Sony SXV-M5C user manual

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Handbook for SXV-M5C Issue 1 August 2004

The autoguider installed on a 80mm refractor guide ‘scope in the author’s garden

To use the autoguider, please proceed as follows:

1)Having started the SXV-M5C software, open the autoguider control panel by clicking on the autoguider menu button.

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Contents SXV-M5C ‘Quick Starting’ your SXV-M5C system Connecting upInstalling the software Recording your first image Page Page Correcting and refining the colour image Decoding the image to colourEnhancing your image Getting the image onto the CCD Astronomical Imaging with the SXV-M5CPage Page Achieving a good focus Taking your first astronomical image Processing the deep-sky image Page Taking pictures of the planets Processing a planetary image Other features of SXVM5C ‘Slew & Sum’ imaging Taking and using a flat field Using the built-in serial ports Accessory portsStar What you need Starting to guide Page Exposure times and image calibration Using the add-on autoguiderPage Page Page Removing Dust Camera maintenanceDealing with condensation ProcedureSpectral response CCD sizePixel size QE peakConditions of Guarantee