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Orion

StarShoot

™

Pro V2.0

Deep Space Color Imager

#52085

InStruCtIOn Manual

Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975

Customer Support (800) 676-1343

E-mail: [email protected]

Oriontelescopes.com

Corporate Offices (831) 763-7000

89 Hangar Way, Watsonville, CA 95076

IN 365 Rev. A 02/09

Summary of Contents for 52085

Page 1: ...52085 instruction Manual Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 Customer Support 800 676 1343 E mail support telescope com OrionTelescopes com Corporate Offices 831 763 7000 89 Ha...

Page 2: ...star clusters and nebulae as well as the planets Moon and the Sun with an optional solar filter You can showcase spectacular images on your computer share them on the internet or print them The camera...

Page 3: ...d the telescope s focal plane to the camera s imaging plane Some telescopes such as refractors may require the use of an extension tube avail able from Orion to provide enough outward focus for the St...

Page 4: ...DC 12VDC with approximately 1 ampere of current Power to the entire camera including the thermo electric cooler TEC and fan is supplied by the included power cable when plugged into a 12VDC power sour...

Page 5: ...cation Advanced and click Next 6 Select Search removable media floppy CD ROM Turn off the other options Click Next Windows will start looking for the driver files on the CD ROM 7 Windows will note tha...

Page 6: ...th tape Figure 7 Obtaining First Images To obtain first images in daylight with the StarShoot Pro follow these step by step instructions 1 With an eyepiece inserted in the telescope center and focus o...

Page 7: ...esented as a number from 1 to 65535 depending on brightness This has to be mapped into the video monitor s brightness range from 1 to 255 It is important to set the screen stretch appropriately or a g...

Page 8: ...h the 12VDC power source The cooler can be shut off if needed for troubleshooting purposes or to save power The cooling fan speed can also be adjusted The TEC is like a refrigerator in the camera When...

Page 9: ...he camera If the Max Pixel approaches 65535 reduce the exposure time or try selecting a fainter star Paying attention to these values will help you get a very accurate focus far better than simply loo...

Page 10: ...ures of 30 Seconds to start 7 Click Expose and the camera will commence taking the images Note When the camera is taking long exposure images it is critically important not to touch shake or otherwise...

Page 11: ...focused and ready for astro imaging 2 Point the telescope at a uniform and featureless light source like the sky at dusk or dawn or a blank white sheet of paper Make sure the camera orientation is ex...

Page 12: ...k frames AFTER the light frame is taken you ensure keeping your raw astro images in tact 5 Select Calibrate from the Process menu or click the Calibrate icon in MaxIm DL Essentials and the dark frames...

Page 13: ...ind a well shaped circular star in the first image displayed Use the mouse to center the crosshairs on the selected star and left click Note In addition to Average men tioned above 3 other different c...

Page 14: ...ation that emphasizes certain characteristics of an image while suppressing others MaxIm DL Essentials supports two kinds of filters Unsharp Mask and Gaussian Blur In the Filter window select which on...

Page 15: ...ram is displayed on the computer screen the Stretch command alters the histogram itself There are three elements which must be set the Permanent Stretch Type the Input Range and the Output Range You c...

Page 16: ...e loss of data especially when saving combined images Batch Process Batch Process can be used to process multiple images simul taneously using the various com mands available in MaxIm DL Essentials Ed...

Page 17: ...l guiding corrections are needed during long expo sure imaging Keep in mind however that when the StarShoot Pro is used in this way you will need another telescope and camera on the mount to actually...

Page 18: ...2 Set the X and Y Aggr aggressiveness to 8 to start with Set the Exposure to 1 0 second Under Guide Star make sure the Watch box is checked Note The X and Y Aggr aggressiveness controls on the Guide t...

Page 19: ...window that pushes the star in that direction That will prevent the stiction cycle from happening Make sure that any backlash compensation in the mount is turned off On most telescopes the Right Ascen...

Page 20: ...time they were minimized This can be handy for sorting images For example when inspecting a set of images you can close the ones you want to reject and minimize the ones you want to keep Once all the...

Page 21: ...ing to change image scale Focal reducers serve to decrease the focal length of your telescope This increases the field of view seen by the camera decreases camera magnifi cation This can be very usefu...

Page 22: ...ncouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the...

Page 23: ...a coming from the camera To re establish camera connection first close the Maxim DL Essentials program on your computer Then unplug and re plug the camera into the computer s USB port Open Maxim DL Es...

Page 24: ...cope focal lengths and their corresponding fields of view provided by the StarShoot Pro The angular field of view is shown in arc minutes The image scale shows the relative size of two reference objec...

Page 25: ...49 Telescope Focal Length Angular Field of View Image Scale of the Moon Image Scale of M42 1000mm 83 3 X 54 4 1250mm 66 6 X 43 5 1800mm 46 3 X 30 2 2032mm 41 X 26 8 2540mm 32 8 X 21 4 2800mm 29 7 X 19...

Page 26: ...r Camera Control Window Subframe Reset 2 A cquire and center the deep sky object you want to image Autosave as many images as you would like 5 or more images is recommended to later combine Take some...

Page 27: ...mage Processing 1 Calibrate darks and flats Select your darks and flats Process Setup Calibrate Add your dark frames flat fields and dark frames for flat fields OK Now calibrate your astro images File...

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Page 29: ...onville CA 95076 If the product is not registered proof of purchase such as a copy of the original invoice is required This warranty does not apply if in Orion s judgment the instrument has been abuse...

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