Products
- Ursa Minor Planetarium Program
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Planetarium and telescope controller program
- Bluetooth interface for Autotracking and Merlin mounts
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Most of the new laptops are have built-in bluetooth radio. The olders can be easily upgraded with USB port Bluetooth
modules. With bluetooth connection we can control our telescope mout without wires. This bluetooth interface compatible
with Skywatcher Autotracking and Merlin mounts. Just put this module into the handcontroller socket of the mount, and
your mount will be ready to controlled wirelessly.
There is also an advanced version of our Bluetooth Interface (image on right). It has an additional output to control the exposure time of a digital camera. (Long exposure time in mode "B") It is compatible with Canon EOS 300D - 500D models. The 2,5mm jack cable included to provide remote exposure and auto focusing function.
- Standalone Panorama controller for Merlin mounts
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This hand-held controller (handset) can be directly connected to a Merlin mount and let you taking panoramic photos easily. You won´t need any computer or smartphone.
- Combined USB cable for controlling telescope mount and EOS DSLR camera
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This interface cable is designed for Ursa Minor Pro program. It provides an easy way to connect the telescope mount and DSLR camera to the computer. Ursa Minor Pro program can control the exposure time of DSLR camera in "B" mode. It is compatible with CANON EOS 300D, 350D, 400D, 450D, 500D digital SLR cameras. As controlling the telescope this interface is EQMOD compatible.
Ursa Minor Pro can co-operate with an autoguider program too. It can monitor the signals of the autoguider program and mix these commands to goto and manual movement commands. The result is: With just one cable you can achieve GOTO and Auto-guiding. In this case the autoguider port of the mount remains unconnected.
This interface cable needs a driver. You can download it from the Downloads page. Please download the FTDI_automatic_driver.zip file, unpack it and start the CDM 2.04.06.exe file.
The interface cable can be ordered in three different version for different telescope mounts:
- For portable azimuthal mounts such as Merlin, AutoTrack and SupaTrak. (Not recommended for taking long exposure astronomical photograps)
- For NEQ3, NEQ5, HEQ5 pro mounts (capable for astrophotography)
- For EQ6 pro (recommended for astrophotography)
Important notice: The small portable azimuthal mounts such as Merlin, AutoTrack and SupaTrak were not designed to take long exposure photograps because the tracking is not smooth enough. The tracking is pulse-driven by every few seconds.
- Ursa Minor Autoguider Interface
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Universal autoguider interface for USB port. It is compatible with all telescope mounts with ST4 autoguider port. Tested with GudeMaster and PHD guiding programs.
- Modified EQ3 and EQ5 handcontrollers with autoguider input
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The old EQ3 and EQ5 mounts have slow motors and simple handcontrol providing slow motions and tracking. With this
modification these can be used for astrophotography. We also reprogrammed the internal microprocessor of these hand
controllers to achieve better speed values. The original speeds was 2x, 4x, 8x, but after the reprogramming these are:
0.5x, 4x, 16x. The new slowest (0,5x) speed suitable for autoguiding.
- Ursa Minor hand controller for medium sized mounts (EQ3, EQ5, TAL) (Under development)
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- MC3 Stepper Motor controller for heavy-duty mounts
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Universal Stepper motor controller for telescope mounts and large panoramic photo heads.
- KITECH telesope mounts
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These mounts are under development.
