Wodaski's Magic CCD Calculator

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NEW! Download a ZIP file of a Visual Basic CCD Calculator. The download offers more features and a much larger library of cameras and telescopes. (1.5MB)
Note: the free download is based on the CCD calculator that comes with my book, The New CCD Astronomy. Not all features are available in the free version.

Telescope aperture in mm:			CCD camera:	ST-7E ST-7XME ST-402ME ST-8E ST-8XME ST-9E ST-9XE ST-10E ST-10ME ST-10XME ST-2000XM ST-2000XMC STL-4020M/CM STL-1302E/LE STL-1001E STL-11000XM/CM STL-6303E/LE TC-237H Guider Head TC-237H Internal Guiding Chip STV Normal Mode STV Wide Mode STV ZOOM Mode MX-5 MX5-C HX516 MX916 HX916 SXL8 PlanetCam NTSC PlanetCam PAL PlanetCam CC NTSC PlanetCam CC PAL StellaCam EX EIA StellaCam EX CCIR StellaCam NON EX CCIR StellaCam NON EX EIA ASTROVID 2000 Neptune 100 EIA Neptune 100 CCIR KPC-350H Med Res PC164 KPC-650H Hi Res StellaCam II EIA StellaCam II CCIR TouCam Pro 840K ATIK-1C ATIK 1HS II ATIK 2C ATIK 2HS MX7-C SXV M7 SXV M5 SXV M5C SXV H5 SXV M25C SXV H9 SXV H9C SXV M9 35mm Camera
Telescope focal ratio:	f/		Pixel size (in microns):	Width: Height:
Arc-seconds/pixel target:			Chip size (in pixels):	Width: Height:
5" SCT f/10 8" SCT f/10 8" SCT f/6.3 8" SCT f/5 8" SCT f/3.3 9.25" SCT f/10 9.25" SCT f/6.3 9.25" SCT f/5 10" SCT f/10 10" SCT f/6.3 10" SCT f/5 10" SCT f/3.3 12" SCT f/10 12" SCT f/6.3 12" SCT f/5 14" SCT f/11 16" SCT f/10 Megrez 80mm Megrez 102mm Takahashi FC-60 Takahashi FS-78 Takahashi Sky90 Takahashi FS-102 Takahashi FSQ-106 Takahashi FC-125 Takahashi FS-128 Takahashi FCT-150 Takahashi FS-152 Fastar 8" Fastar 14" C11 11" SCT	<-- Scopes		Binning:	1 x 1 binning 2 x 2 binning 3 x 3 binning	(Some cameras do not support some of these.)
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"Ideal" focal length telescope:
Size of this camera's chip in mm:
Compare to 35mm film (24x36mm):
Telescope focal length:
Arc-seconds per pixel for this combo:
Field of view in arc-minutes:
Red box show net FOV for scope/camera combo.