I'm excited to open this discussion forum for users of the starfish camera. An active user community will help everyone get the most performance out of the...
Hello Bob, Thanks for letting me join your group. Am I realy number two? Just wondering what chip is going to be in your camera. I have other questions but...
Jack, You ARE number two. I started this group early in order to save the name. Maybe the name is unique enough that I didn't have to worry about it. I...
Bob, I wrote you this morning regarding your very exciting camera. Since I use a Mac, I am acutely aware of the need for the StarFish among Mac users. Some...
Rob, It is OK to let other people know about the camera project. Just try to mention that it is not a shipping product just yet. I already 'let the cat out of...
Hello Bob (and the other) I carefully read your presentation (I got the PDF) and I have to say that your camera will be more than welcome in the mac world. My...
Hi Bob, I hope the StarFish works great and you sell a bunch of them. I will be interested to follow events via this group. Best Wishes, Sandy Bumgarner...
Rodolphe, Thanks for the suggestions. Although, I don't have support for the Meade serial port command set in there now, I do plan to put it in. There are...
Sandy, Welcome to the group and thanks for the encouragement. Having been through a similar project yourself, I'm sure you can understand the amount of effort...
Hi, Nice to hear about this camera. Will you be considering/providing support for Linux platforms? Would the basic Mac Mini be a good unit for this cam? ...
Shashi, Linux support is not out of the question. We have provided Linux support for some of our other products in the past. It isn't our highest priority...
Hi Bob, On the same note, high frame rates would be useful for occultations even though one might have to use a smaller picture area. We occultation types use...
Sandy, The starfish camera's operation is not like a webcam at all. The camera only responds to commands issued from the host computer. You have to send a...
OK Bob, I see. But ... Could you make a command that uses the same exposure and then runs in a 'burst' mode like this: 1 Tell it what exposure you want to use...
Sandy, I could implement a command as you describe. I guess the advantage of it would be to get rid of the overhead of the host computer having to ask for...
Hi Bob, Does the camera offer a way to select only a small portion of the total frame? I'm not sure that anyone actually focuses using the full frame, although...
Jeff, Yes, the camera supports sub-windows. The smallest window it can actually have is a (ridiculously) low 2 rows by 2 columns. Smaller window sizes is the...
Hi again Bob, For smaller than full frames, what is the command sequence and commands to make it do, say, a 30 X 40 area and how often could you cycle the...
Sandy, Basically, you first setup the parameters of how the camera takes a picture before starting any exposures. The frame grabber logic in the camera will...
Hi Bob Now i'm here ;) i have some notes about starfish camera, first, it's about design - camera looking very good, stylish but i've seen that it have not a ...
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Oct 8, 2005 6:22 am
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Vladimir, We have taken care of both of these issues. I'm not sure which picture of the camera you were looking at. It may have been the one with a small lens...
Oh, well, the only image i've seen on http://www.fishcamp.com/starfish.html so, that image not show M42 and 1/4" :) Well, I think that 1/4" threaded hole may...
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Oct 8, 2005 9:59 pm
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Vladimir, I don't have any hard data on the camera sensitivity right now. First light on the camera was only a few weeks ago and when I am out under the stars...
Well, Bob... will wait for it ;) but according QE diagram of the sensor it would be a good response from Ha, more that 30%, the same with Hb, but OIII is...
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Oct 10, 2005 3:47 pm
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Vladimir, I'm not sure what image sensor that graph is from since it wasn't stated. Micron reports that the sensitivity of the chip is > 1.0 V/lux-sec but...
Bob, I have a question regarding the autoguiding capability of the Starfish. I understand that focusing and selecting a guide star need a computer. However,...
Rob, Good question. Currently, the guiding software algorithms are running on the laptop. However, since I have an embedded computer inside the camera with...
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