The AST8300-X is based on the 8.3-megapixels monochrome KAF-8300 CCD Sensor and is equipped with integrated 7 position Filter-Wheel (filters not included)

The AST8300-X Product Features

• New concept low-vacuum CCD sensor chamber that guarantees no-frost with -35°C DeltaT at only 2.4A of power consumption
• Powerful 1GHz microprocessor for stand alone wire-free operation (no PC is needed)
• 5.4 um pixel size
• ​PC like use with operating system, graphic desktop, Web access, applications that can be created, installed and removed
• ​​Integrated WiFi connection to PC / Tablet / Smartphone
• ​8 GB (expandable up to 32 GB) internal storage plus external USB thumb drive or hard-disk
• ​2 HS USB ports, controlled +12V DC output power (flatbox controller)

 SmartCamera Approach

​The Astrel Instruments cameras are powered by a 1000MHz Processor with 1Gb of memory and up to 32Gb of on-board storage.

​The camera can autonomously autoguide with many commercial USB autoguider cameras and use planetarium applications to control the mount operations (alignment, goto, etc) on most commercial mounts.

The Wireless mode lets the user communicate with the camera through a WiFi connection established between his Tablet / Smartphone (or of course a PC) and the camera.

 

The AST8300-X includes an integrated 7 position filter wheel using 1.25" unmounted filters.

The AST8300-X-7F consists on a complete kit with the filter wheel fully equipped with LRGB + Ha + OIII +SII filter set already mounted.  We can directly buy and mount the filters selected by the customer. 

Cooling and Vacuum Chamber

The sensor and the cooling chain are contained in a vacuum proof chamber: using the included vacuum pump connected to the valve on the rear of the camera body, in less than a minute the air can be pumped-out. This has 2 fundamental effects: it eliminates the possibility of frost forming inside the chamber and minimizes the convention up and down heat transfer inside the chamber, optimizing the heat removal via the cold finger and avoiding cooling of the optical window that could lead to fogging.​

The base package includes

• AST8300-X camera body with WiFi antenna
• Vacuum pump with incorporated pressure gauge, tube and joint
• Battery power cable: power cable extension with car lighter plug

Go to Support pages to read the Q&A, download Documentation and watch Video Tutorials

 

Select up to 7 filters for the integrated filter wheel

AC-DC wall socket 12V 3A Power Supply

Protect your instruments with its specific suitcase plug