User`s guide

134 Starry Night User’s Guide
Focuser control
Control your robotic focuser through
Starry Night. Allows for incremental and
absolute positioning for applications
where precise focusing is required. Not all
focusers support all the features available
in the “Focuser” layer of the Telescope
pane. If a selected focuser model does not
support a feature, that option will not be
available.
Supported focusers include:
AstroOptik telescopes
Astrophysics GTO mount
Finger Lakes focusers
Gemini equipped mount
JMI Smart Focus
Meade LX200 and Autostar
Optec TCF-S
PCFocus
Imaging Plug-in (Windows only)
Capture images using the plug-in to
MaxIm DL imaging software (sold
separately). This innovative integration
lets you find your target, take and process
pictures with MaxIm DL and then import
these pictures back into Starry Night.
The MaxIm DL plug-in is included with
Starry Night Astrophoto Suite and Starry
Night Pro Plus. If you own Starry Night
Pro you can purchase the MaximDL plug-
in separately from http://
www.starrynight.com.
Note: Starry Night Astrophoto Suite
includes the MaxIm DL plug-in and a copy
of MaxIm DL Lite imaging software as
part of the package.
Capturing an image: Press the Aquire
Image button to tell MaximDL to take an
image of the area currently centered on the
main Starry Night window. Then press the
Import Image button to bring the image
taken by MaximDL into Starry Night.
See “MaxIm DL Plug-In (Windows only)
”
on page 186 for more information on
Maxim DL and its integration with Starry
Night.