Starlight-xpress SXV-M7C Bedienungsanleitung

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 1Starlight Xpress Ltd SXV-M7C CCD camera user manual Thank you for purchasing a Starlight Xpress CCD c

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 10At this point, you will have a working knowledge of how to take and process an SXV-M7C image. It is ti

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 11When the par-focal eyepiece is fitted into the telescope drawtube, you can adjust the focus until the

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 12Opinions vary as to the utility of flip mirrors. They are a convenient way to find and focus, but they

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 13For a 200mm SCT, this is an F ratio of 844 / 200 = F4.22, which is easily achieved with the Meade conv

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 14value’ (the value of the brightest pixel) will also be shown in the adjacent text box and this can be

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 15processing the picture. The SXV-M7C generates very little dark signal and so dark frames are not essen

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 162) You have already tested the colour synthesiser on a daylight image, so it should be set up correctl

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 17pollution is orange or green in colour (sodium and mercury light) and may be removed by reducing the r

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 18the noise will be strongly increased and dark rings will appear around the stars, but a ‘Median’ filte

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 19check the ‘Autosave Image’ checkbox near the bottom of the window. If you now click on ‘Take Picture’

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 2available and the use of ‘secondary colour’ filters on the CCD surface gives the greatest possible thro

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 20As a finishing touch, the application of a Median filter or a Weighted Mean Low Pass filter can be use

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 21‘Alternative Slew Mode’ available, which uses the correlation of image areas, rather than a single sta

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 22a way that the errors are removed. Common flat field errors are due to dust motes on the camera window

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 23flat field’ in the ‘Merge’ menu. The result should be an image with very little sign of the original a

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 24STAR 2000 The SXV-M7C may be used with our patented self-guiding system ‘STAR 2000’. This can greatly

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 25What you need: To use S.T.A.R. 2000, you must have a telescope with ‘Auto guider’ capability. Most mod

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 261. Set ‘RA Pixels per sec’ and ‘Dec Pixels per sec’ to 5. 2. Set all backlash and hysteresis values

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 27The control panel will disappear and be replaced by the guider window, with a set of number boxes abov

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 28The software includes an option to generate properly matched dark frames, by recording the number of g

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 29of your mount. This output is ‘active low’ (i.e. the control relays pull the guider inputs down to zer

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 3800 x 600 pixels and 65,000 colours. A medium specification Pentium with between 500MHz and 3GHz proces

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 30The autoguider control panel with a guide star selected 2) Press the ‘Start’ button and a series of

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 319) Now press ‘Go to main camera’ and the guider control panel will be replaced by the camera control

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 321) Dust can be deposited on either the optical window (not a big problem to cure), or on the CCD facep

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 33CCD window. If this becomes a problem, try to store the camera in a warm, dry place, or in a plastic l

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 34Power consumption: 220v / 110v AC @ 12 watts max., 12v DC @ 750mA Dear User, Thank you for purchasi

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 353) The guarantee shall not apply to equipment damaged by fire, accident, wear an tear, misuse, unautho

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 4Connect the miniature 4 way power plug to the socket on the rear of the camera and screw the retaining

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 53) Interlaced image smoothing On 4) FITS Unsigned Integer format Off 5) Star mask size (area use

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 6If you use a normal lens, then stop it down to the smallest aperture number possible (usually F22) as t

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 7and the camera control panel will appear (see above). Select an exposure time of 0.1 seconds and press

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 8After a few seconds a recognisable colour image should be displayed, although the colour ‘balance’ may

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004 9Other options in the ‘Colour’ menu are ‘Apply Anti-Alias’ and ‘Adjust Chrominance’. We have already use