Starlight Xpress SXV-M8C - Manual

Handbook for the SXV-M8C Issue 1 Jan 2005
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Starlight Xpress Ltd
SXV-M8C
4 Megapixel USB2
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-M8C is an advanced, very high-resolution cooled CCD camera, especially
designed for ‘One-Shot’ colour astronomical imaging. Its special 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-M8C uses a Sony ICX406AQ
‘SuperHAD’ interline transfer CCD, with 2312 x 1720 x 3.125uM pixels in a 7.225 x
5.375mm active area. SuperHAD devices have excellent quantum efficiency, with a
broad spectral response peaking at around 65% in the green, and an extremely low