Starlight Xpress SXV-M25C - Manual

Handbook for the SXV-M25C Issue 1 June 2004
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Starlight Xpress Ltd
SXV-M25C SuperHAD 6Megapixel 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-M25C is an advanced, very high-resolution cooled CCD camera, especially
designed for ‘One-Shot’ colour astronomical imaging. The features 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-M25C uses a Sony ICX413AQ a very large ‘SuperHAD’
interline CCD, with 3040 x 2016 x 7.8uM pixels in a 23.4 x 15.6mm active area.
SuperHAD devices have excellent quantum efficiency in the visible spectrum, with a
broad spectral response peaking at around 60% in the green, and an extremely low
dark current, well below that of any comparable CCD currently available. The CCD
incorporates a ‘Bayer Matrix’ of Red, Green and Blue filters, deposited directly onto
the pixels and a downloaded image may be quickly converted into a full-colour
picture by application of the software provided.