Starlight Xpress SXVF-H9 - Manual

Handbook for the SXVF-H9 Issue 1 May 2007
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Starlight Xpress Ltd
SXVF-H9 ExView‘Megapixel’USB
CCD camera user manual
Thank you for purchasing a Starlight Xpress CCD camera. We hope that you will be
very satisfied with the results.
The SXVF-H9 is an advanced, very high-resolution cooled CCD camera, especially
designed for astronomical imaging. It is a second generation version of the very
popular HX916 and incorporates many substantial improvements and extra features.
These include a built-in, fully programmable, USB 2 super-fast computer interface
(USB 1.1 compatible), an optional add-on autoguider output and integrated dual serial
ports for filter wheel and telescope control. The SXVF-H9 uses a Sony ICX285
‘ExView’ progressive scan CCD, with 1392 x 1040 x 6.45uM pixels in a 8.98 x
6.71mm active area. ExView devices have excellent quantum efficiency, with a broad
spectral response peaking at around 65% in the green, and an extremely low dark
current, well below that of any comparable CCD currently available. While this
device has an excellent blue light sensitivity, it also has a strong infra-red response,
which makes it ideal for all aspects of both planetary and deep-sky imaging,
especially with an H-alpha filter.