Scientific Imaging Camera Performance
Diffraction Limited’s line of high performance or “scientific grade” CCD and CMOS cameras are designed to operate under extremely low-light conditions with high sensitivity, low...
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Introducing the SBIG Aluma AC455
You will love the new research-grade SBIG Aluma AC455 camera – designed for your dark sky observatory or the local college campus.
Introducing the SBIG Aluma AC455
You will love the new research-grade SBIG Aluma AC455 camera – designed for your dark sky observatory or the local college campus.
MaxIm DL 7
Available Now
Unveiling MaxIm DL 7, the must-have new astronomy software of the year. Its intuitive design, optimized for night vision and easy upgrades, lets you explore the largest images from today’s top cameras with advanced 64-bit processing.
Welcome to Diffraction
Our leading-edge, low-light camera systems are the industry standard among the world’s most renowned astronomers, physicists, and life scientists.
SBIG Aluma AC4040
Our most popular camera, the SBIG Aluma AC4040 is a large format Scientific CMOS camera, featuring a 16.8 megapixel sensor with 9 micron pixels.
Observing Solutions
Our leading-edge, low-light camera systems are the industry standard among the world’s most renowned astronomers, physicists, and life scientists.
CCD47-10
Our high performance Aluma® CCD Series cameras offer capabilities and features not available in any other scientific-grade imaging camera.
Aluma AC2020
Extreme sensitivity back-illuminated Scientific CMOS camera. 4 megapixel sensor with 6.5 micron pixels, Adaptive Optics capable, StarChaser Guider compatible.
SBIG STC-7
The SBIG STC-7 features an ultra-sensitive and low noise 7 megapixel cooled CMOS sensor, integrated 8 position filter wheel, plus a complete set of LRGB and narrowband filters, and an opaque filter for convenience in making dark frames.
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Calibrating CMOS Images
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Where sCMOS is Wonderful
CCD users have suffered for years with high read noise, snail-like digitization, and download speeds. It was like that three-hour movie that dragged on. Although...
