SBIG ST-9XE CCD Images from the Grove Creek Observatory
(There will be no further ST-9 Images,
the camera was on a long-term loan)
Picture above shows from left to right:
C14 Telescope /
Celestron "f/6.3" focal
reducer / Meade Micro focuser / AO-7 / ST9-XE CCD Camera
(Due to the optical distance of the CCD chip from the
focal reducer, the actual focal ratio is f/4.8 in the above configuration)
SBIG ST9-XE CCD Camera
Specifications:
Kodak
KAF-0261E CCD imager with inbuilt Texas Instruments TC-237 CCD self-guiding chip
Array
10.2mm x 10.2mm. 512 x 512 pixels.
Pixel Size: 20µm x 20µm
C14: F/11.5 = 1^sec/pixel, FOV: 8.5^min. F/4.8 = 2.45^sec/pixel,
FOV: 21^min.
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SBIG ST-9XE product information page
