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Orion

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 StarShoot

 Solar System  

Color Imaging Camera III

#52018

InStruCtIOn Manual

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© 2008-2010 Orion Telescopes & Binoculars

IN 349 Rev. C 06/10

Содержание 52018 StarShoot Solar System

Страница 1: ... instruction Manual Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 Customer Support 800 676 1343 E mail support telescope com Corporate Offices 831 763 7000 89 Hangar Way Watsonville CA 95076 2008 2010 Orion Telescopes Binoculars IN 349 Rev C 06 10 ...

Страница 2: ...Parfocal ring CD ROM System Requirements refer to Figure 1 Telescope The SSSSI III can be used with virtually any telescope that is compatible with 1 25 format eyepieces The camera simply is inserted into a focuser in the same way as a standard eyepiece Figure 2 If you use a star diagonal you should remove it In order to reach focus the telescope must have approxi mately 0 2 6mm of inward focus tr...

Страница 3: ...d software and a camera driver must be installed onto your computer Turn on your computer and allow the Windows operating system to load as normal Insert the included CD ROM into your computer s CD ROM drive and the Launcher will appear Figure 3 This allows you to install the MaxIm DL Essentials software and the Orion StarShoot Solar System Imager camera driver Software Installation 1 Insert the C...

Страница 4: ...ay click on the top bar of the window and drag it to the desired location on the computer screen Upon subse quent start ups the camera will automatically operate at full resolution 5 To connect the camera to the telescope simply replace the telescope s 1 25 eyepiece with the camera Make sure the securing thumbscrew on the focuser drawtube is tightened after the camera is inserted 6 You will now ne...

Страница 5: ...er function The default has the flicker function disabled and there should be no reason to use this function with normal usage of the camera If the image in the Live Video Window begins to flicker on and off the flicker function has been mistakenly enabled click the Cancel Flicker button to cancel this function To return the camera controls to their default settings click the Default button The ot...

Страница 6: ...e instantly with small up down and left right movements of the mouse To do this hold down the Shift key then left click and drag the mouse on the image You ll find this feature to be a great convenience when fine adjusting the screen stretch to get an image to look its best The problem with stretching is determining exactly how to stretch the image for best effect Often there are several different...

Страница 7: ...to the camera s field of view and typically does not require stacking of multiple exposures as planetary images do Imaging the Moon Imaging the Moon is much like imaging terrestrial objects during the day Since the exposure is very short it is not critical that the telescope be precisely polar aligned Best focusing will be achieved by first focusing on a bright star near the Moon When the moon is ...

Страница 8: ... Overlay All Images button All of the selected images will stack on top of each other to form one resultant image Click OK You have now composed your first planetary image Use Save under the File menu to save your image at this time To make it look its best you will want to adjust the Screen Stretch Window to Planet You may also want to do some image processing see the section entitled Image Proce...

Страница 9: ...irst be captured and averaged Dark frames are taken with no external light entering the camera The image produced is a map of the actual noise in the frame being produced by the camera When a dark frame is subtracted from a regular light image the noise in the resultant image is reduced You will find however that the short exposures that can be taken with the SSSSI III will not contain much camera...

Страница 10: ... now ready for stacking You can save each image after the dark frame has been subtracted using Save from the File menu or you can just save the final combined image once the individual images have been stacked Image Processing After you have captured and combined individual images with or without dark frame subtraction into a single resultant image you may want to perform some additional image pro...

Страница 11: ...be adjusted to make the selected point appear white If an area of the image is known to be white or gray this is an easier way to determine the scaling factors and can be used to instantly color balance the image Stretch The Stretch command located in the Process menu Figure 14 modifies the brightness and contrast and optionally the range maximum and minimum pixel values of an image Unlike the scr...

Страница 12: ...files from the Batch Process list by selecting them with the mouse and clicking the Remove button 4 Select the location for the saved files using the Path button or click Write Output to Source Folder to cause the files to be saved back into the folder from which they were loaded This option cannot be used when an image has never been saved for example one freshly acquired from the camera In the e...

Страница 13: ... eral images in succession because the number will bounce around with the seeing Note If the MaxPixel reaches 255 in 1 frame capture mode the image is satu rated and all three focus numbers will be inaccurate Either pick a fainter star or adjust the camera s Exposure settings using the Setup button FWHM or Full Width Half Maximum is the width of the star half way down the sides This provides a hig...

Страница 14: ...purchasing a 10 USB extension cable if you need more cord length available through Orion check the catalog or www OrionTelescopes com Specifications Sensor MT9M001 Color CMOS progressive scan Sensor size 1 2 Number of pixels 1 3 million 1280x1024 pixel layout Video frame rate Up to 15 frames second at full resolution A D conversion 8 bit IR filter Yes Connection High Speed USB 2 0 Gain brightness ...

Страница 15: ... Repair 89 Hangar Way Watsonville 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 abused mishandled or modified nor does it apply to normal wear and tear This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to s...

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