Offered as an included accessory with select mounts, Vixen Optics' STARBOOK TEN Computer Controller is compatible with Sphinx mounts as an optional accessory to give them full Go-To capabilities with precise tracking and an intuitive user interface. The SB10 can also be used as an upgrade to their entry-level STARBOOK controller to add more precision, Go-To options, and usability.
Functions
- Display
- 5" TFT LED
- Resolution: 800x480 (WVGA)
- Full color backlit display
- Red monochromatic option for reading in the dark without affecting night-adjusted vision
- Variable brightness
- Right Ascension display: 1 arcsec increment
- Declination display: 0.1 arcmin increment
- Hibernate mode conserves power
- Built-in speaker
- Phased star charts display only relevant info for what is visible overhead
- LAN port to update database via Internet
- Powered by mount to reduce weight
Tracking Capabilities
- Automatic GoTo Slewing
- Sidereal tracking and different tracking rates for the Sun, Moon, planets, comets, and artificial satellites
- Proprietary Vixen Periodic Error Protection (VPEC)
- Intrinsic errors are measured and entered into memory at the factory for precision tracking out of the box
- Use with PPEC to boost tracking performance
- Permanent Periodic Error Correction (PPEC) enables you to train out tracking errors for more accurate tracking over extended periods of time, such as long-exposure astrophotography
- Backlash compensation allows you to train out the play inherent in all gears for more precise tracking
- Autoguider compatibility for enhanced tracking
Database
272,342 objects
- NC Objects: 784
- IC Objects: 5386
- Messier Objects:109
- 7 Planets
- 1 quasi-planet
- Moon and Sun