Santa Barbara Instrument Group ST-8300C, Руководство по эксплуатации

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SBIG ST-8300 Manual
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1. Introduction
Congratulations and thank you for buying one of our ST-8300 cooled CCD
cameras. The ST-8300 has the following features:
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Uses Kodak’s microlensed, blue enhanced KAF-8300 CCD with
3326 x 2504 pixels, 5.4 micron square pixels.
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16-bit A/D converter with correlated double sampling running at
1.7 megahertz.
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Temperature regulated Thermo-Electric (TE) cooling with 35C
delta for reduction in CCD dark current.
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Single board, small, compact design with internal shutter allowing
exposures down to 0.1 seconds that makes taking dark frames a
trivial task.
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USB 2 interface yielding up to 1.7 megapixels per second
digitization rates but full backward compatibility with USB 1.1
computers at 400 kilopixels per second.
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Input power requirements of 10.0 – 14.5 Volts DC at 3 Amps
through the
new locking style center-positive power jack.
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Telescope interface with four optically isolated normally open
signals on the industry standard RJ-11 jack.
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T-Thread based mechanical interface that supports a variety of
nosepieces and adapters.
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Optional external filter wheels with choice of filters.
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Powerful yet intuitive CCDOps software for image acquisition and
processing.
Getting Started
In addition to this truly fine Operating Manual , the ST-8300 package
includes the following items:
ST-8300 Camera – The camera body is approximately 4 x 5 x 2 inches
with a T-Thread adapter on the front cover.
2 Inch T-Thread Nosepiece – This screws into the front of the camera for
telescope work and includes a soft rubber cap for keeping out the
dust when not in use. Optional Visual Back adapters are available
from SBIG. In addition a screw-in T-to-C adapter is available for
use with C-Mount camera lenses or C-Mount adapters.
Power Supply – The camera come with a 12V/3 Amp DC power supply
Outside the US the camera may be supplied with a Battery Clip
adapter.