CCD
Astrophotography




HX516 picture The CCD camera that I use is the HX516 from Starlight Express. It uses the Sony ICX084 interline CCD chip which has 7.4uM x 7.4uM pixels arranged in a 659 x 494 field. All electronics are housed within the camera body with the only connection being a single cable for data and power. The Starlight Express CCD cameras are designed to be used directly in a 2" eyepiece holder (or a 1.25" eyepiece holder with the supplied adapter). For more information follow the links below.

Starlight Express homepage
www.starlight-xpress.co.uk

Adirondack Video Astronomy (U.S. distributor for Starlight Express CCD cameras)
www.astrovid.com

Sony ICX084 CCD chip data sheet (Adobe Acrobat reader required)
products.sel.sony.com/semi/PDF/ICX084AL.pdf

How to add an HX516 field of view indicator to TheSky astronomy software
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