It is also physically smaller which may be of additional benefit to some users. Liquid nitrogen cooling Liquid nitrogen cooled heads offer the ultimate performance in terms of sensitivity and dynamic range. Images can be obtained which exhibit extremely large relative variations in intensity without saturation of the CCD, whilst still resolving details in the faintest areas. The liquid nitrogen cooled heads contain a CCD mounted in a vacuum-sealed housing to minimise heat loss. It has been designed for applications where space is limited and it is available in a sideways as well as a downward looking configuration.
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The standard liquid nitrogen head has been ruggedised and adapted for more universal use than the compact unit. It has a number of mounting points built into the structure and can be configured to be used in upwards, downwards or sideways orientation. Drawing is available here. The performance of the camera heads varies with the type of cooled CCD system they are being used with. These differences are given in the tables below.