Handbook for SXV-M5 Issue 1 June 2004
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Starlight Xpress Ltd
SXV-M5
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-M5 is a medium-resolution cooled CCD
camera, especially designed for astronomical imaging. The SXV-M5 uses a Sony
SuperHAD CCD, with 500 x 582 pixels in a 4.9mm x 3.65mm active area. SuperHAD
devices have the greatest quantum efficiency of any interline transfer CCD currently
available and the use of high performance microlenses on the CCD surface gives the
greatest possible throughput of light to the pixels. This camera is a next generation
version of the parallel port driven MX516, but the use of an internal USB2 interface
and the addition of an external guide camera option makes it considerably more
effective.
Please take a few minutes to study the contents of this manual, which will help you to
get the camera into operation quickly and without problems. I am sure that you want
to see some results as soon as possible, so please move on to the ‘Quick Start’ section,
which follows. A more detailed description of imaging techniques will be found in a
later part of this manual.
