Imaging Astrometry Plug-ins CCD control Download Contact Dealers Summary
  Features

Fast focus
with realtime zoom and sharpness indicators.
 
Scripts
for automatic research with filter wheel and telescope control.
 
Binning
and subframes, useful for planets.
 
Autoguide/selfguide
all relay boxes supported.
 
Filter wheels
with automatic sequences.
 
Two or more
CCD cameras can be controlled at a time. 

 

Script language
Write your own scripts in Basic to automate your tasks: supernova and asteroid search, surveys, mosaics, controlling your filter wheel, telescope and camera. The best supernova of 2004 (SN 2004et) was discovered this way by an Astroart user.

 

Driver SDK
Let Astroart control your custom CCD camera writing a simple driver with the SDK. A demo driver and complete documentation is available for C and Pascal. Download it now at the plugin page.

 

Realtime focus and center
Just select a rectangle (of any size) over a full image and click the Focus button. During the focusing process the CCD subframe can be moved and zoomed in realtime.

CCD Panel
Script panel

 

Web cam autoguide
Use your web cam (or any video camera through a video grabber) as an inexpensive autoguider for your CCD and film photos.

 

Quick links 

  1. Canon™
  2. Apogee™
  3. SBIG™
  4. Meade™
  5. Webcams and video
  6. FLI™
  7. Yankee robotics™
  8. SAC™
  9. Moravian Instruments™
  10. Lumenera™
  11. Starlight Xpress™ SXV
  12. Starlight Xpress™ Lodestar
  13. Starlight Xpress™ USB 1
  14. Starlight Xpress™ Parallel
  15. HISIS™
  16. Audine
  17. Artemis
  18. Atik
  19. Cookbook
  20. Opticstar
  21. Orion
  22. Others
  CCD and telescope control

The CCD camera control is available for Astroart as plug-ins ("CCD drivers"). This feature allows us to support new CCD cameras very quickly.

To command a CCD camera download the User Interface and a CCD Driver.
 

User Interface - Version 4.10
 
For Astroart 4.0, up to three cameras can be controlled at once.
  Download

User Interface - Version 3.80
 
The final release for Astroart 3.0.
  Download

Canon™ digital cameras - Version 1.90
 
RAW, JPEG, realtime focus, binning, USB, serial and parallel bulb cable. 400D, 350D, 300D, 20D, 10D, 1D and many others.
  Download

Apogee™ ALTA - Version 2.10
 
All models, USB and Ethernet. Windows Vista/XP/98/Me/2000.
  Download

Apogee™ AP, KX, SPH, Lisaa - Version 2.50
 
All cameras supported. Windows Vista/XP/98/Me/2000 compatible.
  Download

SBIG™ All cameras - Version 4.02
 
USB, Ethernet, parallel port. Windows Vista/XP/98/Me/2000 compatible.
  Download

SBIG™ ST-6 - Version 2.00
 
Automatic color sequences with the CFW6/8, autoguide with internal relays.
  Download

SBIG™ ST-5 - Version 2.00
 
Serial port version. Supports imaging and autoguide with the internal relays.
  Download

SBIG™ ST-4 - Version 2.10
 
Imaging and autoguide with the internal relays.
  Download

Celestron™ PixCel 255, 237 - Version 4.00
 
Internal filter wheel supported, Windows Vista/XP/98/Me/2000.
  Download

Meade™ DSI / DSI PRO - Version 1.02
 
Binning 1x1 and 2x2, focus, subframing, etc.
  Download

Meade™ DSI II / DSI II PRO - Version 2.00
 
Binning 1x1 and 2x2, focus, subframing, etc.
  Download

Meade™ 208 / 216 XT - Version 3.00
 
All features supported (imaging, focus, subframing, telescope control, etc..)
  Download

Meade™ 416 XT/XTE - Version 1.00
 
Serial port connection up to 115200 baud, all features supported (imaging, focus, subframing, telescope control, etc..)
  Download

Meade™ 416 XT/XTE SCSI - Version 1.00
 
SCSI connection for fast downloads. Driver available at the Steve Hill's web site.
  Link

Web cams, video grabbers, Meade LPI, Celestron NexImage - Version 3.00
 
Long exposures (automatic sum of video frames), autoguide, fast focus, sequences, binning, subframes both on B/W and color devices.
  Download

Modified web cams - Version 2.50
 
Steve Chambers' modified web cams and SAC7, which supports long exposure thanks to the external control of the electronic shutter. For more info: click here. Other web cams supported.
  Download

FLI™ All cameras 1.30
 
All cameras and filter wheels are supported.
  Download

Yankee Robotics™ All cameras - Version 1.00
 
Trifid CCD cameras, USB connection.
  Download

SAC10™ - Version 1.00
 
By SAC IMAGING, both color and b/w modes are supported.
  Download

Moravian Instruments - Version 1.00
 
Driver available at the web page of Moravian Instruments.
  Link

Lumenera™ - Version 1.10
 
All cameras are supported. Binning 1x1 and 2x2.
  Download

Imperx™ VCE - Version 1.00
 
VCE video grabber card, Windows XP/2000 compatible.
  Download

Starlight™ SXV-M5/M7/M7C/M8C/M9 (MX916/MX716/MX516) - Version 2.40
 
Guider camera supported, USB2 connection.
  Download

Starlight™ Lodestar - Version 1.00
 
Imaging and autoguide. USB2 connection.
  Download

Starlight™ SXV-M25 - Version 1.20
 
Binning 1x1, 2x2, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8. SXV guider supported.
  Download

Starlight™ SXV-H5/H9/H9C/H16/H35/H36 - Version 2.31
 
Binning 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, SXV guider supported.
  Download

Starlight™ HX916 USB - Version 2.20
 
USB connection, binning 1x1, 2x2, 3x3.
  Download

Starlight™ MX916/716 USB - Version 1.40
 
USB connection, very fast downloads: 752x580 in 5.4 seconds.
  Download

Starlight™ MX7C USB - Version 1.40
 
USB connection, very fast downloads: 752x580 in 5.4 seconds.
  Download

Starlight™ MX516, MX512, MX5C USB - Version 1.10
 
USB connection, very fast downloads: 500x580 in 3.6 seconds.
  Download

Starlight™ HX516 USB - Version 1.00
 
USB connection, very fast downloads: 660x500 in 4 seconds.
  Download

Starlight™ MX916/716 parallel port - Version 2.60
 
STAR 2000 selfguide, fast focus, (more than 4 frames/sec. with FastInterface). High resolution 752 x 580, "venetian blind" total correction using different methods.
  Download

Starlight™ MX7C parallel port - Version 2.60
 
STAR 2000 selfguide in high resolution (752x580), fast focus (4 frames/sec).
  Download

Starlight™ MX516, MX512, MX5C parallel port - Version 2.51
 
STAR 2000 selfguide, fast focus, (more than 4 frames/sec. with FastInterface). High resolution (500 x 580 pixels) with selfguide and "venetian blind" correction.
  Download

Starlight™ HX516, HX512 parallel port - Version 2.50
 
Very fast focus, more than 2 frames per second (more than 4 with FastInterface). True binning 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 6x6.
  Download

Starlight™ SXL8-P - Version 2.50
 
Fast download and fast focus, up to 3 frames per second. True binning 2x2 and 3x3.
  Download

Starlight™ SX/SXR - Version 2.50
 
Fast download and fast focus, up to 3 frames per second. True binning 2x2 and 3x3.
  Download

HISIS™ 2216, 23, 24, 33, 38, 44 - Version 2.50
 
Fast focus, up to 2 frames per second, binning 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, software control of buzzer, defrost, temperature.
  Download

Audine/Genesis KAF40X - KAF160X - Version 2.70
 
Shutter and amplifier control. Binning 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8; focus up to 5 frames/sec.
  Download

Audine/Genesis USB - Version 1.00
 
Shutter, download speed and amplifier control. Binning 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4.
  Download

Artemis and Atik - Version 2.00
 
By Steve Chambers and associates. Drivers available at the Artemis web site.
  Link

Cookbook™ 245 - Version 2.60
 
LDC and shutter control. Four binning modes: 756x242, 378x242, 252x242 and 252x121; very fast focus up to 5 frames/sec.
  Download

OES Alpha Mini - Version 2.51
 
Many binning modes from 768x580 to 192x145, focus up to 2 frames/sec.
  Download

Opticstar DS-335C/ICE - Version 1.0
 
Many binning modes and fast focus.
  Download

Orion Starshoot, QGuider, QHYx, CPx-x, ALccd-x, CCDLuna-x, MagZero - 1.00
 
By Tom Van den Eede. Driver available at his web site.
  Link

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