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Old 22-06-2011, 08:24 AM
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Brendan has posted a darn good article on his site, for scientific CCD calibration: http://brendanmitchell.net/?page_id=213

Even with the crappy weather, a perfect time to take darks (not sure that you'll need them with that camera), and offset / bias frames.

I also spent some time looking at cable layouts etc. I ended up putting a metal rod protruding from the back to support the cable connection points.

I also looked for the 'fogging' issue (to be expected with a cooled CCD), and whacked a dew heater strap. Fixed.

Theo was very helpful as well, and gave me some other tips and tricks (insulate the camera to slighly raise the body's temp, use a heater strap, and run it @ -15 ideally).

Logie.
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