Orion StarShoot G Series Instruction Manual page 5

Figure 4. Primary software screen.
Figure 4a. Camera model – click this text to connect to the
camera and start the preview.
field and dark frame subtractions, histogram control, excellent
focus assist routines including Bahtinov mask overlays and
FWHM measurements, and MUCH more!
Sequence Generator Pro: mainsequencesoftware.com – free
45 day trial. Excellent Image Capture suite to control all aspects
of your setup. Create sequences of exposures of different
lengths, control a Go-To mount for automatic pointing and auto-
centering in any part of the image, auto v-curve focusing with
a compatible electronic focuser (without having to re-center to
a target star), autoguider control, and a host of other features.
Nebulosity: stark-labs.com – free demo available to try.
Powerful, yet very easy to use image capture and process-
ing program. Excellent processing routines such as aligning/
stacking and dark/flat/bias handling. An excellent choice for the
beginning astro-photogra-
pher getting into processing,
yet will carry over for more
advanced users as well.
Orion StarShoot
Image Capture
Plug the camera into the
USB 3 port, and into AC
power. When you open
Orion Starshoot Image
Capture, you'll be presented
with the main preview win-
dow on the right, and the
control options on the left-
hand side. (Figure 4). On
the top of the left-hand side,
click the camera name to
start a video preview (Figure
4a). Scrolling down the left-
hand side, you'll find all the
controls for operating the
camera. The primary window
to control the exposure and
to use first is the Capture and
Resolution window (Figure
5). In this window, you can
set either video or still image mode (trigger mode), as well as
set the resolution and gain of the camera and set single, loop-
Figure 5. The Capture and
Resolution window pane
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