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Old 25-07-2016, 07:49 PM
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FLI Microline 16200

I received my FLI Microline 16200 (ML16) today. I have it on my rig and imaging right now with it. It required minimal packing to square it up (my filter wheel causes some sag I suspect).

So far looking good. Specs are 6 micron pixels around 60%QE Well depth about 39,000 read noise 6 electrons or less (close Sony ICX694 there and the lowest of any Kodak/True Sense/On Semi sensor). APS sized at approximately 26 x20mm. It should suit a lot of telescopes.

http://www.flicamera.com/microline/index.html

The field of view is still large but ultrawide like it is with the Proline. It's a better match pixel size to the scope at 1.05 arc secs per pixels which is what Roland Christen recommends.

Cooling seems very powerful. At least 57C below ambient. Also temperature regulation seems superior with it sitting on exactly -35C for a long time. The fan is quiet and smooth and the shutter also sounds very smooth and quiet. Microline cameras are quite small. I am used to the big Proline.

The images are very clean and no defects of any kind, no columns, no hot pixel groupings - remarkably perfect. You can tell this sensor has been engineered with Astrophotography in mind. It seems cleaner than normal much like a 6D is cleaner than other Canons.

A first light image should turn up in a few days with a good forecast this week.

Greg.

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