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Manual Orion G3

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    Or ion ® StarShoot ™ G3 Dee p S pace Imaging Ca meras Color #53 08 2, Monochrome # 5 30 83 INSTRUCTION MANUAL Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 OrionT elescopes.com Customer Suppor t (800 ) 676-1343 E-mail: suppor t@telescope.com Corporate Offices (831) 763-7000 89 Hangar Wa y , W atsonville, CA 95076 © 2011 Orion T ele ...

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    2 3 1. Intr oduction W elcome to the exciting w or ld of astro-imaging. Y our ne w StarShoot G3 Deep Space Imaging camera is capab le of capturing impressive celestial objects like galaxies , star clus- ters, and neb ulae, as well as the planets, Moon, and the Sun (with an optional solar filter). Additionally , the StarShoot G3 can be used as a de ...

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    4 5 Computer The G3 requires a PC to operate the camera. F or astro-imaging in the field at night, a laptop computer is highly recommended. The included software is Camera Studio which requires Windows XP , Vista or Windows 7 to operate. The f ollowing hardware is also required: • Processor – 700 MHz speed or higher , P entium ™ III equiv ...

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    6 7 Once your prerequisites ha ve been installed, you will be prompted to install the G3 ASCOM driver and Camera Studio software (Figure 4.3). Note that ASCOM is only required if you intend to use the camer a in another program, such as Neb ulosity and MaxIm DL, or if you wish to use the camera as an autoguider . Clic k Orion CameraStudio ...

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    8 9 Capture –Color:Raw , YCbCr ,  RGB (forStarShoot G3 Color only) These modes determine what kind of images will be captured. If you are using the StarShoot G3 Color , we recommend alwa ys capturing in R aw to allow f or image calibration later (See “Image Processing – Calibrate Raws”). The image will appear b ...

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    10 11 The f ollowing sections will describe more software f eatures which you will encounter during your imaging session, and later on when you are ready to process your images . 4. Astr onomical Imaging Now that y ou have f amiliarized yourself with the basic functions of the camera and software , you are ready to begin using the StarShoot G3 to c ...

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    12 13 CCD temperature will naturally heat up on its own. T o star t with, set the T arget (°C) to about 7°C lower than the current CCD T emperature , to allow yourself some margin f or outdoor temperature changes. (Figure 12) 5 . Let the camera temperature stabilize . Y ou can resume imaging while this takes place . It’ s common f or the ...

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    14 15 Naming conv entions are most impor tant for StarShoot G3 Monochrome users who ma y be using LRGB or narrowband filters . Change your file name to indicate what filter you are imaging through. For e xample, Dummbell_Luminance, or Dummbell_ Red, etc. Dark Frames Dark frames are images taken with no light coming into the camera. A dark fra ...

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    16 17 imager , you ma y choose to skip this step f or the time being. Vignetting Vignetting (Figure 15.1) in a telescope re veals edge-darkening in the astroimage. The sensitiv e CCD chip can easily detect vignetting through a telescope, e ven specializ ed astrographs . Vignetting is more apparent when the telescope’ s illuminated field is not l ...

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    18 19 Conv er t to Color (For the StarShoot G3 Color only) 1 . With your calibr ated images still open, goto the Process men u and select Color , then CMYG Raw conv ersion. We recommend using the def ault values (Figure 18), but y ou may adjust them to your liking. 2 . Click apply to complete the color conv ersion. Align 1 . With your images ...

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    20 21 When you ha ve made y our selection f or Expor t , click Export and specify the file name and f older destination, then click Sa ve . 6. Using the StarShoot G3 as an Autoguider The StarShoot G3 also functions as a very high performance autoguider . Use the included ASCOM drivers f or the camera to operate it in an y number of ASCOM compatibl ...

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    22 23 8. Specifications StarShoot G3Color CCD Sensor : Sony ® ICX419AKL Color Sensor f or mat: 1/2" Pix el array: 752 x 582 (437,664 total) Pix el size: 8.6µm x 8.3µm Exposure range: Indefinite A/D conv ersion: 16 bit Binning: 1x1, 1x2, 2x1, and 2x2 Read Noise: Appro ximately 9e- Thermoelectr ic cooling: 10°C below ambient temperat ...

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    One-Y ear Limited W arranty This Orion StarShoot G3 Deep Space Imaging Camera is warranted against def ects in mate- rials or workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase. This w arranty is for the benefit of the original retail purchaser only . During this warr anty per iod Orion T elescopes & Binoculars will repair or repla ...

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