Omegon Camera veTEC 294 C Color

The Omegon veTEC 294 C Color combines the well-known Sony IMX294 chip with active cooling and a large full well capacity, allowing you to get much more detail and dynamic range out of your astrophotos. Where other vendors mainly mention the technical side, we focus on the practical side: this camera makes the difference once you use longer exposures and stacked shots to reveal structures in nebulae and galaxies that with DSLR or uncooled cameras simply disappear in the noise.

Advantages over comparable cameras

• Active cooling up to 30 °C below ambient temperature: drastic reduction in noise, revealing faint deep-sky structures.
• 64k full well capacity and 14-bit ADC: preservation of fine details in both light and dark areas, ideal for objects with a wide dynamic range (Orion Nebula, Andromeda).
• Sony IMX294 back-illuminated sensor: a proven chip with high sensitivity and quantum efficiency of 80% peak.
• Extra convenience: internal DDR3 buffer prevents dropouts, and the built-in USB hub makes cable management easier (for a filter wheel, for example).
• Suitable for color imaging without complex filter wheels: perfect for those who want to start with serious deep-sky photography but don't want to invest in mono + filter sets right away.

This camera gives you the freedom to grow from a simple setup to a system that captures nebulae and galaxies in detail under dark skies.

Specifications

• Sensor: Sony IMX294, back-illuminated CMOS
• Sensor format: 19.1 × 13.0 mm (diagonal 23.1 mm)
• Resolution: 4128 × 2808 pixels (11.6 MP)
• Pixel size: 4.63 µm
• Bit depth: 14 bit
• Quantum efficiency: 80% peak
• Frame rate: 33 fps (full frame)
• Reading noise: 4,1 - 0,87 e-
• Full well capacity: 64k e-
• Exposure time: 0.0001 s to 60 minutes
• Binning: 2×2 and 3×3 hardware; 4×4 to 8×8 software
• Active cooling: up to 30 °C below ambient temperature, 12 V power supply (3 A)
• Interface: USB 3.0 + 2× USB 2.0 hub
• Connection: 2″ and T2 (M42x0.75) with M48 adapters and extenders for 55 mm back focus
• Dimensions: Ø 84 mm × 104 mm, weight 540 g

Application

• Deep-sky photography: nebulae, galaxies and globular clusters with extremely low noise thanks to cooling.
• Moon and planets: at shorter exposures, the camera produces sharp images with lots of detail.
• Advanced sessions: perfect for use with guiding-set and automation software (N.I.N.A., APT).

Why this camera does stand out

Many web shops limit themselves to listing technical features. At telescoop.com, we link those features to what they bring you:

• Cooling = cleaner images and better post-processing, even in a light-polluted environment.
• Large pixels and high full well = revealing subtle structures that would otherwise saturate.
• Sony IMX294 = a proven sensor, also used in professional observatories and popular with astrophotographers worldwide.

This is the camera for those who want to step into true deep-sky astrophotography without the price point of full-frame models.