Aries 1517 Vacuum-cooled large-format BSI sCMOS camera
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Aries 1517 Vacuum-Cooled BSI sCMOS Camera, 87 mm Diagonal, 15 µm Pixels

Aries 1517
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A large-format, vacuum-cooled sCMOS camera for wide-field astronomical imaging and long exposures.

The Aries 1517 is a large-format back-illuminated sCMOS camera with a vacuum-sealed, cooled sensor chamber, intended for astronomy and space observation. Its 4116 × 4100 array of 15 µm pixels spans an 87 mm diagonal, and it combines 1.2 e⁻ read noise with exposures of up to 3600 s. Compared with conventional large-format CCD cameras it is smaller, lighter and uses less power, which makes integration at the telescope simpler.

Key Features

  • Vacuum-sealed cooling chamber designed for more than 5 years of vacuum stability, reducing maintenance
  • Cooling to −40 °C (air, 10 °C ambient) or −50 °C (liquid, 10 °C coolant); dark current 0.023 e⁻/pixel/s at −40 °C
  • Customizable cooling depth: at −70 °C, dark current can be as low as 0.008 e⁻/pixel/s
  • 87 mm diagonal with 15 µm pixels reduces multi-camera stitching and helps avoid under-sampling with long-focal-length optics
  • 92% peak QE at 450 nm and 1.2 e⁻ read noise (High Dynamic mode); 16-bit output with up to 94.7 dB dynamic range
  • Up to 81.4 ke⁻ full-well capacity (Standard Low Gain mode) for good linearity over a wide signal range
  • CoF and CameraLink interfaces, GPS timing and timestamps; power draw below 100 W, about half that of a comparable large-format CCD camera

Typical Applications

  • Large-area sky surveys
  • Deep-space low-light imaging
  • Precision photometry and variable-star monitoring
  • Astronomical spectroscopy
  • Space debris detection
  • Solar observation and soft X-ray imaging

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Model: Aries 1517 · Acquisition software and drivers are supplied with the camera. Contact WaveQuanta for a quote and lead time.

Sensor Type BSI sCMOS
Sensor GSENSE1517BSI
Color / Mono Mono
Peak QE 92% @ 450 nm
Resolution 4116 × 4100
Pixel Size 15 µm × 15 µm
Effective Area 61.74 mm × 61.5 mm
Array Diagonal 87 mm
Full-Well Capacity 67 ke⁻ (High Dynamic); 81.4 ke⁻ (Standard Low Gain); 16 ke⁻ (Standard High Gain)
Readout Noise 1.2 e⁻ (High Dynamic); 7.6 e⁻ (Standard Low Gain); 1.3 e⁻ (Standard High Gain)
Dynamic Range 94.7 dB (High Dynamic); 80.6 dB (Standard Low Gain); 81.9 dB (Standard High Gain)
Frame Rate 4 fps
Shutter Type Rolling
Exposure Time 61.35 µs – 3600 s
Binning 1 × 1, 2 × 2, 4 × 4
ROI Supported
Cooling Method Air or liquid, vacuum-sealed sensor chamber
Cooling Temperature Air: −40 °C @ 10 °C ambient; liquid: −50 °C @ 10 °C coolant
Dark Current 0.023 e⁻/pixel/s @ −40 °C
DSNU / PRNU 0.3 e⁻ / 0.3%
Bit Depth 14 bit, 16 bit
Data Interface CoF, CameraLink
Trigger Hardware, software, frame grabber; SMA connector
Trigger Output Readout End, Global Exposure, Exposure Start, Trigger Ready, High, Low, Any Row, First Row
Timestamp / GPS Timestamp and GPS timing supported
Optical Interface Custom, to user specification
Power Supply DC 24 V
Power Consumption Below 100 W
Dimensions Ø 185 mm × 169.1 mm
Weight 9 kg
Operating Environment Working −40 to 50 °C, 0–85% RH, 0–6000 m; storage −40 to 60 °C, 0–95% RH
Software / SDK Support Sample acquisition software; C / C++ SDK; Windows 7 / 10, Ubuntu 18.04, custom
Specification Sheet PDF — Download
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Aries 1517 Vacuum-Cooled BSI sCMOS Camera, 87 mm Diagonal, 15 µm Pixels Current Aries 1517 — — —