I'm happy to hear that Greg, nice going! -Bill
No Bill, I wouldn't recommend that. Perhaps this might be more of a one time thing, type thing. If it becomes increasingly problematic then call...
Bill, It isn't abnormal for the shutter to open for a light frame and stay open if no dark frame is taken. For example, if you are imaging in...
Is it the guider in the filter wheel? Was the External Guider selected?
Lorenzo, Interesting indeed. That the problem occurs with specific software and/or specific computers... it kind of rules out the camera as the...
Greg, I actually downloaded the DriverChecker64 and CCDOps onto a 2nd computer I have at work just this afternoon and it worked for me with...
Greg, At any point during the reinstallation of the DriverChecker etc., did it ask you if you wanted to remove the old drivers? -Bill
It kind of looks like something we called Windows Interrupt. Are you bouncing around the internet while the images are downloading? Is the spacing...
Lorenzo, Does this camera have the External Guide Port? -Bill
The area below the red lines is a view of the guiding ccd seen in the pickoff mirror.
I believe the thing you call a plastic sheet is actually the light shield, which has the pick off mirror attached to it. You don't want to remove...
Strange indeed, crumbling RTV is not something I recall hearing about before, it generally isn't the type of material that crumbles. Nice going...
Absolutely correct, never a parallel version of the 11000 cameras. There might have been a few labelled STL-11000XM in the beginning but...
The notion that the ccd acquiring light and reading it out (it does not record), regardless of the length of exposures or how long the imaging...
The mono version was in production at the same time the color version was.
You're welcome Franck. Remember, it isn't the temperature outside to use as your reference, it's the starting temperature of the ccd in the...
Franck, Good job reversing the fan, it's not that difficult to accomplish and it should improve performance. In my opinion, the yellow light...
Joe, I think it's great that you're so willing to help your fellow Astrophotographer. -Bill
Franck, A delta of 35 acceptable. The inability to regulate that , ideally between 70-85%, could be a couple of things. Environmental, such as...
Chris, Can you send the image, in fits format, to me at bill@sbig.com? It looks like what is talked about in the Application Note "Adjusting the...
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