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• Specifications
• Included Items
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• This Starlight Xpress SX-42 camera kit is a joint effort between Sky-Watcher USA and Starlight Xpress in honor of Sky-Watcher's 20^th Anniversary.

  The SX-42 addresses all usual headaches when setting up a new system. The back-focus is matched for all Sky-Watcher correctors. Simply thread the camera system onto the corrector and you are ready to go. All camera components are produced by Starlight Xpress in the UK and meet their highest of standards.

   

  SX-42 camera kit:

  Camera: Trius 694 monochrome 
  
  Sensor Specs:

  • Sensor: Sony ExView 694 (ICX694ALG)
  • Size: 15.98 diagonal
  • Pixel Size: 4.54 microns
  • Pixel Count: 6,050,000
  • QE: 77% peak in
  • 77% peak in yellow light, 65% at Hydrogen-alpha (656 nm).

   

   

  • Three port powered USB hub built-in. Can drive included Lodestar X and filter wheel
  • High performance two stage cooling for better than Neg 40-degrees C delta T
  • Dry Argon CCD chamber fill for improved cooling performance.
  • Exceptionally effective anti-blooming with minimal effect on linearity and no lost active area.
  • Back focal length 17 mm +/-1 mm.
  • High speed USB 2.0 interface for approx. 5 second downloads.
  • Single USB cable control for all features - get rid of that dangerous cable tangle!
  • Very low power consumption. Less than 1.5 Amps at 12V DC.
  • Compact and lightweight - only 75 mm in diameter x 70 mm long - less than 500 grams load on the telescope.

   

  Guide Camera: Lodestar X2 monochrome

  • Guide-Sensor: Sony ICX829
  • Guide-Size: 8 mm diagonal
  • Guide-Pixel Size: 8.3 uM
  • Guide-QE: 77%

   

  Filter Wheel: 7-position 1.25-Inch with built-in Off Axis Guider

  • Wheel positions: 7
  • Filter size: 1.25-inch
  • Built-in Off Axis Guider for use with included Lodestar X2 Guider Camera
  • USB controlled and powered

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• specifications

  Color or Mono	Monochrome
  Cooled	Cooled
  Delta T	40C
  Dynamic Range	12.2 Stops
  Free Shipping	Yes
  Full Rez Frame Rate	16.5fps
  Full Well	18ke
  Max Frame Rate	290fps
  Mega Pixels	6.1 MP
  MP	5 to 8 MP
  Peak QE	77%
  Pixel Array	2750 x 2200
  Pixel Array	3704 x 2778
  Pixel Size	15.99 microns
  PS	10 Microns or Larger
  Read Noise	4e
  Sensor Diagonal	21.4mm
  Sensor Diagonal	56.3 mm
  Sensor Type	CCD
  Sensor	Sony ICX694ALG
  Warranty	1 Year Warranty
  Weight	lb

• included items

  • Starlight Xpress Trius SX-42 Monochrome Camera
  • Lodestar X2 Monochrome Guide Camera
  • 7-Position Filter Wheel 1.25" with Built-in Off Axis Guider
  • Three port powered USB Hub (built-in)
  • Also includes cables and hard case