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- Page 1 QHY8L Cooled Color Astronomy CCD Camera User Manual QHY8L User Manual V1.0...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
4)CAMERA STRUCTURE AND INTERFACE CONNECTION------------------------------6 new camera! Time spent reading this guide will save you frustration 5)CAMERA DRIVERS INSTALLATION AND QUICKLY MASTERING -------------------7 and maximize the enjoyment of your new QHY8L CCD Camera. 6) DC201 IINPUT VOLTAGE RANGE--------------------------------------------------------------9 7)SERVICE TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY OF CAMERA--------------------------------9... -
Page 3: Standard Equipment
STANDARD EQUIPMENT Make sure that the following items are included in your camera package. If anything is missing, contact the retailer from which you purchased the camera. QHY8L Camera DC102 DC adapter Center and Tilt 9 PIN power cable Adjustment Ring... - Page 4 Camera Interface Accessories Sold Separately (Contact your dealer for pricing and ordering information) 1：Camera Front Part 2：CCD Chamber Air socket 3：M42/0.75 Inner screw (Depth:3mm) 4：IR block optic window 100-240V TO 12V 5: Heat Sink Exhaust AC adapter Full Air proof box with electric heating silicon gel 6: 9pin power socket...
- Page 5 Click “scan windowsXP,windowsVista and windows 7, 64 and 32bit version. camera” from main menu. The QHY8L will be highlight. Check it on. Run installer。 Check if DC201’s FAN and TEC LED on and check Connect the camera to computer with USB calbe.
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Page 6: Dc201 Iinput Voltage Range
CCD chip. QHY8L’s power is from 3.6W to 30W, which is depended on the TEC’s PWM power. So the What if dew forms on the surface of CCD chip? power supply should be larger than 4A. - Page 7 CCD. The air current will flow over the CCD temperature range for QHY8L is from -15℃ to - sealed chamber through the air connection of the 20℃. Please adjust cooling temperature according CCD. Then air will flow out from the gap between to the ambient temperature.
- Page 8 Notes about Long term use camera and You should shut off all power after you are Remote Observatory finished using your CCD. If the camera is still on (via USB), any ice crystals around CCD chip will If you have to keep the camera working for a long time melt which can corrupt or short-circuit the PCB or the camera is working in a remote observatory, board.
- Page 9 QHY8L CCD Chip Read-out Mode and The issue is, when QHY8L use the long expose time Image Calibration. mode, after the 1st frame exposes over and it is QHY8L CCD has a 2 channels / 2 frames chip. reading out, the 2nd frame is exposing. When the 1st...
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Page 10: Protection Of Cooler
QHYCCD or your area dealer. Protection of Cooler The double cooler of QHY8L can reach to 33-35 Centigrade difference in environmental temperature. So need to avoid thermal shock. Thermal shock means internal stress of cooler... -
Page 11: Clean The Surface Of Ccd Chip
Clean the surface of CCD chip If dust coats the surface of the CCD-it will impact the your images and possible create “dust donuts” 3. Blow at CCD in a breath and use lens paper to and other artifacts. clean the CCD surface. Make sure to maintain an appropriate pressure for CCD with your hand. -
Page 12: Set On The Gain And Offset
CCD camera system gain, which match CCD output signal range and scope of the quantitative ADC to get the best dynamic range. Note A: For some QHYCCD products when you Usual Calibration Method: use bin modes of 2x2,3x3,4x4, images may 1. -
Page 13: Qhy8L Chanical Dimensions
QHY8L mechanical dimensions QHY8L back focus distance The back focus length of QHY8L is 20mm, as shown without the center and angle adjustment ring. If you connect the center and angle adjustment ring- the rear cut-off distance will increase by about 3mm. - Page 14 Although QHY8L is supported by many 3 party software, we still suggest you strongly to use the There is a M42/0.75 thread on the QHY8L, which can software distributed with the CCD----EZCAP. connect directly with the telescope. If it needs Especially when you are first using the QHY8L.
- Page 15 Click the Live Preview option. This lets you When you finish Focusing, open the Capture achieve a continuous preview. We recommend column and start shooting. select the shorter exposure time (100-500ms) for Set the appropriate value of Gain, Offset and obtaining faster preview speeds.
- Page 16 EZCAP can control temperature manually or automatically for the QHY8L camera. Choose Temperature Control from the Setup menu. There are three temperature control options in the window. TEC OFF, Manual and Auto Control. TEC OFF will turn the cooler of the camera off immediately.
- Page 17 Select ASCOM from the menu of Camera Mode. Click the button of Advanced button .Select types of QHY8L CCD from the window of ASCOM Color Image Taken Camera Choose. and then click the button of The Binning modes of QHY8L include 2x2,4x4.
- Page 18 Choose Generic RGB from the dropdowns box of and install the ASCOM driver of QHY8L。 Select Camera. On the window of Preview check if Install AART3.0 and AART4.0 updates. You will the color is right. And then click OK .You can...
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Page 19: Image Calibration Of Qhy8L
Image Calibration of QHY8L Image calibration means to calibrate the CCD with If the camera of QHY8L is connected successfully, a BIAS field, a DARK field and a FLAT field. You AART will show the window of temperature control. can completely remove thermal noise of the CCD Please set Target as what you want to be required through proper calibration. -
Page 20: Capture Bias Image
1 * 1 to shoot about (10 -50 sheets) BIAS Master image. Save this image. BIAS image. Save and overlay these images to form a Dark Master image. Save the image. WWW.QHYCCD.COM... -
Page 21: Capture Flat Image
, which means you have gotten DARK image which be calibrated by BIAS Field （D-B） 20000-30000 pixel of flat-field image. Images of BIAS Master, DARK Master and FLAT Master will be calibration data as image post- processing of the captured images . WWW.QHYCCD.COM... - Page 22 Guiding by using QHY8L in MAXim DL After the photo show, adjust the Screen QHY8L contains a guiding spot, it can be used as Stretch to watch the suitable image. a guiding ccd with ASCOM. QHY8L uses 1*1 bin Click the Settings button again, open the and normal download speed default.
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