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Ultrastar C handbook Issue 1, August 2015

The Ultrastar C head is designed for a long and reliable lifespan and needs very little maintenance to
keep it in good working order. The only common issue is with dust particles which collect on the CCD
window and can shade areas of the image field. These are best removed with a quick blast of
compressed air from a ‘Dust off’ aerosol, or similar air blower. More permanent marks may be
removed with a drop of alcohol on a ‘microfibre’ lens cloth.

Dear User,

Thank you for purchasing a Starlight Xpress CCD Imaging camera. We are confident that you will gain
much satisfaction from this equipment, but please read carefully the accompanying instruction manual
to ensure that you achieve the best performance that is capable of providing.

In the unfortunate instance when the equipment does not perform as expected, may we recommend that
you first study the fault finding information supplied. If this does not remedy the problem, then contact
Starlight Xpress for further advice. Our message board service on the Starlight Xpress web site will
often provide solutions to any problems.

The equipment is covered by a 12-month guarantee covering faulty design, material or workmanship in
addition to any statutory Consumer Rights of Purchasers.

CONDITIONS OF GUARANTEE

1) The equipment shall only be used for normal purposes described in the standard operating
instructions, and within the relevant safety standards of the country where the equipment is used.

2) Repairs under guarantee will be free of charge providing proof of purchase is produced, and that the
equipment is returned to the Service Agent at the Purchaser’s expense and risk, and that the equipment
proves to be defective.

3) The guarantee shall not apply to equipment damaged by fire, accident, wear an tear, misuse,
unauthorised repairs, or modified in any way whatsoever, or damage suffered in transit to or from the
Purchaser.

4) The Purchaser’s sole and exclusive rights under this guarantee is for repair, or at our discretion the
replacement of the equipment or any part thereof, and no remedy to consequential loss or damage
whatsoever.

5) This guarantee shall not apply to components that have a naturally limited life.

6) Starlight Xpress’s decision in all matters is final, and any faulty component which has been replaced
will become the property of Starlight Xpress Ltd.

For further info. or advice, please call:

Mr Michael Hattey,

Starlight Xpress Ltd.,

Unit 3, Brooklands Business Park,

Bottle Lane, Binfield,

Berkshire,

England. RG42 5QX

Tel: 01184026878

e-mail: [email protected]

Web site: http://www.sxccd.com

Summary of Contents for Ultrastar C

Page 1: ...of RJ12 connection and supplies 4 pull down direction lines and a common return Alternatively you may send the mount control signals via a serial connection from the guider control computer The Ultras...

Page 2: ...UltrastarC exe and will be installed from the CD setup program An icon will appear on your desktop and may be clicked on to start the program Please note that this requests an ini file when first star...

Page 3: ...If stars are visible Starlight Live will use these for registering the images together and the image clarity will steadily improve as the stack develops The image brightness and contrast may be manip...

Page 4: ...R lenses can be bought for as little as 20 pounds on Ebay and work very well with the Ultrastar C The correct focal distance for these lenses is about 45 mm so you will need a C to lens thread adaptor...

Page 5: ...Synthesise colour The default settings should work well Various other image processing functions are available from the menu bar and will be adequate for many general imaging purposes Many other imag...

Page 6: ...o C extension will be needed to permit a standard C lens to reach focus Lenses designed for CS mount cameras will focus without an extension tube but many of these lenses cannot fully illuminate a two...

Page 7: ...utoguider output The lines are isolated from the Ultrastar C electronics by opto coupler chips and so there is no risk of damage when connecting the outputs to mounts with unprotected electronics A st...

Page 8: ...s which you think will be approximately correct save the settings and open the View menu In this you will see an option called Max palette stretch Open this and check the Activate stretch display chec...

Page 9: ...star coordinates If they look good just click on OK Now click on Start Guiding After a brief delay the Guiding Info window will open as above and you will see the guide star along with error values an...

Page 10: ...st occasions To guide with PHD2 first press the camera icon and select the Starlight SXV option for the camera If you have more than one SX camera connected then choose Ultrastar C or SX 825 from the...

Page 11: ...on a suitable guide star in your last image and then select the Target icon PHD2 will set up a cursor and box on the guide star and proceed to calibrate the mount After about 1 minute of calibration i...

Page 12: ...kmanship in addition to any statutory Consumer Rights of Purchasers CONDITIONS OF GUARANTEE 1 The equipment shall only be used for normal purposes described in the standard operating instructions and...

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