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Orion ® StarShoot ™ AllSky Camera #52187 (NTSC) #52188 (P AL) INSTRUCTION MANUAL Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 OrionT elescopes.
2 3 W elcome to a new w or ld of adv enture. Y our new Orion Star- Shoot AllSky Camera (SSASC) is capab le of providing 180 degree color vie ws of the night skies from hor iz on to hor izon in real-time. The SSASC can e ven be used during the da y to take images of da ytime skies.
4 5 • Horizontal and vertical mirror functions. • A uto white balance mode. • Wide and Narrow A uto T rac king White Balance (A TW) modes aid in light polluted skies. • A uto, Color and Blac k and White day/night modes. Lens Feature List • High Quality Fujinon Fish Eye Lens • V ari-focal (1.
6 7 Camera Contr ols The SSASC camera settings will ini- tially be set to f actor y default v alues. All camera f eatures are controlled via remote control and the OSD menu (On Screen Displa y). Selections are made using the navigational Men u buttons (up/do wn/left/r ight) and select button (center) of the remote control ( Figure 4 ).
8 9 COLOR BAR The Color Bar ( Figure 11 ) is a useful f eature to test video output from cam- era to y our viewing de vice. GAMMA TYPE A – 0.45 Gamma (Lighter) TYPE B – 1.0 Gamma (Darker) ZOOM Digital zoom x2 – ON or OFF The Digital zoom is a useful f eature to aid f ocusing.
10 11 Re-Installation of Dome Bubble Carefully line up the groov e on the inside of the dome cov er with the notch on the base and gently allow the co ver to drop into place. The dome cov er should now be seated e venly and all 4 scre ws lined up ready for installation.
12 13 Specifications Sensor : Mintron Color sensor 52K9BHN-EXCS (NTSC); 52K9BHP-EXCS (P AL) TV System: NTSC/P AL Composite Video out (BNC/RCA) Sensor size: 1/2” Number of pix els: 0.4 megapix el resolution NTSC – 768 x 494 (eff ective) 811 x 508 (total) P AL – 752 x 582 (eff ective) 795 x 596 (total) Pix el size: 8.
One-Y ear Limited W arranty This Orion StarShoot AllSky Camera is warranted against def ects in materials or workman- ship for a period of one y ear from the date of purchase.
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