Starlight Xpress SXVR-H9 - Manual (Page 2)

Handbook for the SXVR-H9 Issue 1 June 2009
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excellent quantum efficiency, with a broad spectral response peaking at around 65%
in the green, and an extremely low dark current, well below that of any comparable
CCD currently available. While this device has an excellent blue light sensitivity, it
also has a strong infra-red response, which makes it ideal for all aspects of both
planetary and deep-sky imaging, especially with an H-alpha filter.
The full-frame download time is approximately 0.6 seconds and a binned 4x4
download takes only 0.1 seconds, so finding and centring are very quick and easy in
this mode.
Please take a few minutes to study the contents of this manual, which will help you to
get the camera into operation quickly and without problems. I am sure that you want
to see some results as soon as possible, so please move on to the ‘Quick Start’ section,
which follows. A more detailed description of imaging techniques will be found in a
later part of this manual.
‘Quick Starting’ your SXVR-H9 system
In the shipping container you will find the following items:
1) The SXVR-H9 camera head.
2) A universal AC power supply module.
3) A USB camera cable.
4) An adaptor for 1.25” drawtubes, with a 1.25” filter thread.
5) An adaptor for 2” drawtubes and M42 Pentax thread lenses.
6) A guider output to guider port lead.
7) A disk with the SXVR-H9 control software and this manual.
Optional extra items include:
1) A serial port adaptor and cable.
2) An add-on guide camera head.
You will also need a PC computer with Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000
or Windows XP/Vista installed (NOT Windows 95 or NT4). This machine must have
at least one USB 2.0 port available and at least 256 Mbytes of memory. If you intend
to view the finished images on its screen, then you will also need a graphics card
capable of displaying an image with a minimum of 1024 x 768 pixels and 65,000
colours. A medium specification Pentium with between 1GHz and 4GHz processor
speed is ideal. Please note that USB 2.0 operates at a very high speed and cannot
operate over very long cables. Five metres of good quality cable is the maximum
normally possible without boosters or extra powered hubs.