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                                                                                                                              ASI482 Manual 

 

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  Instruction 

Congratulations and thank you for buying one of our ASI Cameras! This manual will give you a 

brief  introduction  to  your  ASI  camera. Please  take  some  time  to  read  it  thoroughly.  If  you  have 

any questions, please feel free to submit it on the ZWO support site:   

https://support.astronomy-imaging-camera.com/

 

 

ASI482  is  one  of  the  new  OSC  planetary  cameras  developed  by  ZWO  and  released  in  2021. 

Packed with Sony sensor IMX482, this camera has some very great highlights, including a large 

pixel size of 5.8um, USB 3.0 interface, large full-well depth of 51.5ke-, extremely high sensitivity 

and super low read out noise, etc. It can achieve great image quality at low illumination, and the 

value of SNR1s can be as low as 0.08lx. Thus, some people also call it 

The King of the Night”.   

 

Model 

Mono/Color 

Sensor 

ASI482MC 

Color 

SONY IMX482 

 

For  software  installation  instructions  and  other  technical  information,  please  refer  to  our  official 

websit

https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/

   

Summary of Contents for ASI482

Page 1: ...Revision 1 0 Sep 2021 All materials related to this publication are subject to change without notice and its copyright totally belongs to Suzhou ZWO CO LTD Please download the latest version from our...

Page 2: ...cifications 5 4 QE Graph Read Noise 6 5 Getting to know your camera 8 5 1 External View 8 5 2 Power consumption 8 5 3 USB 3 0 port ST4 port 8 5 4 Protect window 8 5 5 Analog to Digital Converter ADC 9...

Page 3: ...and released in 2021 Packed with Sony sensor IMX482 this camera has some very great highlights including a large pixel size of 5 8um USB 3 0 interface large full well depth of 51 5ke extremely high se...

Page 4: ...ASI482 Manual 4 2 What s in the box ASI482MC...

Page 5: ...13mm 6 26mm Max fps 82 5FPS Shutter Rolling shutter Exposure range 32 s 2000s Readout noise 1 5 12 9 e QE peak 85 at 530nm Full well 51 5ke ADC 12bit USB interface USB3 0 Adapters 2 1 25 M42X0 75 Prot...

Page 6: ...cuit noise and ADC quantization error noise The lower the better As you can see the Read Noise of the ASI482 camera is extremely low The built in HCG mode can even more reduce the read noise at high g...

Page 7: ...ASI482 Manual 7...

Page 8: ...Providing 5Gb bandwidth to let ASI482 run at 82 5fps 10bit high speed mode or 57 5fps 12bit normal mode at full resolution 2 Mega ST4 Port Can be used to connect with auto guide port of mount for guid...

Page 9: ...ting and this smaller ROI has faster fps Here is the maximum speed of ASI482 running at different ADC mode on USB3 0 Resolution USB 3 0 12Bit 10Bit RAW16 RAW8 RAW16 RAW8 1920 1080 57 5 57 5 82 5 82 5...

Page 10: ...e many adapters available for this camera for connecting to your scope or lens Some are included with the camera and others you can order from our site https telescopes taobao com Color camera connect...

Page 11: ...below if it s dirty The big dim spot on the image right side are the shadows of dust on the protect window The very small but very dark spot on the image at left are the shadows of the dusts on the se...

Page 12: ...ASI482 Manual 12 8 Mechanical drawing ASI482MC...

Page 13: ...ible for the customer service 10 Warranty We provide 2 year warranty for our products We offer repair service or replacement for free if the camera doesn t work within warranty period After the warran...

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