SBIG Remote Guiding Head

Now you can add a second head to your ST-7/8/9/10/2000 camera and guide using the internal tracking CCD or the external Remote Guide Head. The single sensor "I" versions of these cameras can also add the remote head for external guiding only. Originally designed for the large format STL cameras, the Remote Guide Head contains a cooled TC-237 CCD with 657 x 495 pixels at 7.4u and 16-bit A/D. This is the same CCD that is used as the built-in tracking CCD on all of SBIG dual sensor, self-guiding cameras.

One of the main benefits of using the Remote Guide Head instead of a separate camera for guiding is that no additional power or computer connections are required. The Remote Guide Head gets power and control from the camera and it is controlled just like the internal guider by the same software program that is used to control the camera. Once installed, the user can select either the internal or external guider. Another benefit is that the Remote Guide Head can control both the AO-7 and AO-L adaptive optics units.