Santa Barbara Instrument Group ST-8300C Spezifikationen

Model STF-8300M/C CCD Camera Operating Manual SBIG Astronomical Instruments, A Division of Diffraction Limited. | 59 Grenfell Crescent, Unit B, Ottawa

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 9. If for some reason the Add New Hardware Wizard asks you to manually locate the drivers then navigate to the proper directory

SBIG STF-8300 Manual Some of these may not exist on your system but delete the ones that do. 3. Manually delete the old drivers files from the Devi

SBIG STF-8300 Manual d. If Windows asks you for the best match select any of the entries with Version 2.41.0.0 then click Next. e. Click Finish and

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 3. Using the Camera Inside When you first receive the STF-8300 it’s wise to get acquainted with its operation inside the house

SBIG STF-8300 Manual This is what’s referred to as a dark frame and it’s what you get when you take a picture with the nosepiece covered and the sh

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 12 Hot pixels are simply the pixels where the dark current is higher than the average and thus they show up as white specs ag

SBIG STF-8300 Manual pixels are definitely obscuring it. Now use the Dark Subtract command in the Utility menu. This brings up the Open File dialog

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 14 and decrease. Click the ones adjacent to the Range setting and you’ll see the image contrast increase and decrease. Here’s

SBIG STF-8300 Manual Use the Graphics/Comm Setup command in the Misc menu to make sure USB is selected for the Interface. Click OK to set/confirm t

SBIG STF-8300 Manual memory. To make sure you have the latest firmware periodically run the Driver Checker, which checks our servers for later drive

Page i DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY We, Santa Barbara Instrument Group, a division of Aplegen, Inc., 147-A Castilian Drive, Goleta, CA 93117 USA

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 17 Setpoint – When the Temperature Regulation is on, set this to the absolute temperature in degrees C to which the CCD should

SBIG STF-8300 Manual Here we’re asking for a 1.0-second dark frame of the full CCD. Click the OK button and in a few seconds you’ll see an image t

SBIG STF-8300 Manual automatically. Use the Focus command in the Camera menu and set it up in the Focus Setup dialog as shown below: Click OK and t

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 20 some dim objects though, checking this item, which uses dark subtracted images for Focus mode can help to pull the object ou

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 4. At the Telescope Connect the camera to the computer and start CCDOps. Establish a link to the camera and run the Camera Set

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 22 the frame rate or screen update rate can be increased significantly by using Planet mode. In Planet mode the Focus command

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 23 Note: With a 10 second exposure, objects like M51 or the ring-nebula are easily detected with modest amateur telescopes. Th

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 24 5. Acessories for your CCD Camera This section describes several of the common Accessories designed to work with the STF-83

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 25 Extension Power Cable This low loss extension cable lets you put the universal power supply well away from the camera and mo

SBIG STF-8300 Manual Options for STF-8300 Cameras: A. T-thread to c-mount adapter B. C-mount lens (user supplied) C. CLA7-8300 35mm camera lens

Page iiTable of Contents 1. Introduction ... 1 G

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 27 6. Glossary Antiblooming- When a CCD pixel has reached its full well capacity, electrons can effectively spill over into an

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 28 dark. The shutter covers the CCD. Dark Frames are subtracted from normal exposures (light frames) to eliminate fixed pattern

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 29 Readout Noise - Readout noise is associated with errors generated by the actual interrogation and readout of each of the CCD

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 30 of images of an object. These exposures can be taken unguided as long as the "Snapshot time" does not exceed the l

SBIG STF-8300 Manual Appendix A – Connector and Cables Power Jack The Power Jack is used to supply 10.0 – 14.5 Volts DC at 3 amps to the camera. The

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 32 Appendix B – Maintenance This Appendix describes the periodic maintenance items you need to perform on your camera to keep i

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 33 1. Unscrew the desiccant container from the side of the camera opposite the connectors and remove the O-ring. 2. Plug the r

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 34 Appendix C – Camera Specifications The table below lists the specifications for the STF-8300 camera. Specifications are typ

SBIG STF-8300 Manual Appendix D – STF-8300CM Color Camera Supplement The raw single-shot color image: The first thing you notice about the raw imag

SBIG STF-8300 Manual camera control software to acquire your single-shot color images, make sure to save them in either SBIG or 16-bit FITS file form

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 1 Never plug or unplug the power connector to the camera with the power on. The power connector on the STF-8300 is not made to

SBIG STF-8300 Manual Easy Processing of Single-shot Color Images with CCDOPS Once you have captured the image, from the Utility drop-down menu in CC

SBIG STF-8300 Manual If you don't like the color balance of the result, simply modify the color balance pointers and click the "process&q

SBIG STF-8300 Manual Brightness and Contrast Use the Brightness and Contrast sliders to adjust the image and then hit the Process button to see the r

SBIG STF-8300 Manual To do this using CCDOPS select Utility --> Single Shot Color --> Extract Color Channel(s)... The Color Extraction dialog

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 2. Normalize the Sky Background - Normalizing the Sky Background means making sure it comes out a neutral gray in the final imag

SBIG STF-8300 Manual then you would reduce the Red Horizontal item by 1. After each adjustment hit the “Do It” button to see the results. [b] Color B

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SBIG STF-8300 Manual 2 Over tions In addition to this truly fine Operating Manual, the STF-8300 package includes the following items: STF-8300 C

SBIG STF-8300 Manual GUIDE PORT: This is where you connect the supplied 6 conductor modular phone style cable to the Autoguider (sometimes labeled

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 2. Installing the Software on 32-bit or 64-bit Windows Systems This section tells you how to do a fresh install of SBIG Camera

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 4. Run the Driver Checker application and it will ask you about any ST Series Cameras (ST-7/8/9/10/2K) you may plan on using.

SBIG STF-8300 Manual 8. Now it's time to try out the new drivers. With your camera disconnected from the PC, power it up and then plug it i