QHY600 60mega pixel Full Frame Astronomical Cooled CMOS with IMX455 CMOS sensor - cooled cmos camera Polarize camera

QHY600 FULL FRAME FORMAT SCIENTIFIC CMOS CAMERA SPECIFICATIONS
Model	QHY600 PRO (Professional Version, previous name QHY600U3G20) QHY600 PH (Photographic Version,previous name QHY600U3)
Image Sensor	SONY Full Frame BSI CMOS Sensor IMX455ALK-K (Industry Grade) This sensor is available in both -C (consumer grade) and -K (industry grade). General speaking the -K version has longer lifetime than the -C version. Currently ,both the monochrome QHY600 Photographic version and monochrome QHY600 Professional version use the -K version of the sensor.
Pixel Size	3.76um x 3.76um
Color / Mono Version	Both Available.QHY600U3G20M and QHY600U3G20C
Sensor Surface Glass	AR+AR Multi-Coated
Sensor Type	Back-Illuminated (BSI)
Effective Pixels	61.17 Megapixels (95766388 effective area. 96006422 with overscan and optically black area)
Effective Image Area	36mm x 24mm
Full Well Capacity (1x1, 2x2, 3x3)	Standard Mode >51ke- / >204ke- / >408ke- Extend Full Well Mode >80ke- / >320ke- / >720ke-
A/D	16-bit (0-65535 levels) at 1X1 binning 18-bit at 2X2, 19-bit at 3X3, 20-bit at 4X4 software binning QHY600 uses the software digital binning for 22binning. With digital sum, 2*2binning will be four 16-bit summed then it is 18-bit.
Sensor Size	Full Frame Format
Frame Rate	USB3.0 Port Image Transfer Speed Full Frame Size: 4.0FPS (8-bit output) Full Frame Size: 2.5FPS (16-bit output) 7.2FPS at 9600x3194, 22.5FPS at 9600x1080, 28FPS at 9600x768, 47FPS at 9600x480, 160FPS at 9600x100, Fiber Port Image Transfer Speed (QHY600U3G20 only) Full Frame Size: 4.0FPS (16-bit output)
Read Noise	1.0e- to 3.7e- (Standard Mode)
Dark Current	0.0032e-/p/s @ -20C 0.0056e-/p/s @ -10C
Zero Amplifer Glow	Yes
Exposure Time Range	40us - 3600sec
Firmware/FPGA remote Upgrade	Supported. Via Camera USB Port
Shutter Type	Electric Rolling Shutter
Computer Interface	USB3.0 / 210 Gigabit Fiber Port (210Gigabit Fiber Port is a feature of the professional version only and needs the QHYCCD PCIE Graber card. In the early bird version the hardware is disabled. It can be enabled in an upgrade to the professional version in the future)
Hardware Frame Sequence Number	Supported
GPIO	(Professional Version Only) 4PIN, high speed with flexible FPGA conntrol. Can be used as trigger in/out, multiple camera sync capture control, high precision GPS time measurement etc.
Built-in Image Buffer	1GBytes（8Gbit）/ 2GBytes（16Gbit）DDR3 memory
Non-volatile memory / On camera storage	Build-in total 64MByte Flash Memory. 10MBytes user-accessible space for stellar ROI frames for analysis of exoplanet investigation, occultations, atmospheric seeing measurement, focus, optical analysis, etc. Supports 100100 image x 500 frames, 5050 image x 4000 frames, 2525 image x16000 frames, 1010 image x 250000 frames
Cooling System	Dual Stage TEC cooler: - Long exposures (> 1 second) typically -35C below ambient - Short exposure (< 1second) high FPS, typically -30C below ambient QHY600 Water Cooling Version - Long exposures (> 1 second) typically -45C below ambient
Water Cooling Version	QHYCCD can offer this version. Contact QHYCCD or Dealer before order this version QHY600 Water Cooling Version - Long exposures (> 1 second) typically -45C below ambient
Anti-Dew Heater	Yes
Telescope Interface	M54/0.75
Optic Window Type	AR+AR High Quality Multi-Layer Anti-Reflection Coating
Power	40W/100% 20W/50% 13.8W/0%
Back Focal Length	17.5mm (±0.2) (A special short backfocus front piece is available as an option. It provides is about 7mm B.F.L. Contact QHYCCD if you need this version)
Weight (net)	Scientific Professional Version : 965g * Amateur Photographic Version: 850g* Special Short Backfocus Version ：870g* *Not including the M54/0.75mm center/tilt adjust ring)
Reference Price (TAX not included)	Amateur Photographic Version: USD4599 includes a 30% discount card of QHY367PRO-C Scientific Professional Version: USD8000 includes a 30% discount card of QHY367PRO-C,The Scientific Professional Version price does not include the QHYCCD Fiber PCIE grabber card

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QHY600 Linearity Test

The linearity is very important for astronomical photonmetry. We did a test for the QHY600 under the ultra high fullwell mode. The results is quite good to show a good linearity response range up to 73ke.  The results can be found here:https://www.qhyccd.com/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=23&id=273

Multiple Readout Modes is a new function for newer QHY Cameras. Different readout modes have different driver timing, etc., and result in different performance. Each readout mode has its advantage and disadvantages. The QHY600 currently has three readout modes. In the future QHYCCD may add more modes. These readout modes are currently supported in the QHY ASCOM Camera Driver, SharpCAP software and the N.I.N.A software. You can find the readout list box in the software.

QHY600 Performance Curves in Readout Mode #0 (Photographic Mode). In this mode there is a drop in the noise between Gain 25 and Gain 26. We recommend setting the Gain to 26 to begin. At this setting the full well is 27ke- and readout noise is 2.7e-. For every long exposures you can lower the gain from this point to increase the full well capacity.

QHY600 Performance Curves in Readout Mode #1 (High Gain Mode). Please note there is a HGC/LGC switch point at gain55 to gain56. Gain0-55 uses LGC and Gain55-100 uses HGC.

QHY600 linear test results show good linearity up to 73000e-. This is in readout modes # 0 and # 2. Gain = 0. In the linear fit graph we deleted the data above 73000e- and got R ^ 2 = 0.9998.\

At very short exposure times below 20ms the value is quite small and may be flicker induced by the tablet.
QHY600 Linearity Test

QHY600's quantum efficiency curve. Please note that the curve is absolute QE

The Mechanical Size and Back focal Length (in optic) of QHY600 Early Bird Price Version and Professional Version

QHY600U3 (Amateur Photographic Version)