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This group is for users of the fishcamp engineering STARFISH camera and related application software. The starfish camera is a long exposure, cooled image sensor, camera designed for the astrophotography and microscopy scientific fields.

The camera performs exceedingly well as a planetary imaging camera. A built in ST-4 style guide port allows it to be also used as an autoguider.

More information on the product and project status can be found at http://www.fishcamp.com/starfish.html

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Re: Guider Calibration
Bob, I came across the notion of one-time calibration on the AstroPhysics Yahoo discussion site, from 20 August. See Msg Nos. 25538, 25540 and 25544. In MaxIm
Posted - Sat Nov 7, 2009 7:27 pm
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Re: Guider Calibration
Bob, Interesting observation. Actually, I think there could be some truth to it. Seems to me that the amount of Dec that the telescope traverses for each
Posted - Fri Nov 6, 2009 4:21 am
 Bob Piatek
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Guider Calibration
Bob, I've read that if one calibrates the guider at 0 Dec on the southern meridian, you never have to calibrate again. Just plug the actual Dec value into
Posted - Wed Nov 4, 2009 5:00 am
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Re: Starfish at Work
Bob, Thanks for your kind words. My setup is a bit unconventional, with a small FOV camera attached to moderately large, fast astrograph. But this budgetary
Posted - Fri Oct 9, 2009 1:23 am
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Re: Starfish at Work
Bob, Your picture has incredible detail and gives a unique perspective on this familiar object. Normally, I see photos of M31 taken as a broad panorama due to
Posted - Thu Oct 8, 2009 10:20 am
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