RCA SolarCam VIDEO CAMERA manual

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    Cong r atu l ations on the purchase o f the A STROVID SolarCam™ VIDEO CAM ER A! This is a high quality Astronomi ca l CCD Video Imagi ng System with 2/3 inch monochrom e CCD that wi ll provi de you wi th the be st full disk and high resolut ion Solar View ing possi b le. W ith proper care this system should last many ye a rs and provide exc e lle[...]

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    A S TR OVID Sol arCam™ CCD VIDEO C A MER A 5 . Eyepieces with focal lengths f rom 7-40mm w ork well with eyepiece p rojectio n depending upon the f o cal length of your telescope. It is best to experiment to f ind the eyepiece than gives y ou the most d etailed i mag e c ombined with your seeing conditions. 6. Orthoscopic e yepieces work well bec[...]

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    A STROVID SolarCam™ C CD VIDEO CA M ER A CA ME RA CONNECT I ONS: *** The power s upply is to be connected last to prevent any dam age to th e camera. *** 1. This camera c a nnot b e hooked directly to a televisio n for a picture a s i t o nly supplies Baseband o r Composite Vid eo . 2. Most newer tel evisions have separ a te Video In ja cks that [...]

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    A S TR OVID SolarCam™ C CD VIDEO C A MER A DC IN Pl ug: This is the 12 pin h i-rose connect or on the upper right of the c amera. This is where the DC powe r plug goes into th e camera . Min i Dip Switch Panel: Center left of camer a. Rectangular box containing six dip switc hes. All six d ip switches should be in the u p po siti on f or p roper [...]

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    -3- USI NG YOUR ASTROVID S olarCam™ (Part 2 Sola r Su rface Det ail): 1. P oint your telesc ope towards t he Sun. T he easiest wa y to begin is to find your focu s by finding the e dge of the sun. 2. B y initially a djust i ng the settings as discussed in p art 1, the sun sho uld appear overexpos ed and bri g ht white. Once you kn ow the sun is o[...]

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    -5- A S TR OVID SolarCam™ C CD VIDEO C A MER A USI NG YOUR ASTROVID S olarCam™ (Part 3 Hydrogen-al pha Prominen ce Deta il): 1. Solar prominences are imaged in Hydr o gen alpha ligh t. Solar promine nces are much dimmer than t he surface detail f ound on the sun. 2. The majority o f obs erved solar promi nences do not ch ange i n appearance ver[...]