
Table of Contents
1. GETTING STARTED
What’s In the Box? 2
Get to Know Your Camera 3
Install Software and Drivers 4
Confirm Installation and Camera Operation 4
Launch MaxIm LE 4
Connect the camera 5
Take an image 7
View the image 8
2. CAMERA FEATURES
AND OPERATION
Camera Attachment Options 9
Using SLR Lenses 10
Attach the camera to your telescope 10
Electrical Connections 11
DC Power Connector 11
USB Connector 12
Guider Control Port 13
Cooling the Camera 14
Standard Air Cooling 14
Liquid-Assisted Cooling 14
How Much Cooling Is Enough 15
Controlling the Cooler 16
Internal Color Filter Wheel 18
Advanced Setup Options 19
Camera Selection 20
Status Indicators 21
Imaging Options 22
Other Options 22
Enable Pixel Masking 23
Status and Notification 25
Camera Status Indication 25
Camera Error Indication 25
Audible Beeper 27
Imaging Application Messages 27
3. CCD IMAGING OVERVIEW
How CCDs work 28
Types of CCDs 28
Full-Frame CCDs 28
Interline Transfer CCDs 29
Anti-Blooming CCDs 29
Microlenses 30
Single-shot color CCDs 30
Signal versus noise 31
Reducing noise in CCD images 32
Dark Frames 32
Flat Fields 34
Bias Frames 36
Stacking Images 37
Color images 38
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