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

IC WDM UVCCAM TIS 33U

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

  • 5.1.0.1719 - 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.
  • 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

Device Driver for USB Astronomy Cameras

IC WDM UVCCAM TIS

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).

Device Driver for GigE Astronomy Cameras

IC WDM GIGE TIS

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

Application Software for Astronomy Cameras

IC Capture.AS

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.
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