Zeiss LSM 510 (no longer available)
Location: no longer available
Manufacturer: Zeiss
Model: LSM 510
Year: 1998
SN: 450240
Microscope overview
The LSM 510 system is a point scanning laser confocal microscope prepared for live imaging and photobleaching experiments. The system can be equipped with a small size incubator for temperature control.
LASER units
Laser Unit | Wavelength | Maximum Power | Current Status |
Argon | 458, 488 and 514 nm | 25 mW | not working |
HeNe1 | 543 nm | 1 mW | not working |
HeNe2 | 633 nm | 5 mW | ok |
Objectives
Filter and Dichroic sets
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Main configuration window | Emission filters for channel 1 | Emission filters for channel 2 | Channel separation dichroic | Laser separation dichroic |
Microscope Turn On Procedures
Microscope Turn Off procedures
If there's another user for this microscope in the next two hours:
Close the software, leave the lasers on an log off the computer.
Clean up any objective were you used immersion oil.
Make sure that there really is another user going to use the microscope.
Else:
Clean up any objective were you used immersion oil.
Turn off the lasers in the software (wait for laser cooling!)
Clean up immersion objectives
Turn off the HBO lamp.
Turn off the transmitted light lamp.
Shutdown the computer.
Turn off the remote control.
Turn off the two ups.
External links
This
PDF shows how to work with the system, it's not exactly the same system configuration but teaches a lot about the software.
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