Users Manual Model #93711 English
Congratulations on your purchase of the Celestron NexImage 5 Solar System imaging camera. Your NexImage camera comes with the following: + + + + NexImage 5 Camera 1.25” nose piece CD including NexImage iCap and RegiStax processing software USB Cable Fig 1 NexImage 5 Camera 1.25” Nose Piece Recommended Minimum System requirements: + + + + 1 Pentium IV, 2.0 GHz, 1GB RAM Graphics card with 24 or 32 bit Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit) DirectX 9.
Quick Start 1. Place the CD into your computer’s CD rom drive. 2. Install both the NexImage iCap and RegiStax software onto your computer. 3. Thread the 1.25” nose piece into the body of the NexImage camera. See Fig 2. Fig 2 4. Slide the 1.25” nose piece of the camera into the eyepiece barrel of your telescope. See Fig 3. Fig 3 5. Plug the small end of the USB cable into the port on the back of the camera. 6. Plug camera into the USB port of your computer.
Capturing Images 1. Double-click the NexImage iCap icon on your computer’s desktop to start the program. See Fig 4. Fig 4 2. If the NexImage 5 camera is not already detected, select the camera and press OK. See Fig 5. Fig 5 3. Select an easy target like the moon to begin with. Center and focus your telescope on the specific feature you wish to image. 4. You should be able to see light displayed in the Preview window of the iCap software.
. Use the telescopes focuser to focus the image until object is visible and sharp. See Fig 6. C A H D B E Fig 6 Fig 7 6. Use the Gain (A) and Exposure (B) settings to make sure that the image is not under or over exposed. 7. Select the video format (C). For the highest resolution, select 2592x1944. 8. Select the frames per second (FPS) for your video. The FPS box (D) will always display the maximum frames per second for the selected resolution setting. 9.
10. Press the Video File (E) to select the destination location for your video. 11. Click on the Advanced tab. You can either select the amount of time or number of frames you wish to record. See Fig 9. Fig 9 F 12. Press the Record button (F) when ready to begin recording video. See Fig 10. 13. Once recording is complete, press the check video button (G) to view the capture image. Fig 10 See the Help file (H) to learn more about the advanced features of iCap software.
Processing Images Fig 11 1. Double-click the RegiStax icon on your computer’s desktop to start the program. See Fig 11. 2. Press the Select button (A) and select the video that was just recorded. See Fig 12. 3. Press the Set Alignment Points button (B) to have RegiStax automatically select the alignment positions over your image. 4. Press the ALIGN button (C) to begin the alignment process. 5.
6. You will automatically advance to the STACK screen. Accept the default settings and press the STACK button (F). See Fig 13. F G H Fig 13 7. Next moved to the wavelet processing screen by clicking on the Wavelet tab (G). See Fig 14. 8. On the wavelet page use the wavelet-sliders (H) to enhance the image. The power of RegiStax sits in the usage of Wavelets. This is a special filtering technique that is very good for enhancing details in images. Each wavelet layer carries part of the image within it.
To explore the many other features of RegiStax and view helpful tutorials, go to the RegiStax homepage at: http://www.astronomie.be/registax/index.html How NexImage works NexImage utilizes a light sensitive imaging sensor to capture streaming video of any solar system object.
Focusing Tips To achieve best focus, concentrate on a high contrast feature of the object you are imaging. Focusing on small features such as a moon’s shadow on Jupiter or Cassini’s division in the ring of Saturn will guarantee best focus across the entire image. Once the frames of your video are stacked, the overall brightness of the composite (stacked) image is usually brighter than its individual component frames.
Autoguiding Your NexImage 5 can be used as an autoguiding camera when used in junction with an off-axis guider or piggyback guidescope. NexImage is compatible with many autoguiding software such as MetaGuide (www.astrogeeks.com/Bliss/MetaGuide), and a guider port interface such as GPUSB from Shoestring Astronomy (www.store.shoestringastronomy.com). Specifications: Sensor 1 /2.5” format, color CMOS Sensor (Micron MT9P031) Camera Resolution 5MP (2592 x 1944) Sensor Size 5.7mm x 4.
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