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of the star field, as well as move around using the arrow buttons
•
Push
live
again to come back to the liveview interface and frame your object. With
liveview taking images in 10x10 binning mode, even an exposure of a few seconds easily
reveals most deepsky objects, making the framing process very easy.
STEP 7: check temperature stability
•
The cooling process should reach a stable set point temperature after 10-15 minutes
depending on the environment. The time needed to reach the selected temperature set
point may be shorter, but the algorithm needs some more time to calibrate in order to
maintain a temperature stable to less then 0.1°C
•
Push
Done
to leave the cooling app when temperature is reached: leaving the
application doesn't stop the cooling process. Next time you open the Temperature
Monitor application it will display the current cooling process state, until you push the
Stop
button, which will ramp down and switch off the cooling process.
STEP 8: set the exposure parameters and start photographing
•
Stat the
Take Photos
application.
•
Using the tabs named as the filters you set in the Setup application, you can define for
each filter the exposure time, the number of exposures and the binning level. Remember
to check the
enable
box in order to use the selected filter.
•
Choose a photo sequence name. If you omit a path before the name, the photo
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