Starlight Xpress SXV-M25 test results daytimePosted By Dominique Dierick |
Awaiting clear skies (hopefully next week when we go to Southern France), I made some test shots in daylight with the prototype camera from Starlight Xpress and a Nikkor 180mm ED connected to the camera via a filterdrawer from Gerd Neumann.
The SXV-M25 is a 6 megapixel single shot color cooled CCD.
Here is a full resolution 1x1 binning image (beware of size!):
http://users.pandora.be/vcsb/dodi/stairwaytoheaven.jpg
Putting the camera in 2x2 binning switches it to monochrome mode at a 1500x1000 resolution. I made the following image with 2" Astronomik Type II filters:
http://users.pandora.be/vcsb/dodi/m25rgb.jpg
RGB: 1.0/0.6/1.2
A noise test showed that the SXV-M25 continues in the tradition of Starlight camera's with virtually no noise present on the test (darkframe) images.
Dodi
The SXV-M25 is a 6 megapixel single shot color cooled CCD.
Here is a full resolution 1x1 binning image (beware of size!):
http://users.pandora.be/vcsb/dodi/stairwaytoheaven.jpg
Putting the camera in 2x2 binning switches it to monochrome mode at a 1500x1000 resolution. I made the following image with 2" Astronomik Type II filters:
http://users.pandora.be/vcsb/dodi/m25rgb.jpg
RGB: 1.0/0.6/1.2
A noise test showed that the SXV-M25 continues in the tradition of Starlight camera's with virtually no noise present on the test (darkframe) images.
Dodi