Bob: Will you be at RTMC again this year? I see that you went to Neaf, and that there was mention of some new cameras? Be interested to see what you've got...
Tim, I decided to have a vendor booth at the SAS convention just prior to RTMC. It is being held at the Northwoods Resort up in Big Bear starting next...
The Stelervue Nighthawk refurb does have a ridicously large image of stars but it doesn't hurt thing much. The focuser is a wobles a bit and I'm sure that will...
The starfish is being marketed as a 'guide' camera and as such won't have the image quality of a true CCD based astro-camera. However, It will provide better...
Hi Bob: I'd love to go to SAS, but I've got to put a roof on a cabin we built last month in Utah. I won't be home until Wednesday next week, and plan to...
... Hi, Bob, If you have some of that documentation on specs and performance in PDF form would it be possible for you to e-mail it to me? Thanks, David...
David, I can send you a copy of the handouts that we had at NEAF. Other than that, we are currently updating our web site but it will take a couple of weeks....
... I would offer to help with the latter problem in return for a loaner, but the weather here has been lousy practically all year, and you would probably want...
Hello I have the previous release installed. I have MaximDL V5. Will this work with v5? I suffer frequent loss of communication with the camera requiring...
Dale, All you should need to do is to run the installer. The only thing it does is update the camera firmware file that gets loaded to the camera when you...
Erik, No, it doesn't fix that problem. We're currently working on a few bugs that have been reported and wanted to post a release as we address them rather...
Fair enough. Let me know when you do. ;-) Not a big deal anymore actually, as a small change in my workflow has really made it much less troublesome. Thanks, ...
I ran the update and installed the new files. The Starfish tracked perfectly for two nights, no problems. The results are http://www.drdale.com/stars/m51.jpg ...
Dale, I'm glad the update worked out for you. I see it worked VERY well! Nice job on those images. It was a very productive two days to have imaged 5 targets...
Thr Starfish camera can'nt find the drivers on my new laptop keeps saying the camera is not compatable with 64 bit? Worked fine for years on XP? Chris...
Bob, my laptop is 64bit is there anyway to use the Starfish? Are you currently working on a new driver? I sure liked the Starfish guider would perfer to...
Chris, You might consider setting up a dual boot system that has 32 bit windows version vista or xp version. Run your cameras and scope on the 32 bit system. ...
Chris, We're at the mercy of a third party on this one. We used a USB controller chip from Cypress semiconductor in the Starfish and they provided us the...
Thanks, Max and Bob I"ll either partition the hardrive on my new laptop or buy a laptop with a 32bit operating system? ... Chris, We're at the mercy of a third...
This morning (aka after 1AM) I tried to bring up my Satfish Guider after not using it for many months. The first thing I did right was set the stretch amount...
Larry, You are correct. The SBIG cable won't work with the Starfish. SBIG originated the ST-4 interface but it really was only an electrical specification....
OK, so I am getting confused. I have a few old cables around, like my old ST-4 cable and of course phone cables. So the Starfish will, or will not, work with...
A wobbly USB connection to camera is what I have experienced as well. I'm aware of using rubber bands, tape and/or velcro straps to secure the cable to the...
Good. You should have seen me from 1 to 3 AM finding all sorts of SBIG cables. A phone cable, which is what SBIG uses, probably because it is more common is a...
Dale, Larry got it right. The Starfish requires a straight through guide port cable. With pin 1-1, 2-2, etc. This is spelled out on page 7 of the manual. ...
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