Starlight Xpress SXVR-H674 - Manual

Handbook for the SXVR-H674 Issue 1 March 2012
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The SXVR-H674 USB2 CCD camera
Thank you for purchasing a Starlight Xpress CCD camera. We hope that you will be
very satisfied with the results.
The SXVR-H674 is an advanced, high-resolution cooled CCD camera, especially
designed for astronomical imaging. It uses a third generation version of the very
popular Sony ‘EXview’ CCDs that offer very high QE and extremely low thermal
noise. Other features include a built-in, fully programmable, USB 2 super-fast
computer interface, an autoguider control port and output and optional integrated dual
serial ports for filter wheel and telescope control. It also includes a CCD temperature
monitoring circuit that provides regulated set-point cooling of the chip, adjustable
chip alignment and a very compact overall size.
The SXVR-H674 uses a Sony ICX674ALG ‘EXview’ progressive scan CCD, with
1940 x 1460 x 4.54uM pixels in a 8.8 x 6.63mm active area. This EXview device has
an excellent quantum efficiency, with a broad spectral response peaking at around
77% in yellow light, and an extremely low dark current, well below that of any
comparable CCD currently available. While this device also has an excellent blue
light sensitivity, it has a strong infra-red response, which makes it ideal for all aspects