Starlight Xpress Ultrastar Archives - Modern Astronomy https://modernastronomy.com/product-tag/starlight-xpress-ultrastar/ Visual and Electronic Astronomy... Sat, 06 Apr 2024 16:08:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Starlight Xpress Ultrastar Mono – shipped to EU https://modernastronomy.com/shop/cameras/astro-video/starlight-xpress-astro-video-cameras/starlight-xpress-ultrastar-mono-shipped-to-eu/ https://modernastronomy.com/shop/cameras/astro-video/starlight-xpress-astro-video-cameras/starlight-xpress-ultrastar-mono-shipped-to-eu/#respond Fri, 12 May 2017 13:12:39 +0000 http://www.modernastronomy.com/shop/cameras/guide-cameras/starlight-xpress-guide-cameras/starlight-xpress-ultrastar-mono-shipped-to-eu/ Starlight Xpress Ultrastar Mono is an advanced version of the 'Superstar' guide camera and has a similar resolution of 1392 x 1040 pixels. The sensor has 70% more area and QE is greater, at around 75% peak. These characteristics give the Ultrastar excellent performance as both a guide camera and an imaging camera, it's also well suited to 'Live Viewing' with a greater FOV than the Lodestar x2. Price includes shipping to EU.

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]]> The Starlight Xpress Ultrastar Mono camera is an advanced version of the ‘Superstar’ guide camera and have a similar resolution of 1392 x 1040 pixels.

However, the CCD chip has 70% more area and the QE is considerably greater, at around 75% peak.

These characteristics give the Ultrastar excellent performance as both a guide camera and an imaging camera, which is especially well suited to ‘Live Viewing’ mode.

Some years ago, Paul Shears released a simple to use program called ‘Lodestar Live’, which uses the SX Lodestar in ‘Live Viewing’ mode.

This has now been upgraded to ‘Starlight Live’ and is capable of controlling both the Lodestar and the Ultrastar in Live view. It can also register and stack incoming images.

 

 

M27 from a stack of 40 x 10 second Ultrastar frames in Starlight Live. Taken with Takahashi FSQ106 at F5

M27 from a stack of 40 x 10 second Ultrastar frames in Starlight Live.

Taken with Takahashi FSQ106 at F/5

 

The Ultrastar specification...

 

CCD                                 Sony ICX825AL ExView2 monochrome CCD

Pixel count                    1392(H) x 1040(V)

Pixel size                        6.45 x 6.45uM

Optical size                    8.98 x 6.71 mm

Read noise                     Typically 5.0 electrons

QE                                     Peak QE 75% (yellow light)

Gain                                 0.3 e/ADU

Barrel size                      31.75mm dia. x 85mm long (1.25 inch eyepiece push fit size)

Barrel thread                 25.4mm x 0.75mm ‘CS’ mount lens thread

Input connection          ‘Mini B’ USB socket for USB2.0

Output connection       Standard RJ12 autoguider socket

Output type                    Opto-isolated 4 lines (N,S,E & W) pull down with common return line

Download rate              Approx. 2 frames per second in binned 1×1 mode

 

M27 from a stack of 14 x 20 second Ultrastar C frames in Starlight Live. Taken with a Takahashi FSQ106 at F5

M27 from a stack of 14 x 20 second Ultrastar C frames in Starlight Live.

Taken with a Takahashi FSQ106 at F/5

 

Ultrastar ‘live viewing’ imaging software, courtesy of Paul Shears

Download ‘Starlight Live’ for Windows – version 1.0

Download ‘Starlight Live’ for Mac OSX – version 1.0

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]]> https://modernastronomy.com/shop/cameras/astro-video/starlight-xpress-astro-video-cameras/starlight-xpress-ultrastar-mono-shipped-to-eu/feed/ 0 Starlight Xpress Ultrastar Mono – shipped to UK https://modernastronomy.com/shop/cameras/astro-video/starlight-xpress-astro-video-cameras/starlight-xpress-ultrastar-mono/ https://modernastronomy.com/shop/cameras/astro-video/starlight-xpress-astro-video-cameras/starlight-xpress-ultrastar-mono/#respond Sun, 01 Nov 2015 16:13:31 +0000 http://www.modernastronomy.com/?post_type=product&p=68855 Starlight Xpress Ultrastar Mono is an advanced version of the 'Superstar' guide camera and has a similar resolution of 1392 x 1040 pixels. The sensor has 70% more area and QE is greater, at around 75% peak. These characteristics give the Ultrastar excellent performance as both a guide camera and an imaging camera, it's also well suited to 'Live Viewing' with a greater FOV than the Lodestar x2. Price includes shipping to UK.

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]]> The Starlight Xpress Ultrastar Mono camera is an advanced version of the ‘Superstar’ guide camera and have a similar resolution of 1392 x 1040 pixels.

However, the CCD chip has 70% more area and the QE is considerably greater, at around 75% peak.

These characteristics give the Ultrastar excellent performance as both a guide camera and an imaging camera, which is especially well suited to ‘Live Viewing’ mode.

Some years ago, Paul Shears released a simple to use program called ‘Lodestar Live’, which uses the SX Lodestar in ‘Live Viewing’ mode.

This has now been upgraded to ‘Starlight Live’ and is capable of controlling both the Lodestar and the Ultrastar in Live view. It can also register and stack incoming images.

 

 

M27 from a stack of 40 x 10 second Ultrastar frames in Starlight Live. Taken with Takahashi FSQ106 at F5

M27 from a stack of 40 x 10 second Ultrastar frames in Starlight Live.

Taken with Takahashi FSQ106 at F/5

 

The Ultrastar specification...

 

CCD                                 Sony ICX825AL ExView2 monochrome CCD

Pixel count                    1392(H) x 1040(V)

Pixel size                        6.45 x 6.45uM

Optical size                    8.98 x 6.71 mm

Read noise                     Typically 5.0 electrons

QE                                     Peak QE 75% (yellow light)

Gain                                 0.3 e/ADU

Barrel size                      31.75mm dia. x 85mm long (1.25 inch eyepiece push fit size)

Barrel thread                 25.4mm x 0.75mm ‘CS’ mount lens thread

Input connection          ‘Mini B’ USB socket for USB2.0

Output connection       Standard RJ12 autoguider socket

Output type                    Opto-isolated 4 lines (N,S,E & W) pull down with common return line

Download rate              Approx. 2 frames per second in binned 1×1 mode

 

M27 from a stack of 14 x 20 second Ultrastar C frames in Starlight Live. Taken with a Takahashi FSQ106 at F5

M27 from a stack of 14 x 20 second Ultrastar C frames in Starlight Live.

Taken with a Takahashi FSQ106 at F/5

 

Ultrastar ‘live viewing’ imaging software, courtesy of Paul Shears

Download ‘Starlight Live’ for Windows – version 1.0

Download ‘Starlight Live’ for Mac OSX – version 1.0

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