Check out that new Canon sensor!

[Space Oddities]

Apparently Canon announced a new full frame monochrome sensor, with 2.7 megapixels and with a pixel size of... 19µm! 

I wonder what a sensor like that would produce on a telescope... The product video looks very promising, I think it's the first time I see a video of the Milky Way!  

Maybe in a few years, we'll have such technology available for a fair price?

 

 

[JamesF]

I initially thought that must be a typo for 1.9um, but no...

James

[Ags]

Aren't those pixels too big for even larger amateur scopes?

[MarsG76]

I think there already is a astronomy camera with a similar sensor... based on sCMOS, the "s" stands for Scientific.

the FLI Kepler KL400 Cooled sCMOS Camera (no shutter)... sells for abour $32,500 today.

Specs:

Peak QE: 95%

Read Noise: 1.3e- RMS

Well Depth: 89,000 electrons

Pixel Size: 11 μm

Sensor Size: 31.9mm (diagonal)

[Space Oddities]

Most likely, yes!

[fireballxl5]

With my 300mm f9 Mak-Cass it's a reasonable 1.45arcsec/pixel. A nice scale when guiding a weighty scope at that focal length