mode.
I am just testing the Infinity 2-1RM and it is an amazing camera
Playing around with a ROI of 48x48 pixels this camera makes 150fps : OK 48x48 is nonsense but at 640x480 in 14 bit mode it makes 55fps.
I know the most used cameras are TIS and PG. Lumenera is a bit rare in this forum :whistle:
Why am I presenting this camera here ? because the first long time tests showed a, for me never seen, amazing low noise level.
Below look at an image with an exposure time of 600seconds (10minutes) @ 27°C camera temperature. The latest Lucam Recorder beta version can read the temperature of the camera :woohoo:
Here the full image @ 1392x1040 pixels http://astroforo.net/astro/Sol/Infi-2-1RM-600s-27C.jpg
I just received a new Lumenera Infinity 2-1RM camera for some real time night observations in an Observatory. I know DSO imaging at night is for Sissy's (as some say here) :silly: but this cameras are very well suited for Sun imaging too.
I do use a Infinity 2-2M 1616x1216 pixels which makes 12fps in 12bit colour mode.
I am just testing the Infinity 2-1RM and it is an amazing camera
Playing around with a ROI of 48x48 pixels this camera makes 150fps : OK 48x48 is nonsense but at 640x480 in 14 bit mode it makes 55fps.
I know the most used cameras are TIS and PG. Lumenera is a bit rare in this forum :whistle:
Why am I presenting this camera here ? because the first long time tests showed a, for me never seen, amazing low noise level.
Below look at an image with an exposure time of 600seconds (10minutes) @ 27°C camera temperature. The latest Lucam Recorder beta version can read the temperature of the camera :woohoo:
Here the full image @ 1392x1040 pixels http://astroforo.net/astro/Sol/Infi-2-1RM-600s-27C.jpg
regards Rainer
Observatorio Real de 14
San Luis Potosi Mexico
North 22° West 101°
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Re: Lumenera Infinity 2-1RM CCD camera
Can you expand on "real-time" observing with this camera? Is it well suited for live views, like a Mallincam?
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Cool cam! I look forward to seeing the results!
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Hi John and Mark,
I completely forgot about this post
Well yes the results did amaze me and I will use that camera for live public observation for night sky objects.
I have never had a Mallincam in my hands so I can not do a comparison. The first image already revealed details of the Galaxy. Of course not Hubble like and not like a dedicated cooled CCD camera for DSO imaging but if the public waits 60seconds to get a real image of the night sky for me that was reason enough todecide to equip the Observatory with 3 of this cameras.
I think I have some globular cluster shots somewhere. If I find them I will post the images here. There the exposure time goes down dramatically to maybe 5 - 10s...
The performance on the Sun compared to my oldie Infinity 2-2M is not that good but very much acceptable.
Here the results. First image is a 600second dark frame exposure at 27°C (~80°F) camera temperature
Following is the M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) single frame 60s exposure time
and below I stacked 10 frames I shot in MaxImDL and processed as I always do with my DSO images
At the next opportunity I will do more tests.
Below some images with a DMK 41AF02.AS. Lot more noise adnh the camrea was used naked
M51 image with naked DMK 41AF02.AS
The naked camera
I completely forgot about this post
Well yes the results did amaze me and I will use that camera for live public observation for night sky objects.
I have never had a Mallincam in my hands so I can not do a comparison. The first image already revealed details of the Galaxy. Of course not Hubble like and not like a dedicated cooled CCD camera for DSO imaging but if the public waits 60seconds to get a real image of the night sky for me that was reason enough todecide to equip the Observatory with 3 of this cameras.
I think I have some globular cluster shots somewhere. If I find them I will post the images here. There the exposure time goes down dramatically to maybe 5 - 10s...
The performance on the Sun compared to my oldie Infinity 2-2M is not that good but very much acceptable.
Here the results. First image is a 600second dark frame exposure at 27°C (~80°F) camera temperature
Following is the M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) single frame 60s exposure time
and below I stacked 10 frames I shot in MaxImDL and processed as I always do with my DSO images
At the next opportunity I will do more tests.
Below some images with a DMK 41AF02.AS. Lot more noise adnh the camrea was used naked
M51 image with naked DMK 41AF02.AS
The naked camera
regards Rainer
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Nice clean images. Almost as good as a peltier cooled. How much do these cost?
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Hi papamidnight,
Around 2K :whistle:
Around 2K :whistle:
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Hi,
I found 2 more images. M3 and M13. Well known globular clusters
Single image (unfortunately I do not remember the exposure time and I did not record a log file.
Simple processing in MaxImDL and Photoshop
I found 2 more images. M3 and M13. Well known globular clusters
Single image (unfortunately I do not remember the exposure time and I did not record a log file.
Simple processing in MaxImDL and Photoshop
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Very good results. I'd like one of these cams myself...
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Solar Please...
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Solar Please...
Hi Stephen,
I apologize : for having started this thread. I thought it was interesting to know that a camera which is used in Solar imaging is also capable of a certain DSO imging.
Many amateur astronomers do not have the money for many different cameras and so this is a versatile camera for both uses.
Please lock this thread so we do not come into temptation to keep writing about it.
Thanks :thanx:
Hi Stephen,
I apologize : for having started this thread. I thought it was interesting to know that a camera which is used in Solar imaging is also capable of a certain DSO imging.
Many amateur astronomers do not have the money for many different cameras and so this is a versatile camera for both uses.
Please lock this thread so we do not come into temptation to keep writing about it.
Thanks :thanx:
regards Rainer
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I was just kidding, man
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