STV Features and Specifications: | |
Complete Stand Alone
Operation - Video Imager with on board video display or external video monitor - Autoguider (30 times more sensitive than an ST-4) - Digital Imager (using on board memory for image storage) |
Self-contained Control
Panel: - 11 button keyboard with two rotary switches for setting numbers - 2 line x 24 character vacuum fluorescent digital display - 5 inch diagonal LCD TV screen built in (optional) |
Video or Digital Image
Formats - Video output for connection to any TV or VCR - RS232 output for downloading digital images to any computer |
Focus Mode: - sub-frame and electronic zoom features |
Image Mode: - exposure times from 0.001 to 600 seconds - full or zoom format - single or continuous update - Track and Accumulate (Patented) |
Monitor Mode: - measure atmospheric seeing - measure telescope drive periodic error |
Display/Crosshairs Mode: - adjust display brightness and contrast - measure star magnitudes - measure stellar separations |
Track Mode: - automatic or user select - guide to: current position, last position, displayed cursor or selected star - aggressiveness 0.1 to 2.0 |
File I/O Mode: - display image - save file to memory - download displayed image - download all images in memory - erase displayed image - erase all images in memory |
Calibrate Mode: - automatic or user select - exposure times 0.01 to 99.9 seconds - movement: incremental or single - calibration time: 0.1 to 9.99 - active relays: X & Y, X only, Y only - view calibration results |
Set Up Mode: - set time / date - show grid - night vision (on/off) - video display (yes/no) - chose units of measure (in/cm) - set focal length - set aperture - telescope type (refractor or reflector) - set site ID (1 to 155) - show video test pattern 1 (box to show size) - show video test pattern 2 (gray scale, 0 to max) - set video offset for dark level |
Option Mode: - self test - open shutter - close shutter - run shutter - show CCD temp - measure image (average and rms noise) |
Video Output: - NTSC Standard - 525 horizontal lines with 720 pixels / line - PAL Standard available as a menu option |
CCD: - Texas Instruments TC-237 - High Sensitivity Frame Transfer (electronic shutter) CCD - 656 x 480 pixels @ 7.4 microns square |
Image Modes: - Normal = 640 x 480 binned 2x2 - Wide = 656 x 480 binned 3x3 - Zoom = 320 x 200 binned 1x1 |
Image bit depth: - 10 bits for 1x1 binning mode - Up to 16 bits for other binning modes and Track and Accumulate images |
CPU Weight: 4lb (1.8kg) with LCD, 3.2lb (1.4kg) without LCD | Head Weight: 16oz (0.4kg) |
CPU Dimensions: 11.6 x 9.4 x 2.6 inches (29.5 x 23.7 x 6.7 cm) | Head Dimensions: 3.25 x 1.75 inches (8.3 x 4.4 cm) |
Specifications subject to change without notice. |