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Re: [APML] ST-7Ei as a guider (Was: New ST-4s)
Phil,
When autoguiding with CCDSoft the full frame is not downloaded. If this
model of the ST-7 supports subframes download time would not be an issue.
--
Frank Barrett
http://celestialwonders.com
> Thanks Alan. My concern is that the ST-7 chip size combined with the
> fact that the ST-7i is NOT a USB interface means downloads will be too
> slow for guiding. I previously used a ST-237 and the downloads were
> barely fast enough. I want the STV, but am waiting for SBIG to produce
> either a USB version, or better yet, a firewire version.
>
> -Phil
>> Hi Phil,
>>
>> Following is an excerpt that I got back as I asked about the various
>> SBIG cameras as autoguiders last month on the SBIG group. Ron Wodaski
>> knows as much about CCDs as anyone else, so I'll trust his judgement.
>> Now, I just need to figure out how.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Alan Voetsch [mailto:critter12952@yahoo.com]
>> > Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 6:06 PM
>> > To: SBIG@yahoogroups.com
>> > Subject: RE: [SBIG] Re: ST-4, 5, 6, 7i and 237 or (a) as
>> autoguiders, advice please
>>
>> > --- Wodaski Yahoo Groups <yahoo@wodaski.com> wrote:
>> > > It has one chip. You can guide with it, you can image with it -
>> but you just can't do both at the same time.
>> >
>> > Understood. How does the chip size in the 7i compare to the 237s?
>>
>>
>>
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