Index
A/D converter, 8, 27 accessories, 41 adaptive optics, 40 antiblooming, 29, 45 Antiblooming Gate (def), 45
astrometric measurements, 45 Astrometry (def), 45 astrophotography, 12 atmospheric effects, 17
auto contrast, 18
Auto Grab Command, 21 autoguider, 8, 20, 23, 36, 45 Autoguider (def), 45 background parameter, 18 battery operation, 15, 23 binning, 10
Calibrate Track Command, 21, 37 calibration star, 37
camera lens adapter, 33, 40 Camera Setup Commands, 20 CCD, 7, 11
(def), 45
cameras, 5, 6, 8, 15, 23, 26, 27, 28 cleaning, 51, 53
detector, 5, 7, 23 orientation, 15
CCDCOLOR software, 21 CCDOPS software, 8 centering objects, 18 cleaning the CCD, 51, 53 clock drivers, 8
color filter wheel, 21, 40 color images, 13, 21 color table, 45 commands
Auto Grab, 21 Calibrate Track, 21, 37 Dark Subtract, 19 Focus, 17, 19
Grab, 18, 33 Track, 37
Track and Accumulate, 20, 33, 37 Tracking Parameters, 37
Commands
Establish COM Link, 16 PC Setup, 16
communications link, 16 connector
Telescope, 49 connector (CPU)
RELAYS, 23, 37 cooling, 8, 48
crosshairs, 18 dark current, 8
dark frame, 8, 9, 15, 18 Dark Frame (def), 45 Dark Noise (def), 45
Dark Subtract Command, 19 dark subtracted, 9, 15, 18 DCS, 9, 45
Declination, 15, 23, 37, 44 desiccant, 51
Diffuse Magnitude, 19 diffuser, 16
Dim mode, 19 displaying images, 18 double correlated sampling, 9
Double Correlated Sampling (def), 45 drive corrector, 20 electromechanical shutter, 27 electromechanical vane, 27 electronic images, 12
electronic shutter, 27
Establish COM Link Command, 16 eyepiece, 17, 18
eyepiece holder, 15 eyepiece projection, 40 eyepiece tube, 17 False Color (def), 45 field of view, 11, 28, 29, 37 film, 5, 10, 11
film grain, 10 filter wheel, 13 filters, 13, 19, 21, 40 finding objects, 18 fine focus, 17
FITS format (def), 45 flat field, 10, 19, 34, 35 Flat Field (def), 46
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