Apogee Alta & Ascent Series Hardware Guide

Apogee Astronomy

Alta and Ascent Manual

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION

Thank you and congratulations for purchasing your Apogee camera. This Owner's Operating Manual will help you discover, install and use your Apogee camera with the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems.

Apogee USB camera systems are supported by the Windows XP 32 bit, Vista 32 and 64 bit and Windows 7

32 and 64 bit operating systems.

1.1 Help and Technical Support

If you have any questions regarding the use of this equipment, please contact the representative from whom your system was purchased, or:

Europe

Andor Technology

7 Millennium Way

Springvale Business Park

Belfast

BT12 7AL

Northern Ireland

USA

Andor Technology

425 Sullivan Avenue

Suite # 3

South Windsor

CT 06074

USA

Tel. +44 (0) 28 9023 7126

Fax. +44 (0) 28 9031 0792

Asia-Pacific

Andor Technology (Japan)

Andor Technology (Japan)

IS Building

3-32-42 Higashi-Shinagawa

Shinagawa-ku,

Tokyo 140-0002

Japan

Tel: +81-3-6732-8968

Fax: +81-3-6732-8939

Tel. (860) 290-9211

Fax. (860) 290-9566

China

Andor Technology

Unit 1, Building A,

No. 66 Zhufang Road,

Haidian District,

Beijing, 100085 P.R.

China

Tel: +86 (0)10 8271 9066

Fax. +86(0)10-8271 9055

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1.2 Disclaimer

Andor Technology assumes no liability for the use of the information contained in this document or the software which it describes. The user assumes all risks. There is no warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, either express or implied.

The information contained in this document is assumed to be correct, but in no event shall Andor

Technology be held responsible for typographical errors or changes in the software not reflected in this document.

The specifications contained in this document are subject to change without notice.

Any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment.

If you require further information about this unit, you may contact your local representative. The latest contact details for your local representative may be found at our website: www.andor.com

1.3 Trademarks and Patent Information

Andor

®

, the Andor logo and Solis are trademarks of Andor. Andor is an Oxfords Instruments company. All other marks are property of their owners. The section “Controlling your Apogee Camera using MaxIm

DL/CCD” contains copyright material by Diffraction Limited.

All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners, and are used herein solely for informational purposes only.

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1.4 About Apogee

Apogee Imaging Systems started up in 1993 in Tucson, Arizona. The small company relocated to Northern

California in 2001. In October 2013, Apogee was acquired by Andor Technology, an Oxford Instruments company, with the Apogee Alta, Ascent and Aspen becoming a dedicated Apogee Camera Product Range.

Apogee cameras have been used for high-end astronomical applications like capturing the first images of optical counterparts of gamma ray bursts, plus thousands of discoveries of comets, near-Earth asteroids and extra-solar planets. The Apogee range of cameras will always be on the brink of discovery with the latest cutting edge technology.

Solar flare taken by NASA with an Apogee Hi-C Camera

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