Sightron Japan has announced five new Player One Astronomy astrophotography cameras, expected to be released next week, named after the planets in accordance with the size of each of their sensors. The Sony-made sensors inside each camera are either 1/2.8″ for the Mars variants and 1/1.8″ for the Neptune models and each is designed for a specific set of sky-gazing tasks.

Each of the five cameras is equipped with a mechanism that can tilt the sensor to reduce Newton ring issues that occur when photographing the sun and each features 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM to offer stable data flow transfer. A 1/4-20″ socket in the bottom allows you to mount it to any standard tripod or tracker with a 1/4-20″ screw.

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