$Diffraction Limited$

Cameras
- CAMERAS
  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.
Observatory
- Observatory
  Keeping your observatory and instruments safe is a priority for campus, research, and private observatory owners and operators. Your telescope likely has diffraction-limited optics and a high-value imaging camera or spectrograph. Invest in Diffraction Limited controls to help protect your valuable equipment from inclement weather and unreliable control systems.
Accessories
- ACCESSORIES
  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
Resources
- Support
  Customers come to us because they know they can rely on us for expert advice, top-quality support before and after your purchase, and an ISO 9001:2015 quality management system that helps us delivery reliable products, parts and 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.

Cameras
- CAMERAS
  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.
Observatory
- Observatory
  Keeping your observatory and instruments safe is a priority for campus, research, and private observatory owners and operators. Your telescope likely has diffraction-limited optics and a high-value imaging camera or spectrograph. Invest in Diffraction Limited controls to help protect your valuable equipment from inclement weather and unreliable control systems.
Accessories
- ACCESSORIES
  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
Resources
- Support
  Customers come to us because they know they can rely on us for expert advice, top-quality support before and after your purchase, and an ISO 9001:2015 quality management system that helps us delivery reliable products, parts and 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.

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

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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