Support


Manuals, drivers, etc. for Wa-chur-ed Observatory products

Power*Star:

Demonstration Video

       User Manual (PDF)

Power*Star Application (download both files, run Setup.exe)

PowerStar.msi

setup.exe

ASCOM Drivers (download and run each installer as needed)

 ObservingConditions Setup.exe

 Switch Setup.exe

 Focuser Installer.exe

 

Adim Controller (download .zip, extract all, run setup.exe):

 Adim.zip

 

PerfectStar B (for bipolar motors):

User Manual:

 PSB User Manual.pdf

Standard ASCOM driver – works with most applications whether 32 or 64 bit:

https://wa-chur-ed.com/PerfectStar B Focuser Setup.exe

64 bit ONLY ASCOM driver – if the standard driver doesn’t work with your 64 bit app, use this instead:

https://wa-chur-ed.com/PerfectStar B Focuser 64Bit Setup.exe

 

PerfectStar (this is the original PerfectStar for unipolar motors):

    User Manual (updated 8/26/2014)

    (extensive updates to graphics and instructions)

    ASCOM Driver version 6.1

    (fixes awkward handling of unexpected disconnect)

    Controller Firmware version 5.1

    Controller Firmware version 5.2

    (adds “Permanent Focus” feature & minor bug fixes)

    Flash Update Utility


Other Files

Over the years I have authored several papers, presentations, and such related to astronomy and astro-imaging.  The presentations were created for private use and contain copyrighted material that I can’t publish here, but eventually I hope to edit each of them to either replace the copyrighted material with equivalent original material, or get permission from the owner.

AstroCalc

AstroCalc is a spreadsheet I created years ago to simplify some of the calculations that must sometimes be done in astronomy.  It contains 4 separate sheets; the equipment sheet, where you enter specifications of your telescopes, eyepieces, cameras, etc.; the visual sheet, which shows you various parameters for each combination of telescope and eyepiece; the imaging sheet, which shows similar parameters for each combination of telescope and camera; and the PHD Adviser sheet, which is intended to help you select the best parameters for the popular PHD Guiding program (used in imaging).  I used to include this spreadsheet on my Astro-Flash product, but found that most buyers were non-astronomers and didn’t care about this tool, so I have decided to make it available to everyone.  You may freely distribute this file as long as nothing is altered from the original file here, including the copyright notice.

AstroCalc