STT/STLX/STX Remote guiding head

The #RGH remote guiding head contains a thermoelectrically-cooled, 16 bit, 657 x 495 pixel Texas Instruments TC-237H CCD detector that is identical to internal self-guiding CCD in SBIG STT, STLX, and STX camera bodies only. It does not fit older model cameras. It connects to, and is powered by, the SBIG camera and takes over the guiding function from the internal guiding detector within the camera body. The #RGH can be mounted in a separate photoguide telescope or in an off-axis guider body, such as the Astrodon #MOAG.

Mounted away from the main camera body, and with no filter wheel in front of it, the #RGH can guide on a star of undiminished brightness, including one well off the imaging camera's axis in case there is no suitable guide star in the target's immediate vicinity.

The #RGH remote head is equipped with T-threads on the front cover. It will accept the SBIG eFinder assembly for guiding, a camera lens adapter, a T to C adapter, or the provided 1.25" nosepiece for use with an external guide scope. The external guider will also control the SBIG adaptive optics systems when used with an off-axis guider assembly. In addition, the Remote Guider Head lets you to add a self-guiding function to an SBIG "I-Series" USB ST camera that was originally supplied with an imaging detector only. It connects to the camera by means of an HDMI cable.