Starlight Xpress Oculus Manual, Handbook

7, Oculus handbook Issue 2 January 2013 Once the position and focus are good, try running an image sequence in ‘Autosave’ mode. An exposure time of 30 seconds is generally good for basic sky monitoring, but shorter exposures might be better to minimise sky glow when meteor imaging…

9, Oculus handbook Issue 2 January 2013 gritty dirt, or you may scratch the plastic. A spare dome is supplied with the Oculus and replacements may also be purchased from our dealers. The Oculus dome is spaced off from the base ring by small pads. This allows air to circulate through the…

5, Oculus handbook Issue 2 January 2013 Imaging with the Starlight Xpress software With the Oculus connected to the PC, open ‘Oculus_USB.exe’ and find the ‘Set program defaults’ menu under the ‘File’ heading. If this is the first run of the software, you will get a warning about the �…

1, Starlight Xpress Oculus Oculus handbook Issue 2 January 2013 Handbook for the SX ‘Oculus’ high resolution all-sky camera Thank you for purchasing a Starlight Xpress ‘Oculus’ all-sky camera. We hope that you will be very pleased with the performance of this product. The Oculus is a high resolution, very …

3, Oculus handbook Issue 2 January 2013 good a view of the sky as possible. If you cannot avoid stray light getting into the field of view, then raising the effective horizon is an option. Starlight can supply a ‘horizon ring’ which slips over the dome retaining ring and which cuts off light fr…