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  Whether for research, life science, industry, education, or for our history of astrophotography—we have the perfect solutions to enable you to achieve your vision.
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  Our products are designed for low-light scientific and astronomical imaging, including cooled CMOS and CCD cameras, filter wheels, guiding and adaptive optics, observatory equipment, software, and more. Everything you need to meet your imaging goals.
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  Our Software Division—with offerings that include MaxIm DL, MaxPoint, and Quick Fringe—enables users to achieve everything from acquiring and processing images, to vastly improving telescope position control, as well as enabling advanced wavefront analysis
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  Our team of in-house engineers create innovative, custom solutions for a wide range of industries with applications that include fluorescence, luminescence, absorption, spectroscopy, and genomics.
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  For more than 25 years, Diffraction Limited has been the global leader in Astronomy and Scientific Imaging Solutions—continually delivering unsurpassed products, software and services to a multitude of industries including research, education, spectrometry, astro-imaging, unique optical laboratory applications, and more.
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  Whether you’re looking for the latest news, technical updates, tips and tricks, upcoming events, or thought leadership from our industry professionals—you'll find it all right here.
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  At Diffraction, we believe that supplying the foremost in support is paramount to our success and yours. If you need help with any of our products simply submit a support ticket, or visit our forum to access an entire community of knowledgeable people ready to help.
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Applications
- APPLICATION
  Whether for research, life science, industry, education, or for our history of astrophotography—we have the perfect solutions to enable you to achieve your vision.
Products
- PRODUCTS
  Our products are designed for low-light scientific and astronomical imaging, including cooled CMOS and CCD cameras, filter wheels, guiding and adaptive optics, observatory equipment, software, and more. Everything you need to meet your imaging goals.
Software
- Software
  Our Software Division—with offerings that include MaxIm DL, MaxPoint, and Quick Fringe—enables users to achieve everything from acquiring and processing images, to vastly improving telescope position control, as well as enabling advanced wavefront analysis
Solutions
- Solutions
  Our team of in-house engineers create innovative, custom solutions for a wide range of industries with applications that include fluorescence, luminescence, absorption, spectroscopy, and genomics.
- - Custom Solutions
  - Sensor Transplant Service
Company
- Company
  For more than 25 years, Diffraction Limited has been the global leader in Astronomy and Scientific Imaging Solutions—continually delivering unsurpassed products, software and services to a multitude of industries including research, education, spectrometry, astro-imaging, unique optical laboratory applications, and more.
News
- News
  Whether you’re looking for the latest news, technical updates, tips and tricks, upcoming events, or thought leadership from our industry professionals—you'll find it all right here.
Support
- Support
  At Diffraction, we believe that supplying the foremost in support is paramount to our success and yours. If you need help with any of our products simply submit a support ticket, or visit our forum to access an entire community of knowledgeable people ready to help.
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$Welcome to Diffraction Our leading-edge, low-light camera systems are the industry standard among the world’s most renowned astronomers, physicists, and life scientists.$

The next generation astronomy camera for the next generation of astronomers.

Introducing the new SBIG STC-7 Scientific CMOS camera

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$Welcome to Diffraction Our leading-edge, low-light camera systems are the industry standard among the world’s most renowned astronomers, physicists, and life scientists.$

High Performance. Compact.
Everything you need for perfect photometric observations.

Introducing the SBIG STC-428-P Photometric CMOS Imaging System

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$Welcome to Diffraction Our leading-edge, low-light camera systems are the industry standard among the world’s most renowned astronomers, physicists, and life scientists.$

Our leading-edge, low-light camera systems are the industry standard among the world’s most renowned astronomers, physicists, and life scientists.

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