Specifications

vi AUTOSTAR CCD PHOTOMETRY
LIST OF FIGURES
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2-1. Meade AutoStar Suite Planetarium Screen -- Selecting
DSI Imaging. 3
2-2. AutoStar Envisage Screen -- Selecting Settings.
(Camera Not Connected or Inoperative). 4
2-3. Settings Window. 5
2-4. Selecting "Take Darks". 6
2-5. Take Darks Window. 7
2-6. Dark Frames Complete Window. 7
2-7. Envisage Screen With CCD Camera Operating. 9
2-8. Exposure Setting Window. 10
2-9. Deep Sky Image Process Window. 10
2-10. Save Process Window. 11
2-11. Quality and Evaluation Count Window. 12
2-12. Save Procedure Window. 12
2-13. DSI1 Folder Tab. 12
2-14. Tracking Star Selection Box. 12
2-15. Stats Area – (May Be Ignored for Photometry). 13
2-16. Long Exp and Live Selections. (Note Dark Sub is
Checked.) 13
2-17. Start Button 14
2-18. Sample I Filter Sky Flat. 16
3-1. Selecting a New Group of Images. 18
3-2. Selecting Filter Files to Calibrate with Flat Field. 19
3-3. Calibrate Selection. 19
3-4. Calibrate Window. 20
3-5. New Calibrated Image Files. 21
3-6. Photometry Cursor. 22
3-7. Select Set Reference Magnitude. 23
3-8. Set Reference Magnitude Window. 23
3-9 . Select Determine Magnitude. 24
3-10. Magnitude Determination Window. 25
4-1. FileMaker Pro Data Summation Program. 27
4-2. Database List of Data Records. 28
A-1. Modified DSI Pro CCD Camera and Filter Turret on
Meade 12 inch (30.5 cm) LX200 GPS Telescope at HPO. 33
A-2. DSI Pro Camera with Filter Slide (left) and Low-Profile
and Original Nosepiece Adapters (Right). 36
A-3. Disassembled ATIK Filter Wheel. 37
A-4. Filter Wheel Disk with BVRI Photometric Filters. 38