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Orion StarShoot 52098 Instruction Manual

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InStruCtIOn MAnuAl

Orion
StarShoot All-In-One
®
Astronomy Camera
#52098
Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975
Customer Support:
www.OrionTelescopes.com/contactus
Corporate Offices:
89 Hangar Way, Watsonville CA 95076 - USA
IN 508 Rev. A 08/13

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  • Page 1: Instruction Manual

    InStruCtIOn MAnuAl Orion StarShoot All-In-One ® Astronomy Camera #52098 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 Customer Support: www.OrionTelescopes.com/contactus Corporate Offices: 89 Hangar Way, Watsonville CA 95076 - USA IN 508 Rev. A 08/13...

  • Page 2: Parts List

    1.25" Nosepiece 8mm Wide Field Lens Figure 1. All-In-One parts list. Adjustable Finder Bracket Congratulations on your purchase of the Orion StarShoot All-In-One Astronomy USB Cable Camera (SSAIO). Autoguider cable The SSAIO is a high speed CMOS camera designed for astronomical use.

  • Page 3: System Requirements

    3. Once the camera driver is installed select Install Capture Software (which Use the reticules built into the software to aid in centering and for use as a digital will install Orion AstroCap). Go through the prompts until the software is finder.

  • Page 4: Getting Started

    (Figure 4). Or Press SPOT WB and click on image to set white balance. When the SSAIO camera is plugged in, the Orion AstroCap software will recog- Or alternatively use sliders to manually adjust color. nize the camera and display a drop down list of available resolutions.

  • Page 5: Record Options

    Focus Aid SER and FIT formats are raw captures that can only be done when the cam- Select FWHM (Full Width Half era color is disabled. Maximum) and double click on a star on the live image. A box will now This format is much smaller in data appear around the star.

  • Page 6: Live Broadcast

    Select Overlay to see an image overlaid on top of the live video. The default from passing into the sensor. If using a telescope this can easily be accomplished Image is the Orion Logo (Figure 14). by placing the lens cap on the telescope.

  • Page 7: Camera Setup

    (Figure 15). particular setup. 4. Open Orion AstroCap and select a resolution to connect to camera. The best planetary images will be obtained by aligning and stacking (combin- 5. If the image is white on the screen, it’s overexposed. Adjust the exposure ing) many individual images in order to improve image contrast, brightness, and and gain as needed to reduce the brightness.
  • Page 8 3. Remove the eyepiece from your telescope and insert the SSAIO. View and Stack 4. Open Orion AstroCap and select a resolution to connect to camera. After you have captured your images, you can review them in RegiStax, a free- 5.
  • Page 9 With a properly fitting full-aperture solar filter attached to your telescope, you can use the SSAIO to take images of the Sun and the sunspots on its surface. (Filters available through Orion. Check the catalog or OrionTelescopes.com for more information).
  • Page 10 Nebulosity large guide scope; any small refractor will serve well for this purpose. Separate or MaxIm DL, select ASCOM for refractor optical tube assemblies, such as the Orion Short Tube 80, make excel- the camera type. lent guide scopes.

  • Page 11: Phd Guiding

    5. Run PHD Guiding software. Click the Connect to Camera icon and select G. Guide Star Box: When a guide star is selected, a green box appears around ASCOM then Orion All-In-One. it. PHD Guiding will display the pixel coordinates of the star in the lower left 6.

  • Page 12: Advanced Parameters

    Dec Guide Mode: Allows Dec guiding to be turned on or off, or switched which pixels). You will get the best guiding performance when your image background looks smooth and black. side of drift to guide on, or auto which will find the side of drift (N/S). The Gamma Adjustment will help clip the low level background noise by adjusting Dec Algorithm: Settings that attempt to smooth the declination corrections to the slider bar left or right as needed.

  • Page 13: Polar Alignment

    Point the telescope at this star, and center it in an illuminated reticle usages; so they should be checked before each imaging session. eyepiece (available from Orion). If you don’t have an illuminated reticle eye- piece, use your highest-magnification eyepiece.
  • Page 14 Then, unplug and re-plug the camera into the computer’s USB (Available through Orion, check the catalog or OrionTelescopes.com for more port. Now, open Orion AstroCap and select camera resolution. The Live Video information). Window should now appear indicating re-established connection between cam-...

  • Page 15: Specifications

    This warranty is only valid in the country of purchase. 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. It is not intended to remove or restrict your other legal rights under applicable local consumer law;...

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