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Below, as an example, are screenshots of using AstroPC with SkyWatcher equatorial mount,

Canon 600D SLR camera and ASI120MM Mini guide camera. The following applications

and drivers are used to work with this equipment:

• Planetrium Cartes du Ciel ("CDC", "SkyChart")

• ASCOM 6.5SP1 platform

• EQmod for Sky-Watcher and Orion Mounts ASCOM telescope driver

• AWO ASI Camera driver

• Canon EOS Utility Software

• PHD2 telescope guiding software

• N.I.N.A. astrophotography process automation software

An Android smartphone is used to connect to the remote desktop.

Summary of Contents for AstroPC

Page 1: ...AstroPC user Manual AG www astro gadget com...

Page 2: ...top via WiFi and control your astronomy equipment from your favorite astronomy applications just like on the big desktop To connect to the remote desktop of AstroPC a smartphone tablet laptop or any o...

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Page 4: ...pment at the same time The AstroPC comes with additional cables to connect power from the free AstroPC power connectors to the astronomical equipment Applications By default the AstroPC system has a m...

Page 5: ...the developer s websites In addition to these applications you can install any other application easily and simply The best way to do this is to install the application from a USB flash drive Please...

Page 6: ...l conditions change Parking of the telescope at the end of observations During the shooting of N I N A can recognize stars in images and track the quality of images by the size of star images Half Flu...

Page 7: ...Camera tab hardware drivers must be installed in advance Select the desired camera from the list of installed ones configure its parameters in the settings window the Settings button to the right of...

Page 8: ...log name In the Sky Atlas to the right of each object a graph of its visibility is displayed taking into account the dark time of the day for planning the time of its observations On the left in the a...

Page 9: ...Guide panel with the guiding schedule and the Shooting panel with manual frame by frame controls The Image panel has tabs and buttons for manual and automatic focusing plate solving Here you can see i...

Page 10: ...ors After that the red backlight of the buttons located on the side panel of the AstroPC should light up After 10 seconds the backlight should turn off This means that AstroPC s internal diagnostics w...

Page 11: ...nd drivers are used to work with this equipment Planetrium Cartes du Ciel CDC SkyChart ASCOM 6 5SP1 platform EQmod for Sky Watcher and Orion Mounts ASCOM telescope driver AWO ASI Camera driver Canon E...

Page 12: ...10 Home Edition RAM 4GB DDR3L eMMC memory 64GB Intel HD Graphics 12 EUs 200 500Mhz USB interfaces USB 3 0 x 1 USB 2 0 x 2 micro USB x 1 Wireless interface Wi Fi 802 11n 2 4G Bluetooth 4 0 Video output...