The Balor sCMOS from Andor Technology is an sCMOS Camera that is designed for astronomy. It has a 16.9 megapixel image sensor with a 70 mm filed-of-view and a pixel pitch of 12 µm. This camera has a rolling or global shutter that delivers a framerate of up to 54 fps (full frame) and has an extended dynamic range with over 99.7% linearity. It has a low readout time of 18.5 seconds with a readout noise of 2.9-4.3 e- and a well depth of 80000 e-. This 16-bit camera has an f-number of 0.35 and a peak quantum efficiency of 61%. It can be controlled via a 4 lane CXP-6 interface.

The Balor sCMOS is vacuum protected using UltraVac technology that is critical for sustained vacuum integrity and to maintain unequaled cooling and QE performance. It has an IRIG-B GPS timestamp feature that provides an image GPS timestamp with 10 ns resolution for syncing across multiple instruments and multiple observation sites. This camera is available in a vacuum enclosure package that measures Ø172 x 204.8 mm and is ideal for orbital debris & asteroid tracking, large sky surveys, solar studies, exoplanet discovery, supernovae detection, atmospheric studies and speckle/lucky imaging applications.