Starlight Xpress SXVR-H9 - Manual

Handbook for the SXVR-H9 Issue 1 June 2009
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The SXVR-H9 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-H9 is an advanced, high-resolution cooled CCD camera, especially
designed for astronomical imaging. It is a third generation version of the very popular
SXV-H9 and incorporates many substantial improvements and extra features. These
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
which provides regulated set-point cooling of the chip and a substantial reduction in
overall size.
The SXVR-H9 uses a Sony ICX285AL ‘ExView’ progressive scan CCD, with 1392 x
1040 x 6.45uM pixels in an 8.98 x 6.71mm active area. ExView devices have