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Mini G Series CMOS Cameras
Welcome to the exciting world of astro-imaging. Your new StarShoot
Imaging Camera is capable of capturing professional quality astro-images of many
of your favorite celestial objects, or be used as an autoguider to accurately lock
onto stars and improve the tracking performance of your mount during a long expo-
sure photograph with another camera. Please read this instruction manual before
attempting to use the camera or install the needed software. This manual covers
installation of your camera along with basic functions of acquiring images using
the included software, as well as autoguiding using PHD2. To get the most out of
your camera using 3rd party dedicated astronomy apps coupled with the universal
ASCOM driver for the G Series Camera, please consult the software help files and
manuals included with the individual software packages available on the market.
Some of our favorite programs are mentioned below.
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Summary of Contents for ORION TELESCOPES & BINOCULARS StarShoot Mini G Series
- Page 1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL Orion StarShoot ® ™ Mini G Series CMOS Cameras #51883 Mini 6.3 Color #51884 Mini 6.3 Mono #51359 Mini 1.2mp Color #54292 Mini 2mp Mono Autoguider #51883 Welcome to the exciting world of astro-imaging. Your new StarShoot Mini CMOS ™...
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Page 2: Software And Hardware Installation
1. The StarShoot Mini Parts List • StarShoot Mini camera CMOS camera • 1.25" nosepiece The StarShoot Mini cameras are lower cost alternatives to the • USB cable larger StarShoot G10 and above cameras. They are not cooled • SBIG guide cable which means that while the inherent noise will be a small bit higher, the size, cost, and power requirements are considerably reduced. - Page 3 cooled StarShoot G series camera connected at the same time. individual frames, analyzing each frame and aligning/stacking/ Be sure to connect to the appropriate camera in your software. processing the best ones for pulling out fine details. SharpCap: sharpcap.co.uk – Free camera control and capture Download all relevant files from the Camera support/ download page program.
- Page 4 Figure 3a. Primary software screen. Some windows are not applicable to astro-imaging, and can be Figure 3b. Camera shut off by going into the Options>preferences menu. model – click this text to connect to the To take your first image, focus must be achieved. With a CMOS camera and start the camera, one of the quickest and easiest ways to focus is to point preview.
- Page 5 If you wish to fine tune the focus further, a Bahtinov mask is turn out fine. But if you are autoguiding, and do not care about an ideal method of focusing with Orion StarShoot Capture, lower dynamic range, switching to HCG and raising the gain a as it is quite an accurate method using medium brightness few points will help pull out some fainter guide stars from the stars.
- Page 6 The calibration and guiding is automatic once you initially find and camera (if you have two Orion cameras attached, one to focus a guide star. Your telescope must first be prepared for astro- guide and one to image with, both may show up in this list – imaging.
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Page 7: Specifications
Specifications StarShoot Mini 6.3mp cameras Sensor: IMX 178 (Color and Mono) Resolution: Up to 3040 x 2048 Pixel Size: 2.4 microns Diagonal Size of chip: 8.86 mm Bayer Matrix Pattern: RGGB arrangement Exposure Range: 0.244ms – 1000s Partial frame download: Region of interest and Sub-frame download supported Binning:... -
Page 8: One-Year Limited Warranty
One-Year Limited Warranty This Orion product is warranted against defects in materials or workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase. This warranty is for the benefit of the original retail purchaser only. During this war- ranty period Orion Telescopes &...
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