Deep Sky Imager™: The Basics - Meade

Finally, Some Important Tips
The following are some tips we have discovered that are very useful. Perform these procedures in the daytime,
unless otherwise mentioned.
• Make sure you connect to the correct ports on your computer. Use a USB 2.0 interface.
• After you install the software, see if the camera is working. You should see lighting shifts on the live screen
as you move it about. The camera does not have to be focused or inserted into the telescope to try this out.
• Focus your telescope with an 25mm eyepiece in place before inserting the camera into the telescope. Once
you focus, you can make the camera parfocal as described on page 17, or can just try to focus the camera
with the focuser. But focus using the eyepiece first.
• The field of view of a 25mm eyepiece is about 3 time the field of view of the camera.
• The driver has to be installed twice. This is normal for Windows. You will hear the installation tones
twice. Do not try to delete one of the drivers.
• You will need to take dark frames (do this at night) to image with any of the the Deep Sky Imagers. If you
have never taken dark frames before, or do not know what dark frames are, read up on dark frames, pages
34 to 36.
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