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  FAQs
Frequenty Asked Questions
  Technical Support

  What's Hot
  Recent Developments

Latest News About New Product Development
Recent Announcements
Discoveries
Web Site Updates
Latest Image Submissions from SBIG Users

   New Products and Announcements
   Chronological List of All New Product and Other Announcements

New Year's Message from ALan Holmes
ST-10ME Camera with 85% Peak Quantum Efficiency
New Products Under Development
SGS Mirror Upgrade
CCDSoft Version 5
ST-10E
AO-7 Mirror Fix
On-line Customer SurveyCompleted
ST-8 Upgrade Special Offer
On-line Customer Survey
Sample Images from the New STV Digital Video Camera and Autoguider
CCDOPS for Windows NT
New Products Under Development - Announcement
High Resolution Stellar Spectrograph
Linux support for SBIG cameras
Updated Software for Blue Enhanced "E" Versions of the ST-7/8
H-alpha and Red Continuum Subtraction Filters
UVBRI Filters for Photometry with SBIG Cameras
Hartmann Mask Optical System Analysis Software
High Resolution Stellar Spectrometer
New ST-7E and ST-8E with Enhanced Quantum Efficiency
ST-7 / ST-8 Enhanced Cooling to -41 C from Ambient
New RGB Filter Set with IR Coatings
F/3.7 Focal Reducer for ST-4, ST-5C and PixCel 237
CCDOPS for Windows 95 / 98  
ST-5C Imaging Camera New Product Release
CCDSharp Lucy-Richardson Image Processing Software
AO-7 Adaptive Optics Device for ST-7 and ST-8
ST-6B with Improved Cooling to -55 C from Ambient

  Image Gallery
   A wide variety of images submitted by amateur
   astronomers using SBIG cameras and accessories.

Image of the Month
Image Calendar (previous winners)
Deep Space Images
Planetary Images
Sun and Moon Images
Comet Images
Other Interesting Images

   Online Product Catalog
   Descriptions of SBIG products along with prices
   and ordering information.

Introduction
Philosophy
CCD Definitions
Autoguiding
Products
    ST-237A CCD Imaging Camera
    ST-5C CCD Imaging Camera
    ST-6B CCD Imaging Camera (Information Only)
    ST-7XE Self-Guiding CCD Imaging Camera
    ST-8XE Self-Guiding CCD Imaging Camera
    ST-9XE Self-Guiding Imaging Camera
    ST-10XE and ST-10XME Self-Guided CCD Imaging Cameras
    ST-1001E CCD Imaging Camera
    ST-2000XM Self-Guiding Imaging Camera
    ST-4 Autougider (Information Only)
    STV Cooled Integrating Digital Video Camera and Autoguider
    SGS Self-guiding Spectrograph
    Industrial CCD Imaging Cameras
Accessories
    CFW8A Color Filter Wheel for ST-6, ST-7, ST-8, ST-9, ST-10, ST-2000 Cameras
    CFW5C Color Filter Wheel for ST-5C, ST-237 and PixCel Cameras
    Research Grade UBVRI Filters
    AO-7 Adaptive Optics Device for ST-7, ST-8, ST-9, ST-10 and ST-2000 Cameras
    FR5C Focusing Ring Collar
    Relay Adapter Box
    12VDC Power Supply Adapter for ST-7, ST-8 and ST-9 Cameras
    Mac/SCSI Interface Box
    T-thread Visual Back
    Cables
Software
Dealers
Customers
Price List
Order Form

   Application Notes
   Technical Notes and Drawings

Link to FAQ Page

HTML Application Notes:
   
    CMY vs. RGB
    STV Protocol
    Intallation fix for the SBIG/Software Bisque demo CD ROM
    Adjusting the CFW5C Filter Wheel Opto Sensor
    Quantum Efficiencies of CCD Detectors - Comparison Charts
    New RGB Filters Transmission Characteristics - Chart
    Old RGB Filters Transmission Characteristics - Chart
    IR Blocking Filter Transmission Characteristics - Chart
    Why Self Guiding is Essential - Article
    The Importance of Infrared Sensitivity
    Field of View and Image Size
    Sample Images from the New ST-5C
    Optimizing a CCD Imaging System - Article
    Regenerating the ST-4 / ST-5 Desiccant
    ST-4 Version 4B ROM (More on Tracking with the ST-4)
    Version 4 ROM Upgrade To The ST-4 - User Instructions
    Frequently Asked Questions
    ST-4 Command Codes
    CCD Image File Format
    CCDOPS Version 3 New Features

Adobe Acrobat PDF Application Notes:
    Installing USB Drivers
    Use & Maintenance of the Cooling Booster
    Supporting the ST-9E Camera and Images
    Supporting STV Images
    CCDOPS Image File Format (Update: ST-9E and STV image files)
    CCDOPS Manual Version 4 for Windows 95 and Macintosh.
    CCDOPS Manual Version 3.5 for DOS.
    ST-4 Command Codes
    ST-4/CCD PC Image File Format
    ST-4/CCD Mac Image File Format
    ST-4 Version 4B ROM
    CCDOPS Image File Format
    Universal CPU Command Codes
    Parallel Port Driver
    Making Photometric and Astrometric Measurements
    Flat Fielding Track and Accumulate Images
    Replacing the Desiccant in the ST-6
    Supporting the CFW-6A/CFW-8 in Software
    Hardware Interface to CFW-8
    Using an ST-6 for Drift Scan Imaging

Adobe Acrobat PDF Drawings:
    Sky Sensor 2000 Autoguider Pinouts
    LX-3 / LX-5 / LX-6   Hand Controller Modifications
    AO-7 Dimensions and Assembly
    Telescope Interface Cable (TIC) Schematic
    Relay Adapter Box Cable
    ST-6B Head Physical Dimensions
    ST-7/8 Head Dimensions (2)
    Takahashi Hand Controller Modification.
    Custom Serial Cable - Schematic for making an extension serial cable
    Custom Parallel Cable - Schematic for amking an extension parallel cable
    ST-6 Vignetting
    ST-7/8 Physical Dimensions (1)
    ST-7/8 Focal Plane
    ST-7/8 with a CFW-8
    Connecting a CFW-8 to the SBIG Cameras

   Software Downloads
    Get the latest updates

Link to sample image section

Download:
        Software for ST-4
Software for SBIG parallel cameras
        Software for SBIG USB cameras
        Software drivers for developers
        Software and Firmware updates for the STV
        Miscellaneous utilities
        Operating Manuals in PDF format

  SBIG User's Group
   Join the e-mail list for SBIG users

Instructions and e-mail form for:
    Single Message subscription to the SBIG User's Group
    Digest Message subscription to the SBIG User's Group
    Unsubscribing

  Testimonials
  Customer's Comments

Testimonials
Comments from the SBIG User's Survey
E-mail comments
Letters