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NexImage Solar System Imager
Discontinued, looking for an alternative? try Orion Starshooter
Whether you currently own a telescope or are contemplating a purchase, our new NexImage Solar System Imaging Kit is a MUST HAVE!
NexImage is a complete CCD solar system imager capable of producing high quality planetary images with greater light sensitivity and color fidelity than comparable CMOS imagers. Combined with the NexImage software package, NexImage can bring out tremendous detail and reveal a final image that will rival those taken with astronomical CCD cameras costing thousands of dollars more.
View and capture live
video on your computer screen
Software automatically filters out video frames most affected by poor atmospheric
"seeing" leaving only the sharpest, clearest frames to be stacked
and aligned into one high quality image
Easy to follow quick start instructions and tutorial with sample video file
that will have you producing quality images your first night out
Camera control software allows you to manually change the gain, contrast,
exposure time, frame rate and color saturation using your PC
Compatibility - 1.25" adapter barrel makes NexImage compatible with
most any telescope
Versatility - 1.25" adapter is threaded for standard eyepiece filters and can be removed and replaced with optional focal reducer lens
Features:
Compatibility - threaded
on 1.25" adapter barrel makes NexImage compatible with most any telescope.
Versatility - 1.25"adapter is threaded for standard eyepiece filters
and can be removed and replaced with optional focal reducer lens.
Tutorial - step-by-step Quick start and tutorial complete with sample video
file that will have you producing quality images your first night out.
Power - NexImage uses a 1/4" format color CCD chip that gives the same
approximate magnification as a 5mm 50 degree field of view eyepiece.
Camera control software:
Full camera control
- allows you to manually change the gain, contrast, exposure time, frame
rate and color saturation.
Preview mode - shows a live feed of your image making focusing as easy
as focusing an eyepiece.
Video recording - capture streaming video of solar system object used
to generate the final high quality image.
Image processing software:
Frame Lists -
automatically allows you to view individual frames of your video stream.
Quality cutoff filter - filter out low quality images based on individual
frame quality and alignment differences.
Wavelet Filter - separates image into a series of unsharp mask layer
that can be individually controlled to bring out all the hidden detail of
the image.
Image Processing Control - maximize your image with the most powerful
image processing controls like, contrast, brightness, gamma curve, RGB histogram
and many more.
NexImage comes with the following:
NexImage Camera with
1.25" adapter and USB cable attached
CD-ROM including:
Image capture software - to capture streaming video of image
Image processing software - to align and stack individual frame into
one high quality image.
Quick Setup and Tutorial - complete with sample images
How the NexImage works:
NexImage is a complete solar system imager that is compatible with most any telescope and gives users all the light sensitivity and color fidelity needed for the highest quality planetary images that only a true CCD chip can provide.
NexImage utilizes a CCD imaging chip to capture streaming video of any solar system object. This video can easily be viewed as hundreds of individual images (frames) that can be digitally stacked to significantly reduce the electric "noise" inherent in video chips and bring out the unseen fine detail (signal) hidden with in your image.
The NexImage camera takes advantage of the fact that the signal to noise ratio of your stacked composite image is proportional to the square root of the number of frames combined. This means that stacking as few as 16 frames will reduce the grainy noise of the composite image by 4 times. While stacking as many 1600 frames will improve the image by 40 times! However, stacking the individual frames is only half the power of the NexImage imager.
With the included software package, each individual frame is analyzed for quality to filter out those frames most affected (blurred) by poor atmospheric "seeing". This form of after-the-fact adaptive optics, leaves only the sharpest, clearest frames to be stacked and aligned into a high quality image.
Finally, powerful processing features automatically break the image up into individual unsharp mask layers that can be used to bring out tremendous detail and reveal final images that will rival those taken with astronomical CCD cameras costing thousands of pounds.
NexImage Specifications
Chip: 1/4" format,
HAD, color CCD chip
Resolution: VGA 640x480
Size: 3.6mm x 2.7 (4.5mm diagonal)
Pixel Size: 5.6 micron square
Sensitivity: <1 lux
USB Cable: 7ft
Recommended Minimum System Requirements:
PC running Windows
98SE or better
333Mhz Pentium II or better
128 MB of RAM
40 MB of hard drive space
Screen resolution of 1024x768 or higher
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NexImage Reducer Lens Increase your field of view by over two times for wide field lunar and filtered solar imaging. The NexImage Reducer Lens replaces the 1.25" barrel and threads directly into the NexImage housing.
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NexImage Reducer Lens |
£Sold Out |
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5m USB Repeater Extension Cable The cable can be used to extend the USB cable supplied with the imager, allowing connection to a desktop computer that is sited further away from the scope than the supplied cable. Upto to 5 leads may be connected in series to a maximum length of 25M
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USB 5m Repeater extension Cable (USB1.1) |
£9.99 |
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USB 5m Repeater extension Cable (USB2.0) |
£9.99 |
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USB Repeater Extender via UTP This extender increases the range of USB upto 50m via a network patch cable (available seperatly). No drivers needed. Compatible with USB 1.1
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USB Repeater extension via UTP |
£25.00 |
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USB II Slim Hub This USB II Slim Hub enables you to connect 4 extra USB devices, to the USB port of your computer. Light weight, slim line with a built in cable. An ideal solution when all your regular USB ports are already in use.
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USB II Slim line Hub |
£9.99 |
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USB to RS232 Converter Cable Allows a serial cable to be used on a PC with no Serial port. Draws its power from USB port so no extra power adapter required. No IRQ's so no IRQ conflicts.
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USB to RS232 Converter Cable |
£10.00 |
Sherwoods Photo Ltd Orders & Information Telephone 01527-857500
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