CAMERA & DETECTORS

Astronomy Camera

Balor sCMOS

Balor is Andor’s game-changing, very large area sCMOS camera platform for Astronomy, the perfect solution for Large Sky Surveys that measure photometric and astrometric variability across timescales ranging from milliseconds to tens of seconds.

Catalogue
Features
  • Low noise sCMOS
  • 16.9 MP – very large field of view
  • Exceptionally fast 18.5 ms readout
  • Up to 54 fps
  • Vacuum protected – minimal downtime
  • Shutter-free technology
  • IRIG-B GPS timestamp every 10 ns
Key Applications
  • Orbital debris & asteroid tracking
  • Large sky surveys
  • Solar studies
  • Exoplanet discovery
  • Supernovae detection
  • Atmospheric studies
  • Speckle/lucky imaging
Key Specifications