{"id":16484,"date":"2025-07-27T10:07:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/?post_type=product&p=16484"},"modified":"2026-07-20T10:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T08:40:16","slug":"omegon-camera-vetec-455-m-mono","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/omegon-camera-vetec-455-m-mono\/","title":{"rendered":"Omegon Camera veTEC 455 M Mono"},"content":{"rendered":"

Omegon Camera veTEC 455 M Mono: monochrome full-frame camera with 61 megapixels<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The monochrome veTEC 455 is the heaviest configuration Omegon offers: a 61-megapixel full-frame sensor without a color matrix, with active cooling and 16-bit readout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those working in channels, this is the final destination. Every photon that passes through your filter reaches the sensor. With LRGB or narrowband filters, you build images with a level of detail that a color sensor cannot achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sensor and resolution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Sony IMX455 in monochrome version measures 36 by 24 mm and has 9568 x 6380 pixels of 3.76 micrometers. The readout is 16 bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full well capacity is 50,000 electrons at high gain and 100,000 electrons at low gain, with a read noise of around 1.5 electrons. The sensor exhibits no amp glow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cooling and dark current<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A cooled sensor is the difference between a usable and an unusable five-minute exposure. Thermoelectric cooling brings the sensor well below ambient temperature and keeps it stable. This causes the dark current to drop to a level where faint nebula structures become visible above the noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because you set the sensor temperature to a fixed value, dark frames remain usable over multiple nights. This saves calibration work each session.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Connect and back focus<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The camera has a T2 thread with a flange distance of 17.5 mm. The connection on the telescope side is M54 with a 2-inch filter thread. For a monochrome setup, account for space for a filter wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the loose 12.5 mm adapter, you reduce the flange distance, which provides space for a filter wheel or an off-axis guider in the optical train.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rear USB hub<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

There are two additional USB ports on the back. You can connect a guiding camera or an electronic focuser to them, for example, so that only one cable runs to your computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hub works with USB 2.0. For the camera itself, you use a USB 3.0 port on the computer, otherwise the read speed will drop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Software and method<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Control is via ASCOM or INDI, with which the camera cooperates with N.I.N.A., SharpCap, APT, and Siril. Omegon's free capture software can be downloaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note: veTEC cameras do not have an ST4 port and are not intended for use as autoguiders. For guiding, combine the camera with a separate guiding camera, for example from the GUIDE or veLOX series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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