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Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG) - Auto Guiders
Remote Guide Heads
Now you can add a second head to your ST-7/8/9/10/2000 camera and guide
using the internal tracking CCD or the external Remote Guide Head. The
single sensor "I" versions of these cameras can also add the remote head
for external guiding only. Originally designed for the large format STL
cameras, the Remote Guide Head contains a cooled TC-237 CCD with 657 x 495
pixels at 7.4u and 16-bit A/D. This is the same CCD that is used as the
built-in tracking CCD on all of our dual sensor, self-guiding cameras. It
is also the same sensor used in the stand-alone STV autoguider and the
former ST-237 CCD camera. By popular request, we have added support for
the STL Remote Guide Head to the ST-7/8/9/10/2000 series (single sensor and
dual sensor models) for those who want to put the guiding CCD in front of
the filter wheel by way of an off-axis guider, or separate guide scope.