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More Bits, Less Hassle: Introducing StackPro™ In-Camera Stacking Feature
Have you heard about Diffraction’s StackPro™ in-camera stacking feature? Before we get to describing all the fantastic things it does, let’s first talk about some of the challenges that necessitate it. Modern CMOS active pixel sensors have all the analog processing built into the sensor. Certainly, this is an advantage compared to the older, more mature...
STC-7: The Best (Big) Bang for Your Buck
We did it, with your help. You’ve wanted an affordable imaging package with everything. Not a bargain “hobby camera,” but a best-bang-for-the-buck CMOS camera with SBIG quality built-in, integrated filters, and StackPro™ technology. Introducing the new SBIG STC-7: our flagship scientific CMOS camera for seasoned and newcomer Astro-photographers. About freaking time. Diffraction Limited spent over three years testing...
OEM Story #1 – Medical Instrument Maker
Stumped by a tough imaging problem? Recently, a medical instrumentation maker contacted us with just such a problem. They created a scintillation technology that needs a low-light camera to detect photons in a unique way. Together, we developed a solution. Here’s how. Diffraction Limited creates innovative solutions for low-light imaging, and we have nearly 30...
Introducing Maxim DL Maestro
Want to increase your observing efficiency? Diffraction Limited introduces MaxIm DL Maestro, a game-changing new capability for its Cyanogen Imaging® MaxIm DL Pro, the gold standard in astronomical image acquisition and processing software. Maestro brings the ability to synchronize multiple simultaneous cameras under leadership of a primary imaging system. This allows you to achieve results...
When It Comes to Filters, Shiny Side Up Is Only the Way to Go
Which way do my filters go? Shiny side up! We want to reflect or block the light that we don’t want from the telescope and pass only what we do want down to the detector: your camera. Cameras such as the SBIG STC-7 come with a complete set of filters—you just need to install them....
How to Choose an Astronomical Imaging Camera
In 1949 the Hale Telescope on Mount Palomar was opened. At the time it was the largest in the world—and the most productive. But for decades afterwards, telescopes stopped getting bigger. Why? Economics and technology are one answer, but perhaps the real answer is the invention of the CCD camera. CCD cameras solved many of...
STL Camera – New Tricks
What is the top issue SBIG STL owners have? As you know, it is guiding behind the filters. Would you be surprised to learn there is now a cure? Back in 2005, when skies were less light polluted and narrowband imaging was not as prevalent, the STL Research Grade cameras were renowned for versatility, reliability,...
“Eyeball Transplants” Give New Life to Old Sensors
Is your old camera suffering from the maladies of age? Slow camera downloads? Failed power supply? Shutter problems? Leaky chamber? Argon all gone? Drivers don’t work? Turning back the clock and rejuvenating an old favorite could be as easy as an SBIG sensor transplant. Our clean-room technicians will extract your good CCD sensor from its aging camera...
Is your STF camera jealous of bigger SBIG cameras? Get Adaptive Optics for your STF Camera
Is your STF camera jealous of bigger SBIG cameras like the STX and STXL because they enjoy the benefits of Adaptive Optics (AO)? Do you wish you could get AO for your mid-sized camera to sharpen your stars and get past limitations of your mount and poor seeing? Now you can. Just use an SBIG StarChaser...