130 35-mm film frame 24000 36000 1 1 1 6x6 film frame 56000 56000 1 1 2 6x7 film frame 56000 66000 1 1 3 6x4.5 film frame 56000 42000 1 1 4 AlphaMini FT800P FT800 16.8 8.5 290 774 121 AlphaMaxi KAF400 KAF400 9 9 768 512 122 AlphaMaxi KAF1600 KAF1600 9 9 1536 1024 123 AlphaMaxi KAF6300 KAF6300 9 9 3072 2048 124 AlphaMaxi FT21 FT21 12 12 7168 4096 125 Apogee AP-1 (E) KAF400 9 9 768 512 101 Apogee AP-2 (E) KAF1600 9 9 1536 1024 102 Apogee AP-4 (E) KAF4200 9 9 2048 2048 104 Apogee AP-6 (E) KAF1000 24 24 1024 1024 106 Apogee AP-7 SIA502AB 24 24 512 512 107 Apogee AP-8 SIA003AB 24 24 1024 1024 108 Apogee AP-9 (E) or U9 KAF6300 9 9 3072 2048 220 Apogee AP-10 THX7899M 14 14 2048 2048 110 Apogee AP-16 (E) or U16 KAF16800 9 9 4096 4096 221 Apogee AP-32ME KAF3200ME 6.8 6.8 2184 1472 230 Apogee AP-47p or U47 MAC47-10 13 13 1024 1024 231 Apogee AP-260 (E) KAF260 20 20 512 512 222 Apogee AM-4 KAF400 9 9 768 512 111 Apogee AM-16 KAF1600 9 9 1536 1024 112 Apogee AM-13 or U13 KAF1300 16 16 1280 1024 113 Apogee Lis„„ ICX084AL 7.4 7.4 659 494 500 Apogee Lis„„ Guider ICX084AL 7.4 7.4 659 494 501 Apogee Lis„„ Color ICX084AK 7.4 7.4 659 494 502 Apogee Lis„„ Megapixel ICX085AL 6.7 6.7 1300 1030 503 Apogee Lis„„ Megapixel Color ICX085AK 6.7 6.7 1300 1030 504 Apogee Lis„„ 237 TC 237 7.4 7.4 640 480 505 Apogee KX-1 (E) KAF400 9 9 768 512 223 Apogee KX-2 (E) KAF1600 9 9 1536 1024 224 Apogee KX-4 (E) KAF4200 9 9 2048 2048 226 Apogee KX-14 (E) KAF1400 6.8 6.8 1320 1035 227 Apogee KX-85 ICX085AL 6.7 6.7 1300 1030 228 Apogee KX-260 (E) KAF260 20 20 512 512 229 Apogee U9000 KAF-09000 12 12 3072 3072 232 Apogee U4000 KAI-4021 7.4 7.4 2048 2048 233 Astrovid 1000 ICX054AL 9.6 7.5 510 492 600 Astrovid 2000 ICX038DLA 8.4 9.8 811 508 601 Audine (KAF400) KAF400 9 9 768 512 170 Audine (KAF1600) KAF1600 9 9 1536 1024 171 Canon EOS 10D CMOS 7.37 7.37 3072 2048 5 Cookbook 245 (252x242 mode) TC245 25.5 19.7 252 242 201 Cookbook 245 (378x242 mode) TC245 17 19.7 378 242 202 CWIP (Sirius Instruments) LC9931 12.7 15 378 240 203 HiSIS 22 KAF400 9 9 768 512 204 HiSIS 33 TH7895M 19 19 512 512 208 HiSIS 44 KAF1600 9 9 1536 1024 207 KAF-400 based camera KAF400 9 9 768 512 205 KAF-1600 based camera KAF1600 9 9 1536 1024 206 LcCCD11 KAF400 9 9 768 512 141 LcCCD11n KAF400 9 9 768 512 142 LcCCD12 KAF1600 9 9 1536 1024 143 LcCCD14 FT800 16.8 8.5 290 774 144 LcCCD14SC FT800 16.8 8.5 290 774 145 Lynxx 2000 TC255 10 10 336 242 13 Meade Deep Sky Imager ICX054AL 9.6 7.5 510 492 146 Meade LPI (Lunar/Planetary) HV7131E1 8 8 640 480 147 Meade Pictor 208XT TC255 10 10 336 242 14 Meade Pictor 216XT TC255 10 10 336 242 15 Meade Pictor 416XT KAF400 9 9 768 512 16 Meade Pictor 1616XT KAF1600 9 9 1536 1024 17 MegaTek TK1024 24 24 1024 1024 550 0,1.2403,.1289,.1055,352,288 0,-1.2403,.1289,.1055,352,288 Mintron ICX039/249 8.6 8.3 752 582 551 Orion StarShoot (SSDSCI-I) ICX259AK 6.5 5.25 752 582 133 Orion StarShoot (SSDSCI-II) ICX429AKL 8.6 8.3 752 582 134 Philips Vesta Webcam VESTA 5.6 5.6 659 494 50 Philips FT18 FT18 7.5 7.5 1024 1024 650 Philips FTT1010-M FTT1010-M 12 12 1024 1024 651 Philips SPC900NC AV-900NC 5.6 5.6 640 480 652 Photometrics STAR 1 23 23 576 384 400 Photometrics 7895 19 19 512 512 401 Photometrics 502B 24 24 512 512 402 Photometrics 7896 19 19 1024 1024 403 Photometrics 003F 24 24 1024 1024 404 Photometrics 003B 24 24 1024 1024 405 Photometrics 4200 9 9 2032 2044 406 TC-211 based camera TC211 13.75 16 192 165 18 TC-255 based camera TC255 10 10 336 242 19 PixCel-237 TC237 7.4 7.4 640 480 20 SAC-II Sharp ? 12 12 320 200 750 SAC-IV Sharp ? 8 8 640 480 751 SAC7/7b ICX098Ak 5.6 5.6 640 480 752 SBIG ST-4 TC211 13.75 16 192 165 26 SBIG ST-5 TC255 10 10 323 242 27 SBIG ST-6 TC241 23 27 375 242 28 SBIG ST-7 KAF400 9 9 765 510 701 0,1.3038,.3823,.5746,192,165 SBIG ST-8 KAF1600 9 9 1530 1020 801 0,.9006,.1912,.2873,192,165 SBIG ST-9E KAF261E 20 20 512 512 901 0,.9082,.2581,.2581,192,165 SBIG ST-10 KAF3200 6.8 6.8 2184 1472 902 0,.8807,.1778,.2640,192,165 SBIG ST-7XE KAF400 9 9 765 510 702 0,1.4052,.3823,.5746,192,165 SBIG ST-7XME KAF402ME 9 9 765 510 703 0,1.3660,.7054,.7974,657,495 SBIG ST-8XE KAF1602E 9 9 1530 1020 910 0,1.001,.353,.399,657,495 SBIG ST-9XE KAF261E 20 20 512 512 911 0,.8359,.475,.358,657,495 SBIG ST-10ME KAF3200 6.8 6.8 2184 1472 912 0,.9181,.327,.366,657,495 SBIG ST-237 TC237 7.4 7.4 640 480 29 SBIG ST-402ME KAF402ME 9 9 765 510 919 SBIG ST-1001 KAF1001 24 24 1024 1024 903 SBIG ST-V (normal mode) TC237 14.8 14.8 320 200 904 SBIG ST-V (zoom mode) TC237 7.4 7.4 320 240 906 SBIG ST-V (wide mode) TC237 22.2 22.2 218 160 907 SBIG ST-2000 XM KAI-2001M 7.4 7.4 1600 1200 905 0,.8952,.223,.295,192,165 SBIG ST-2000 w/TC237 guider KAI-2001M 7.4 7.4 1600 1200 918 0,.8952,.4,.4,640,480 SBIG Research 1001XE KAF-1001E 24 24 1024 1024 913 0,.6711,.1927,.1445,640,480 SBIG Research 1301XE KAF-1301E 16 16 1280 1024 914 0,.7659,.2313,.2168,640,480 SBIG Research 4020XM KAF-4020M 7.4 7.4 2048 2048 915 0,.7862,.3125,.2343,640,480 SBIG Research 6303XE KAF-6303E 9 9 3072 2048 916 0,.7826,.1713,.1927,640,480 SBIG Research 11000XM KAF-11000M 9 9 4008 2672 917 0,.6231,.1313,.1477,640,480 Starlight XPress HX516 ICX084AL 7.4 7.4 660 494 302 Starlight XPress MX716 ICX249AL 8.6 8.3 752 580 309 Starlight XPress MX916 ICX083AL 11.6 11.2 752 580 300 Starlight XPress MX5-C ICX055CK 9.8 12.6 500 290 303 Starlight XPress MX5 ICX055AL 9.8 12.6 500 290 304 Starlight XPress MX7-C ICX249AK 8.6 8.3 752 582 308 Starlight XPress SXF ICX027 12.7 16.6 500 256 305 Starlight XPress SX ICX027 12.7 16.6 500 256 306 Starlight XPress SXL8 FT12 15 15 512 512 307 Starlight XPress SXV-H5 ICX424AL 7.4 7.4 660 494 312 Starlight XPress SXV-H9 ICX285AL 6.45 6.45 1392 1024 310 Starlight XPress SXV-H16 KAI4021M 7.4 7.4 2048 2048 313 Starlight XPress SXV-H35 KAI11002M 9 9 4032 2688 314 Starlight XPress SXV-H36 KAI16000M 7.4 7.4 4904 3280 315 Starlight XPress SXV-M5 ICX405AL 9.8 6.3 500 580 316 Starlight XPress SXV-M7 ICX429AL 8.2 8.4 752 580 317 Starlight XPress SXV-M8 ICX406AQ 3.125 3.13 2312 1720 318 Starlight XPress SXV-M9 ICX423AL 8.6 6.5 752 580 319 Starlight XPress SXV-M25 ICX413AQ 7.8 7.8 3024 2016 311 Stellacam EX 8.4 9.8 760 494 552 Camera Chip Pix width Pix ht Wid Ht ID# NOTE that there is an Italian-language CCDS.NAI, German CCDS.NAD, and Spanish CCDS.NAS, with others possible in the future. When adding a new camera, bump up the total number of cameras (given at the top of the file) and give it an unused number in the "ID#" column. (The "ID#" is used so that changes in the order of cameras won't confuse any programs. Otherwise, you might be using "the camera on line 10", and achieve confusion when somebody inserted a camera at line 7.) Don't change existing ID numbers. It will lead to an explosion of grief. If in doubt, just e-mail the data to pluto@projectpluto.com. In fact, please do that anyway, so I can be sure to add the camera for the use of others. Certain SBIG cameras include guider chip specifications following the ID number. The placement, size, and pixel dimensions of the guider chip are given for each camera. In such cases, the "main" chip is specified in the normal manner. The guider chip is described by six numbers, such as: -.5,.6,.25,.19,192,165 In this example, (-.5,.6) = offset between the centers of the guider and main chip, with the size units being the width and height of the main chip. Thus, if the first two numbers had been (.5,.5), we'd be telling Guide that the center of the guider chip is exactly on the upper right corner of the main chip. (0,-.7) would mean the guider chip was a little below the center bottom of the main chip. And so on... as it is, the (-.5,.6) means that the chip is just a little above the upper left corner of the main chip. (For all current SBIG cameras, the x-offset is zero, because the guiding chip is straight above the main chip.) (.25,.19) means the guider chip has 25% of the width, and 19% of the height, of the main chip. This places the lower right of the guider chip almost, but not quite, on top of the upper left of the main chip: ,-----, | | <- Guider chip |_____| ,-----------------, | | | | | Main chip | | | | | '-----------------' The units may seem a little odd. But an offset in RA/dec can't work very well if the scope rotates at all, and changes with focal length. (192,165) means that the guider chip is 192 by 165 pixels (which, in fact, is the size of the TC-211 chip used as a guiding chip for most SBIG cameras). You can omit this if you wish; the only place it is used is in showing the grid of pixels. Omit these numbers, and the only consequence is that Guide can't show you the pixel grid on the guider chip. 10 Oct 2002: Heiner Roclawski sent in data for the SAC-7 chip. That led me add data also for the SAC-IV and SAC-II cameras. 18 May 2003: C. Sturm comment prodded me to look at http://www.sbig.com/sbwhtmls/ccdplacement.htm As a result, I updated the chip placement for the ST-2000 and ST-10. 12 Jun 2003: Pat Madden mentioned that SBIG was releasing some new "Research" cameras (913-917 above). These have TC-237 guider chips. Placement isn't mentioned, so I just put the chips a little bit apart. Specs are from http://www.sbig.com/sbwhtmls/large_format_cameras.htm 19 Aug 2003: Joe Mize asked about the SBIG 11000 camera, which caused me to revisit the SBIG site to learn that the 2000 camera now is provided with a TC-237 guider chip (camera 918 above). Again, I've had to guesstimate the chip separation. 12 Nov 2003: on advice of Martin Krahn, added the Starlight XPress SXV-H9 and SXV-M25 cameras. 14 Dec 2004: added Meade Deep Sky Imager, at prompting of Mark Deprest. 15 Jan 2005: at prompting of Bob Nelson, I realized that the SBIG ST-7XME never got on the list (same specs as the ST-7, but with the larger TC-237 guiding chip instead of the TC-211.) Also, the placement of the chip for the ST-8XE was slightly off (by so small an amount that I'm not surprised no one noticed). 3 Feb 2005: at prompting of David Connor, added the SBIG ST-402ME. This looks to be an ST-7 with no guider chip. 19 Feb 2005: Joe Mize led me to data describing the guider chip placement for the STL-11000M, STL-6303E, STL-1001E, STL-1301E, and STL-4020M at http://www.sbig.com/sbwhtmls/ccdplacement_large.htm which I'd previously had to guess at. (See comments for 12 June 2003.) Those five cameras have been suitably revised. 10 July 2005: A comment from Bill Keel prompted me to add a better way of handling multiple-chip (mosaic) CCDs. These are becoming common in professional use: a 4K by 4K camera, for example, may be made up of sixteen 1K by 1K chips. The chips can't be placed _exactly_ next to one another, so there are gaps in the coverage. In essence, Guide can treat the other chips as multiple guider chips. Instead of having to specify (x-offset, y-offset, x-size, y-size, x-pixels, y-pixels) for each chip, though, you can just specify the first two parameters. The remainder will be assumed to be the same as the main chip. For example: suppose you have a guider specification of 0,1.1;1.1,0;1.1,1.1; Guide will assume that you have a second chip a bit to the right of the first (with a slight gap equal to 10% of the chips' width); a third just above it; and a fourth to the upper right, completing a 2x2 square array of chips. 29 Oct 2005: Kevin Cooper commented on a problem with the placement of the ST-7 guider chip. I don't recall where I got the original values for that placement (about seven years ago), and I _may_ have simply guessed at them! I do recall that getting this information used to be quite difficult. But now, one can find the data for the ST-7 and ST-8 at http://www.sbig.com/pdffiles/st-78.focal.plane.dwg.pdf As a result, I've changed the inter-chip distance fractions to 1.3038 and .9006. SBIG ST-7 KAF400 9 9 765 510 701 0,1.3038,.3823,.5746,192,165 SBIG ST-8 KAF1600 9 9 1530 1020 801 0,.9006,.1912,.2873,192,165 21 Jan 2006: Bernd Brinkmann pointed out some problems with the size and orientation of the MegaTek guider chips (it has two, to allow for field rotation). It appears that this device has a 1024x1024 main chip with 24-micron square pixels. The guiders are HDCS-1000 chips (CMOS), 352x288 pixels, nine microns square. The _outside edges_ of the two guiding chips are 63.56 mm apart. This is all documented at http://www.stw.tu-ilmenau.de/~ff/beruf_cc/megatek/page1.htm ...with an image of the setup at http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Bernd.A.Brinkmann/megatek/images/die_chips.jpg Based on this, I've changed the guider text string for the MegaTek. I had the guider chips a little bit smaller and a little too far from the main chip. Also, both guider chips should have the short axes pointing to the main chip; I had one guider chip at right angles to what it ought to have been. For historical reference: the old guider string was 0,1.2367,.0914,.1117,288,352 0,-1.2467,.1117,.0914,352,288 15 Apr 2006: Gerd F. Herzogenrath sent in specs for the Meade LPI (Lunar and Planetary Imaging) camera. 16 Oct 2006: Tibor Hegedus asked about the Apogee Alta U16 camera. Looking at www.ccd.com , I found several new Apogee cameras. That resulted in two new lines (for the U4000 and U9000) and modifying several lines; for example, "Apogee AP-16" now reads "Apogee AP-16 (E) or U16". 15 May 2007: Prompted by an e-mail from Dietmar Hager, I found info for the Starlight XPress SXV-H5, H16, M5, M7, M8, and M9, and corrected resolution info for the SXV-M25, at http://www.starlight-xpress.co.uk/products.htm and info on the H35 and H36 cameras at http://www.starlight-xpress.co.uk/SXVF-H36-36.htm 27 Aug 2007: Jeff Lowrey sent data on the Orion StarShoot SSDSCI-I and SSDSCI-II cameras. 8 Sep 2007: Bob V asked on the Guide user list about the Philips SPC900NC Webcam. I added it.