Deep Sky Imager™: The Basics - Meade

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Connecting your Telescope and Telescope Controls To connect to your telescope, see the printed instruction sheet that was including with Autostar Suite. Once the telescope is connected, you may use the following controls (28): Use the Arrow keys to move the telescope. Click on an Arrow to move in that direction at Guide Speed. Hold and drag on an Arrow in the direction you wish to move to increase the speed. Hold and drag an arrow in the opposite direction to decrease speed. Release to stop. If your telescope has motorized focus, use the focus button to focus on the object (only one focus speed is available). 26
Time-Lapse Settings Envisage software allows you to take time-lapse images of an object. This means you can set the software to take an image, wait and then take another image after a period of time goes by, and continue the process for however long you desire. This is ideal for taking images of clouds moving through the sky or creating an animation that shows the rotation of Jupiter (see “Making a Movie of the Rotation of Jupiter,” page 36, for more a procedure on that topic). When you begin a time-lapse sequence, you can perform other tasks or go inside and catch up on your sleep. Envisage does all the work for you automatically. <strong>The</strong> setting for Time-Lapse sequencing are found in the Save Process dialog box. Choose “Save a Time-Lapse” Sequence” to use this feature. You will need to set three parameters for a time-lapse sequence: Frame Time: How long the image takes to acquire an image (be sure you know how your telescope can image an object—some telescopes can track for long periods, other will get a fuzzy image after perhaps 5 minutes— set your frame time accordingly). Wait Time: <strong>The</strong> amount of time the imager waits before taking the next picture; this is the amount of time it remains idle between images. It can be set to zero. Total Time: How long do you want the entire sequence to run. 27
Page 1 and 2: Deep Sky Imager : The Basics Color
Page 3 and 4: Install the Autostar Suite Software
Page 5 and 6: Start the Suite Software If the Aut
Page 7 and 8: To open the Envisage Imaging progra
Page 9 and 10: Key to Envisage Controls 1. Gain an
Page 11 and 12: more... 6. An image should be alrea
Page 13 and 14: What Happens When You Press Start 2
Page 15 and 16: An example of taking a picture of a
Page 17 and 18: The Parfocal Ring 1 It is extremely
Page 19 and 20: Automatic Adjustment Controls 1 Gai
Page 21 and 22: Image Processing Controls 1 Setting
Page 23 and 24: Image Processing Controls 3 Image A
Page 25: Magic Eye Focus The Magic Eye Focus
Page 29 and 30: Tracking Boxes and Centroids Drawin
Page 31 and 32: Autoguider and Telescope Controls 1
Page 33 and 34: Other Features Autoguider and Teles
Page 35 and 36: Dark Frames is a useful feature for
Page 37 and 38: Make a Movie of the Rotation of Jup
Page 39 and 40: Color Filters and the Black and Whi
Page 41 and 42: 5. Select 2 stars The first star se
Page 43 and 44: 2. Select images Select the first i
Page 45 and 46: 11. Final Stretch. Once the image i
Page 47 and 48: Description of Drizzle 2 In the Dri
Page 49 and 50: Extended View Description of Drizzl
Page 51 and 52: Description of Drizzle 6 51
Page 53 and 54: Multiple Cameras: The latest softwa
Page 55 and 56: DSI II Features The following featu
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