iKarus Stellar Mate Plus, User Manual

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The StellarMate Plus Manual
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1.
The Framing Assistant has two modes of operation:
o
Automatic : This mode is available if a rotator device (e.g. Nightcrawler) is
coupled with your imaging camera and can rotate it on its axis. With a rotator, no
manual intervention is necessary as StellarMate calculates the exact offset
required to arrive at the target orientation.
o
Manual : Using this mode, set the desired target rotation first, then check the
required Angular Offset value. Go to your camera and rotate it manually by hand
using your best judgement. Click Rotate & Capture to measure the new
orientation of the camera. Once plate solving is complete, the new camera
orientation and angular offset are updated. Repeat this process as many times
as necessary until you are satisfied with the result. Your goal is to bring the
Angular Offset down to zero.
2.
Adjust the rotation of the desired FOV orientation with the slider. The target FOV
rectangle color is blue with orange designating the top. The green rectangle with
orange on top is your camera's current FOV & orientation in the sky.
3.
Rotation offset in degrees between the current (Green) FOV and the target (Blue) FOV.
When manually adjusting the camera, rotate it clockwise or counterclockwise as per the
indicated icon.
4.
Displays the correct RA and DE.
5.
You can click "GOTO & Rotate" in order to go to the desired location and an image will
be capture of the location depending on selected RA and DE.
6.
Reset the set values.
7.
Framing target can be seen in the blue color which you can move to different location by
the gesture controls.