What does Autostar Suite consist of?
It’s a bundle of all of Meade’s telescope and imaging software plus a small, webcam-like imaging device (the Lunar-Planetary Imager or LPI) that plugs into any astronomical telescope in place of the eyepiece. The software CD includes: • An online star atlas; • Telescope control for Autostar telescopes (not the classic LX200); • Imaging software for the LPI and the Meade Pictor CCD cameras; • Image processing software; • Documentation; • Maybe some things I’ve overlooked. The LPI comes with: • 1.25-inch and 0.965-inch (Japanese) eyepiece tubes (one inside the other); • a 3-foot USB A-B cable; • two modular cables, one 4-pin and the other 6-pin; • a modular-to-DB9 (serial port) cable adapter; • a parfocalizing ring for 1.25-inch-diameter eyepieces.
