Orion 52098 manual

Or ion ® StarS hoot A ll - I n - O ne A st ronom y Came ra #52098 INSTRUCTION MANUAL Pro vidi ng Exce ptio nal Co nsu mer O pti cal Produ cts S inc e 19 7 5 IN 50 8 Rev . A 08 /1 3 Customer Suppor t: www .OrionT elescopes .com/contactus Cor porate Offices : 89 Hangar Wa y , Watson ville CA 95076 - USA[...]

2 3 Con gratul atio ns on your p urc hase of t he Or ion S tar Sho ot All -In - O ne Astr ono my Camer a (SSAIO ) . The SSAIO i s a hig h spe ed CM OS ca mera d esi gne d for ast rono mi cal u se. The ul tra fas t fram e rate (up to 2 00 FPS in lowest r eso luti on an d up to 3 0FPS in hig hest r eso luti on) m akes the S SAIO ide al for So lar sys[...]

4 5 The no sep ie ce is fi t ted wit h filter t hread s. For ligh t poll uted s kie s we rec omm end u sing t he Or io n Sk yG low Astr oph otogr aphy filters ( Item # 0 55 59) . (Fi lters availa ble t hroug h Or ion, c hec k the c atal og or O rio n T ele sc ope s.com for more information) . 8mm Wide Field Lens Att ach t he 8m m Wid e Fie ld le[...]

6 7 Sele ct fr om th e availabl e reso lut ion s to con nec t to th e cam era. If no c amera i s see n, che ck c ab le co n- nec tio ns an d cam era dr iver ins tall a - tion. Video Captur e GAIN : T he fist s lid er is for GAIN. ( Figur e 5 ) Th is is re pres ented a s a perc ent age of th e total g ain. M ove the slid er bac k and fo r th to ad j[...]

8 9 Focus Aid Sele ct F W HM ( Full Wid th Ha lf Ma xi mum ) and d oub le cl ic k on a st ar on the l ive imag e. A box will now app ear arou nd th e star. In the Focus Aid w ind ow the st ar ca n be see n mag - nified ( Figu re 8 ) . Adju st foc us u ntil th e on sc ree n numb er sh ows the s mall est val ue. Histogram Dis plays a hi stogr am gr [...]

10 11 Dark Frame Correction All CCD a nd CM OS ca mera s have inherent noise which becomes more app arent wi th lo nge r expos ure imag es. If you req uire ta kin g lon ger exp osure s (t yp ic ally lo nger t han 3 se co nds ) you may star t to s ee bac kgroun d noi se, ver tic al li nes an d bri ght d ots ( hot pixels). T o auto mati cal ly rem ov[...]

12 13 Camera Setup Color / Mono Sele ct b et ween c olo r and m ono. 12 Bit Image When c he cked, FITS an d SER format s bec om e availabl e for imag e and m ovie capture. Files c an b e conver te d back i nto co lor pos t captu re wit hin sof t ware su ch a s RegiStax or MaximDL . High Speed Readout This featur e cont rol s the USB tr ans - fer sp[...]

14 15 It is re com men ded to c aptur e hund red s (or even tho usan ds ) of fram es whe n plan etar y i magin g. The l arge am ount of fr ames ( eith er stil l imag es or movi e file ) can t hen b e pro ces se d later usi ng st ack ing an d ali gnin g sof t ware su ch a s Regi Sta x to g ive the b est re sult s. Sin ce you wi ll be ta kin g mult [...]

16 17 Lunar Imaging Lunar im agin g is sim ilar to pl anet ar y imaging ( Figure 1 7 ). Fast exp osur e time s are re quire d due to t he hi gh brig htne ss of th e moo n. Sim ilar tec h - niq ues us ed to al ign a nd st ack p lan - etar y i mage s can a lso b e use d for lunar image processing. The c urrent p has e of the m oon w ill di c - tate t[...]

18 19 The 8 mm fo cal l eng th F1 .0 wi de fi eld lens gives a Field of Vie w of approxi - mately 3 0 de gree s ( Figur e 2 0 ). Using the SSAIO with ASCOM ASCOM p lat form 5 or l ater and t he inc lud ed ASCO M dri ver must b e inst alle d to use t he ca mera i n PHD Guiding. The ASCOM driv er must also be ins tal led i f you wis h to use an oth [...]

20 21 PHD Guiding The SSAIO w ith t he us e of PHD Guid ing ( Pus h Here D ummy) sof t ware m akes the t ask of auto gui din g sim ple an d easy to se tup. The c alib ratio n and g uid ing i s automat ic o nce you i nit ially fi nd an d foc us a gu ide s tar . Y our te les co pe mus t firs t be pre pared fo r astro - im aging. M ake sure your m o[...]

22 23 pixels ) . Y o u will g et the b est g uid ing pe r form anc e whe n your imag e bac kgroun d looks smooth and black. The G amma Ad jus tme nt will h elp c lip t he low level bac kgrou nd no ise by ad just ing the sl ide r bar lef t or r ight a s nee de d. Y o u can a lso re du ce th e cam era Ga in or enab le No ise R edu ct ion ( see “Adv[...]

24 25 time o f your mou nt. Add iti ona lly th e var yin g see ing c ond iti ons m akes th e star app ear to jum p arou nd ra pid ly an d cau se the g uid er to make un nec es sar y c or - rec tio ns, s omet ime s referre d to as “c has ing th e see ing ” . If s eei ng is p oor , keep the g uid ing c orre cti on inte r vals / expo sures to 1 s [...]

26 27 and on e of the rea son s why post p roc ess ing sof t ware c an br ing out t he bes t in your ca ptured i mage s. Focu s as be st as p oss ibl e wit h the average fr ame be ing at best fo cu s to ensur e more i n focu s fram es th an out of fo cu s. Image p roc es sing sof t ware ca n the n be use d to sel ec t the b est fra mes to c om bine[...]

28 29 USB Extension Cable In many ins tan ces , it is likel y a lon ger c abl e for the SSAIO wi ll be ne ed ed in or der to com for ta bly s etup th e teles co pe, ca mera , and c om puter . (US B exte nsi on c abl e availabl e thro ugh O rio n, ch ec k the c ata log or Orion T elescopes.com f or mor e inf ormation). Car e and Maintenance When t h[...]