Okay, that makes sense. Regarding your comment about not turning on the cooler during the 24 hours that the desiccant is doing its job, that...
Okay, thanks, Doug. Do you thing that it's currently much worse than before the bake due to the transient drying of the chamber? Tom
In the past couple years, my ST-6303 has degraded such that it takes about an hour after reaching -35C for the flats to stabilize. Before reaching...
Thanks, Colin. All set! Tom
A while back, I asked about transient problems in my images after the cooler had reached its steady state temperatures, and it was tied to frost...
Thanks. I have to admit that I haven't done that once, and must have forgotten about it shortly after reading the manual. Do I need to purchase...
I have been using my STXL-6303 for about five years now, and recently it has developed a transient noise pattern during cooling. This time-lapse...
Since this is the bad season in Arizona (although it's been anomalously clear), I disassembled everything to bring my mount in for service. Last...
It is 10:45 p.m. local time, and the air has cooled somewhat. The camera ran fine for about 20 minutes. I tried some dark frames, and...
It ran fine during the day in the air conditioned observatory for a few hours. During twilight, I opened up, and within a half hour, it was...
Yes, no hubs. I just now gently wire-brushed the contacts in the USB jack, and am running it. I can't believe it could be this simple, but it has...
A few weeks ago, my camera began losing the connection with the computer intermittently. The problem has worsened with time. Now when I try to...
I suppose the more direct question is: did I gain anything for photometry by buying an ST-6303 rather than a model with anti-blooming?
Thanks for the explanations. As it stands, my photometry has very good precision, so I am not disappointed with the camera. I should have...
Thanks, Colin. So my understanding is that the electron saturation has a wide range, and my particular reference image is saturated near 85,000...
I am using this camera mostly for photometry. I purchased it specifically for its non-anti-blooming chip, and am curious about its dynamic range....
Thanks, Doug. I suppose I should have posted this query in the camera forum rather than the MaxIm forum. I'm aware of some cameras being cooled...
A while back I noticed that my camera, which achieves -65C of thermoelectric cooling, would not cool the chip to lower than -35C. Doug indicated...
Thanks, Doug. I kind of thought that was the case. I'm pleased enough with the performance at -35C. Tom
The ST-6300 is advertised to cool the chip as much as 65C below ambient temperature. During Summer, when it was 40C at dusk in my backyard, it...
Separate names with a comma.
