Atik and Opticstar CCD astrophotography cameras

The new Atik 16IC is a camera that accepts no compromises. We made our best effort in order to give you a camera that only professionals would have dreamt of just a few years ago. Now, you can take astrophotographs of many minutes duration, without having to worry about "temperature compensated" dark frames that only add more noise to your images. Why? Because no more dark frames are needed! This camera has such low thermal and readout noise that under most situations you don't need to take any dark frames, at all.
You can now spend more time imaging the heavens...

What's in the box?

• Camera body with 1.25" adapter
• 3 meter USB cable
• 1.8 meter battery power connector (Car lighter plug)
• CD-ROM with drivers, software and User's manual (PDF)
• Quickstart guide (paper)
• Proprietary software is included for image capture, with
  MaximDL and AstroArt drivers also included

The bigger brother of the 16IC, the Atik 16IC-S, builds on the highly successful 16IC camera.
Featuring the Sony ICX415AL progressive scan image sensor, the 16IC-S has everything that most astrophotographers could wish for.

When compared directly to the competition, the 16IC-S has more pixels, square pixels, lower noise. Since it's a progressive scan sensor it's also free from the dreaded "Venetian blind effect", a product of interlaced sensors. This effect is especially disturbing in the short exposures many beginners use.

What's in the box?

• Camera body with 1.25" adapter
• 3 meter USB cable
• 1.8 meter battery power connector (Car lighter plug)
• CD-ROM with drivers, software and User's manual (PDF)
• Quickstart guide (paper)
• Proprietary software is included for image capture, with
  MaximDL and AstroArt drivers also included

The new Atik 3 platform for high performance CCD cameras was conceived with the real needs of dedicated astrophotographers in mind. It features state of the art technology for high performance, noise free and simple operation.

This new camera model features:

• Sony ICX205AL ExView sensor of 1392x1040 pixels @ 4.65µm.
• Readout noise typically 3e RMS
• Full frame downloads in approximately 1.6 seconds, with preview mode taking 0.8s
• Weighs 350g

The differences between the Atik 314L cameras and 314L+ cameras is that the 314L+ has:

• Temperature regulated cooling and temperature set point capability!
• Improved cooling capacity, as the 314L+ can reach 27°C below ambient!
• No external boxes required.
  The entire regulation system is built into the camera and is controlled by software.
• Notably, the Atik 314L+ maintains the ultra low noise levels of the 314L and its compactness!

The new Atik 383L+ is an outstanding 8 Megapixel camera which uses the Kodak KAF-8300 CCD. A huge amount has been written about this fabulous CCD with its huge number of good-sized pixels. This sensor should redefine mid-range astro-imaging as it makes high level cooled camera imaging available at sensible pricing! 

• Kodak 8.3 million 5.4um square pixels
• Ultra low readout noise for outstanding sensitivity (7e-)
• Lightweight
• Highly efficient set-point cooling to 40°C below ambient
• Extremely linear response
• Great software for image acquisition and processing

Atik 320E

Monochrome or one-shot colour CCD cooled cameras

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The new Atik 320E 2-megapixel camera gives you the opportunity to take stunning wide field images of the sky at very high resolution due to its sheer number of pixels. Its relatively small sized pixels make it ideally suited to popular short focal length refractors. 

• 2 million 4.4um square pixels!
• Ultra low readout noise (3e-)
• Lightweight
• Highly efficient cooling to 25°C below ambient temperature
• Excellent software for image acquisition and processing

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Based on feedback from our customers, we created the new Atik Electric Filter Wheel, with motorized filter change.
The EFW maintains the thickness of its manual counterpart (19.5mm), yet it introduces many interesting features:

• Closed design! No light enters the wheel, thereby eliminating light leaks in heavily light polluted regions
• Central support! Prevents bending of the wheel's walls when using heavier cameras
• Magnetic sensors! No LEDs inside the wheel, allowing precise positioning of the filters
• Hand control! You can switch filters without touching the telescope, due to the innovative user interface!

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Changing filters doesn't have to be a pain. Five positions, with click-stops on every position makes this task a breeze.
The MFW is only 19.5mm thick, so it can be used on virtually any telescope. Made of black anodized machined aluminium, it has T threads on both sides and includes both a 1.25" adapter and a T-male adapter. This allows use with virtually any CCD camera...

NEW 2" EFW2 ELECTRIC FILTER WHEEL DUE SOON...

Features interchangeable filter wheel discs and has large 54mm openings on both sides. Easily supports sensors up to full frame (35mm) format. Its body is slim and lightweight, too! USB interface.

The EFW2 will have a ASCOM compliant driver included so that ant
compliant software can control it.

Additionally, the EFW2 will work with Atik's Artemis Capture software - for easy, simple and efficient operation.
Conveniently, an optional push-button hand controller will be available, allowing operation without a computer.

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