Polaroid ST-8E, ST-9E, ST-7E manual Table of Contents

			Table of Contents
1.	Introduction			1
1.1.	Road Map of the Documentation			1
1.2.	Quick Tour			1
	1.2.1.	CCDOPS Software		2
	1.2.2.	CCD Camera		3
2.	Introduction to CCD Cameras			5
2.1.	Cameras in General			5
2.2.	How CCD Detectors Work			5
	2.2.1. Full Frame and Frame Transfer CCDs			6
2.3.	Camera Hardware Architecture			6
2.4.	CCD Special Requirements			8
	2.4.1.	Cooling		8
	2.4.2. Double Correlated Sampling Readout			9
	2.4.3.	Dark Frames		9
	2.4.4.	Flat Field Images		10
	2.4.5. Pixels vs. Film Grains			10
	2.4.6.	Guiding		11
2.5.	Electronic Imaging			12
2.6.	Black and White vs. Color			13
3.	At the Telescope with a CCD Camera			15
3.1.	Step by Step with a CCD Camera			15
3.2.	Attaching the Camera to the Telescope			15
3.3.	Establishing a Communications Link			16
3.4.	Focusing the CCD Camera			16
3.5.	Finding and Centering the Object			18
3.6.	Taking an Image			18
3.7.	Displaying the Image			18
3.8.	Processing the Image			18
3.9.	Advanced Capabilities			19
	3.9.1. Crosshairs Mode (Photometry and Astrometry)			19
	3.9.2. Sub-Frame Readout in Focus			19
	3.9.3.	Track and Accumulate		20
	3.9.4. Autoguiding and Self Guiding			20
	3.9.5.	Auto Grab		21
	3.9.6.	Color Imaging		21
4.	Camera Hardware			23
4.1.	System Components			23
4.2.	Connecting the Power			23
4.3.	Connecting to the Computer			23
4.4.	Connecting the Relay Port to the Telescope			23
	4.4.1 Using Mechanical Relays			24

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