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Orion

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 StarShoot

 G10 Color

CMOS Color Imaging Camera 

#51452  

IN 628 08/18

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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Summary of Contents for StarShoot G10 Color

Page 1: ...porate Offices 89 Hangar Way Watsonville CA 95076 USA Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 Copyright 2018 Orion Telescopes Binoculars All Rights Reserved No part of this product...

Page 2: ...since you can match the CMOS tempera ture at any time within the range of the cooler you have the freedom to take dark frames when it s most convenient for you so you don t have to use up valuable ima...

Page 3: ...tilizes periodic error correction PEC or has the ability to interface with an autoguider Computer The G10 requires a Windows PC to operate the camera For astro imaging in the field at night a laptop c...

Page 4: ...e images are saved and processes on the fly Add all the calibration frames including darks flats biases and step back while the software does the rest giving you output ready for post processing in pr...

Page 5: ...he field of view and relatively close to focus If you see nothing but are sure the star is in the center of the field adjust your focus in and out because a very out of focus star will spread out and...

Page 6: ...e is recommended 2 For a nebula or star cluster choose something bright for your first target and ideally an autoguider is already locked on and tracking a star so your resulting images are well guide...

Page 7: ...d sit back and let the camera collect the images Later when processing if you find your stacked images too noisy you ll want to stack a larger number of shots together to reduce the noise 11 When thos...

Page 8: ...he same night to night for your light frames This is another good reason not to reduce the temperature to its lowest possible setting If the next night is warmer it won t be possible to drop the coole...

Page 9: ...his manual and on telescope com were all taken using a combination of StarShoot Image Capture SharpCap DeepSkyStacker and PhotoShop Color Conversion It was mentioned previously to save the images in t...

Page 10: ...e bit of cotton is inserted fully fill the canister with dry desiccant balls and cap it shut Remove the camera chamber plug cap screw from the camera Figure 11a and install the desiccant plug into the...

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Page 12: ...ing this warranty period Orion Telescopes Binoculars will repair or replace at Orion s option any war ranted instrument that proves to be defective provided it is returned postage paid Proof of purcha...

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