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Introduction

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Congratulations and thank you for buying the SBIG ST-5C Advanced CCD Camera. This

camera offers incredible performance in a small package for a moderate cost. Using the camera

will expand your astronomical experience by allowing you to easily take images like the ones

you've seen in books and magazines, but never seen when peeking through the eyepiece. CCD

cameras offer convenience, high sensitivity (a typical deep-sky image is several minutes), and

advanced image processing techniques that film just can't match. While CCDs will probably

never replace film in its large format, CCDs offer ease of use and allow a wide range of scientific

measurements. Their use has established a whole new field of Astronomy. Some of the

features you'll discover about your camera include:

• Based on the Texas Instrument TC255 CCD with 320 x 240 pixels that are 10

microns square.

• Double Correlated Sampling readout with 16 Bit A/D for the lowest possible

noise.

• Convenient and fast parallel interface offers full frame download times under 4

seconds.

• Thermoelectric cooling gives sky background limited performance.
• Integral Shutter Wheel that can be replaced with a Color Filter Wheel for Tricolor

imaging.

• Telescope port for use as an Autoguider.
• Advanced CCDOPS software for data acquisition, display and processing.

• Track and Accumulate

for hassle-free long duration exposures.

• 12 VDC operation allows use in field with a car battery.
• Standard T-Thread allows use with a variety of telescope adapters including the

standard 1.25 inch nosepiece and eyepiece projection units.

This manual is organized for two types of use. Some sections have been designed to be read

through from the start while you're learning about the camera and the software whereas other

sections are to be used for reference. Briefly the manual consists of the following sections:

• Section 1 describes CCD cameras and how they work. While it is the first section

of the manual, it is a bit technical, and some users may wish to skip ahead to the

second section then come back to this section once they have had a little hand's

on experience.

• Section 2 tells you how to install the camera and CCDOPS camera software and

takes you step by step through the process of taking your first images. Even if

you have experience with other cameras you should browse through this section

and read any sections that are new to you. Also for further training and detailed

technical information regarding the CCDOPS software for the ST-5C please refer

to the separate CCDOPS manual.

• Section 3 presents some more detailed information about how you use the

camera for some slightly more advanced tasks. The discussion of even more

advanced topics is continued in Appendix D. Once you have become familiar

with the basic operations of the camera you will want to read these sections.

• Sections 4 and 5 provide a Glossary of common CCD imaging terms, a Question

and Answer section on the most common questions you'll have and a section of

Track and Accumulate covered by SBIG US Patent 5,365,269.

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Страница 1: ...Operating Manual for the Model ST 5C Advanced CCD Camera Santa Barbara Instrument Group...

Страница 2: ...rference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the...

Страница 3: ...ing Acquainted with CCDOPS Software 12 2 1 3 Connecting the Camera to the Computer 14 2 1 4 Establishing a Communications Link with the Camera 15 2 1 5 Operating your Camera with CCDOPS a Daytime Orie...

Страница 4: ...ii B Appendix B Maintenance 35 B 1 Replacing the Fuse 35 B 2 Disassembling Reassembling the Optical Head 35 B 3 Cleaning the Optical Windows 35 B 4 Replacing the Desiccant 36...

Страница 5: ...car battery Standard T Thread allows use with a variety of telescope adapters including the standard 1 25 inch nosepiece and eyepiece projection units This manual is organized for two types of use So...

Страница 6: ...ge 2 useful hints and tips for using the camera Again this is a good section to read once you have had a little time with the camera Finally the Appendices provide a wealth of technical information ab...

Страница 7: ...lectron which is stored in the detector array until it is read out thus producing data which your computer can display as an image How this is accomplished is eloquently described in a paper by James...

Страница 8: ...e unwanted sources of electron production in the chip and thus make the detector more sensitive to the remaining source of electron production by incoming photons As you can imagine the reduction of u...

Страница 9: ...ge The CCDOPS software can automatically perform this 1 3 The Various CCD Parameters and How they Affect Imaging If you scan the CCD related literature you will see a slew of new terms describing CCDs...

Страница 10: ...noise forms a noise floor below which the CCD will not detect weak signals Something you re imaging must rise above the read noise level before you ll be able to see it Since the read noise is the noi...

Страница 11: ...produce both protected and unprotected CCDs First off the process of Antiblooming protection causes a nonlinearity in the response of a CCD If you were trying to make accurate Photometric measurement...

Страница 12: ...form a single larger pixel This reduces the CCD s resolution but increases the sensitivity Different CCDs from various manufacturers support different types of binning Some CCDs support on chip binni...

Страница 13: ...Quantum Efficiency 1 4 Camera Hardware Architecture This section describes the ST 5C Advanced CCD Camera from a systems standpoint It describes the elements that comprise a CCD camera and the functio...

Страница 14: ...ing shutter wheel The shutter wheel makes taking dark frames a simple matter of pushing a button on the computer Remember that the shutter wheel does not perform the task of timing the exposure it mer...

Страница 15: ...the MS DOS prompt type CD then hit the Enter key to log into the root directory of your hard disk 3 Type MKDIR CCDOPS then hit the Enter key to create a directory for the software 4 Type CD CCDOPS the...

Страница 16: ...ahead now and move between these items The File menu is the most frequently used since it navigates you toward image retrieval Open command and the image Save command It also is the way to the off sw...

Страница 17: ...e Contrast Window control how the image is displayed Adjusting the Background setting and hitting the Do It Apply button changes the brightness of the image The Range setting controls the contrast You...

Страница 18: ...CCDOPS to you particular computer and graphics hardware For now let s move right over to the Track Menu Track Menu In the Track menu you see several commands Except for the Track and Accumulate comman...

Страница 19: ...ce the choices for temperature regulation etc Ignore these for the time being and hit the Cancel button or the Esc key to get rid of the dialog Again select the Camera menu and then execute the Grab c...

Страница 20: ...100 but that the pixels are much more closely clustered around 100 counts 3 If your room temperature is about 70 degrees F try further cooling to 8 degrees C Nearly 100 cooler capacity may be indicat...

Страница 21: ...surface behind the eyepiece tube and focus the telescope on the moon a bright planet star or a distant street lamp This preliminary step will save you much time in initially finding focus The approxi...

Страница 22: ...em on the screen one after another What you will typically see is a huge out of focus star image On an SCT if the focus is off enough you ll see an image of a donut with the telescope s central obstru...

Страница 23: ...difficulty finding an object after obtaining good focus you can remove the head and insert a medium or low power eyepiece Being careful not to adjust the focus knob on the telescope slide the eyepiec...

Страница 24: ...Section 2 The First Day with the Camera Page 20 below Advanced Imaging Techniques will also give you some good insight into how to effectively use your camera...

Страница 25: ...s available in CCDOPS which simplifies image acquisition for the typical amateur with a good telescope drive Drives employing PEC or PPEC technology and accurate gears only need adjustment every 30 to...

Страница 26: ...elescope drive corrector performance All the things that were important for good manually guided exposures still exist including a good polar alignment Use of an auto guider is to correct for the smal...

Страница 27: ...ed pattern and dark current noise from the image Dark Frames must be of the same integration time and temperature as the light frame being processed or numerous hot and cold pixels occur Dark Noise Da...

Страница 28: ...crons square 10 by 10 microns Planet Mode Planet Mode is the most useful way to achieve focus When you select Planet mode a full frame is exposed downloaded and displayed on the computer monitor A sma...

Страница 29: ...us Corporations to allow easy interchange of graphics images between programs in areas such as presentation and desktop publishing CCDOPS can save image files in this format but it can not read them T...

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Страница 31: ...Celsius below ambient Q Who should I contact when I have questions or problems with the camera Contact SBIG and ask for Technical Support If your questions are general in nature you might try subscrib...

Страница 32: ...ommand 3 Check for flexure between the CCD camera head and your system Check for flexure between the guide scope or off axis guider and your telescope system This is a very common source of guiding er...

Страница 33: ...nd power lines silhouetted against the sky work well as a target Use binning since turbulence will limit resolution This will allow you to learn the software flow in daylight Dark frames aren t necess...

Страница 34: ...components It is always possible to ascertain exact focus only after you have passed a peak intensity and then come back to the peak s setting You may not see the exact high value but will see the tre...

Страница 35: ...stars at the edge of the field can spray light across nebula especially Veil Horsehead California nebulae Anti blooming can t help scattered light Reposition field slightly and try again Due to small...

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Страница 37: ...rter 16 Bit 22 KHz Pixel Rate Power Requirements 12 VDC at 1 2 Amps Telescope Port 4 Open Drain Outputs Communications Port Interfaces to PC Parallel Port Electronic Shutter 01 to 3600 seconds Mechani...

Страница 38: ...No Connect Figure A 3 Telescope Port Note that the four outputs are active low open drain outputs without internal pull ups and are capable of sinking 250 mA DC to ground when activated They have a b...

Страница 39: ...d it necessary to take the two outer corners of the desiccant and turn them inwards making the rectangular packet somewhat conform to the round outline of the inner housing 2 Seat the O Ring in the gr...

Страница 40: ...emperature of the cooled CCD thus preventing the formation of frost The desiccant is contained in a small rectangular package inside the CCD chamber In normal operation the useful life of the desiccan...

Страница 41: ...1 Flat Field def 23 Focal Reducer def 23 focus Dim mode 19 Planet mode 24 Focusing 17 18 Frame Transfer CCDs 5 6 Frame Transfer CCDs def 24 frost 10 full well capacity 5 Full Well Capacity def 24 fuse...

Страница 42: ...ler def 25 telescope 19 telescope hand controller 19 22 telescope port 1 22 thermistor 4 TIFF format def 25 Tips 27 Track and Accumulate def 25 Track and Accumulate Command 21 Track List def 25 Tri Co...

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