The most common setup for HyperStar imaging uses a Celestron CPC-800 or CPC-1100 goto telescope, a Starlight Xpress SXVF-H9C one-shot color CCD camera, MicroTouch autofocuser, and MaxIm DL/CCD software. The popularity of this configuration is due to the extreme ease...
HyperStar lenses are currently available for four telescopes: 6", 8", 9.25", 11" and 14" Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrains. Please see the What is HyperStar? page for more details on how the HyperStar system works. Specifications subject to change without notice. HyperStar...
Below are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about the HyperStar system. Read the instruction manuals for the HyperStar lenses on their respective product pages. Click here for a French translation by Thierry Martin How Does...
HyperStar is the easiest way to capture deep-sky astrophotos. The patented HyperStar unit is a multiple-lens corrector which replaces the secondary mirror on a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and allows extremely fast CCD imaging. Depending on the size of the telescope, the...
The HyperStar system works with a variety of Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes and many models of cameras. There are combinations to fit different budgets, interests, and skill levels. One of the main advantages of HyperStar is that it makes imaging easy to...
Not all telescopes are inherently compatible with HyperStar. In order to use HyperStar, your telescope must have a removable secondary mirror. The secondary mirror is taken out of the telescope and safely stored when the HyperStar lens is in place....
Installing the HyperStar lens, and switching back to the standard f/10 configuration, is quick and easy. The section below describes the procedure step by step. Click here for a HyperStar Setup Quick Reference Guide to take with you into the...
If you've done much reading on CCD imaging, in books or even on this website, you might have been intimidated by all the steps required to take astrophotos. HyperStar makes imaging so fast and easy that most of these steps...
The most common setup for HyperStar imaging uses a Celestron CPC-800 or CPC-1100 goto telescope, a Starlight Xpress SXVF-H9C one-shot color CCD camera, MicroTouch autofocuser, and MaxIm DL/CCD software. The popularity of this configuration is due to the extreme ease...
As you might imagine, there is no simple answer to this question. The first thing we ask someone when they come into Starizona to shop for a telescope is "What do you want to do with the telescope?" Deciding what...
The most common setup for HyperStar imaging uses a Celestron CPC-800 or CPC-1100 goto telescope, a Starlight Xpress SXVF-H9C one-shot color CCD camera, MicroTouch autofocuser, and MaxIm DL/CCD software. These instructions are for use with an equatorial wedge. If your...
Above: Optical layout of a typical refractor When most people think "telescope" they think of a refractor. The very first telescopes, including Galileo's, were refractors. In fact, all telescopes were refractors until Isaac Newton invented the first reflecting telescope in...
