Starlight Xpress SXV-H9C - Manual

Handbook for the SXV-H9 Issue 1 June 2002
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Starlight Xpress Ltd
SXV-H9C ExView‘Megapixel’USB
One-Shot Colour 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 SXV-H9C is an advanced, very high-resolution cooled CCD camera, especially
designed for ‘One-Shot’ colour 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 SXV-H9C uses
a Sony ICX285AK ‘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. The ICX285AK incorporates a ‘Bayer Matrix’ of Red, Green and Blue
filters, deposited directly onto the CCD pixels and a downloaded image may be
quickly converted into a full-colour picture by application of the software provided.