Astronomy Camera Software Downloads

Below you can download device drivers and application software for The Imaging Source and Celestron Skyris cameras.

Device Driver for USB 33U Astronomy Camera Series

Features

• Device driver for USB 33U astronomy camera series.
• Free of charge.
• For The Imaging Source USB 33U camera series only.

Requirements

• Intel Core i3 or similar, 4 GB RAM
• USB 3.0 controller
• Graphics card with 24 or 32 bit
• Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit), Windows 8 (32 & 64 bit), Windows 10 (32 & 64 bit), Windows 11
• DirectX 9.0c or higher

Latest Version

• 5.3.0.2793 - released on February 17, 2025.

Changelog

• Speed up handling of 32U cameras

Download [7.5 MB EXE]
or learn more .

Device Driver for USB Astronomy Cameras

Features

• Device driver for USB astronomy cameras.
• Free of charge.
• For The Imaging Source and Celestron Skyris USB cameras.

Requirements

• Intel Core i3 or similar, 4 GB RAM
• USB 3.0 controller
• Graphics card with 24 or 32 bit
• Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit), Windows 8 (32 & 64 bit), Windows 10 (32 & 64 bit), Windows 11
• DirectX 9.0c or higher

Latest Version

• 2.9.8 - released on August 22, 2019.

Changelog

• Added several internal interfaces for particular sensors (J003).

Download [3.05 MB ZIP]
or learn more .

Device Driver for GigE Astronomy Cameras

Features

• Device driver for GigE astronomy cameras.
• Free of charge.
• For The Imaging Source cameras only.

Requirements

• Intel Core i3 or similar, 4 GB RAM
• GigE (1000 Mbit/s) network controller
• Graphics card with 24 or 32 bit
• Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit), Windows 8 (32 & 64 bit), Windows 10 (32 & 64 bit), Windows 11
• DirectX 9.0c or higher

Latest Version

• 3.8.0.4597 - released on February 4, 2022.

Changelog

• Added: 'allowed_fccstr%d' registry keys for specifying better fourcc white list, this is a string and can be set to 'RGB32'/'YUY2'/etc.
• Added: Transport-Layer properties are now made available
• Added: GenICam nodes 'OffsetAutoCenter', 'OffsetX', 'OffsetY' are serialized from/to registry
• Added: ipconfig_cmd parameter 'cleanup_registry'
• Fixed: 'Unable to update firmware on camera without GenICam document'
• Fixed: Curious bug in Tonemapping, when enabled and auto off, then loading a configuration file could lead to a bad tone mapping table
• Fixed: Issue with saving/restoring properties from registry
• Changed: Optimized image processing of Saturation, Hue, Denoise and Contrast

Download [4.99 MB EXE]
or learn more .

Application Software for Astronomy Cameras

Features

• Application software for astronomy cameras.
• Free of charge.
• For The Imaging Source cameras only.
• Camera driver must be installed first.

Requirements

• Intel Core i3 or similar, 4 GB RAM
• Graphics card with 24 or 32 bit
• Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit), Windows 8 (32 & 64 bit), Windows 10 (32 & 64 bit), Windows 11
• DirectX 9.0c or higher

Latest Version

• 2.4.642.2631 - released on February 9, 2017.

Changelog

• Saving RGB64 video format as TIFF resulted in a black image. This has been fixed now.

Download [5 MB EXE]
or learn more .