iKarus Stellar Mate Plus, User Manual

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Video Recording
These are the following options in Video Recording:
1.
Directory: Path of videos is set using Directory browser.
2.
File Name: Set SER video file name. Record files may contain some patterns to make
them dynamic.
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_D_: For the date in YYYY-MM-DD
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_H_: For time in HH:MM:SS.
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_T_: For ISO8601 time stamp.
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_F_: For filter name, if any.
3.
Play: Enables the video streaming if supported by the camera.
4.
Record / Stop: Starts the recording, if the recording is started. Icon will be changed to
stop icon. So, you can stop the recording.
5.
Until stopped: Select one from the predefined video durations or select Until Stopped
to to make the recording continues until explicitly stopped.
6.
FPS: Record stream until these many frames are captured
Videos are recorded as lossless SER format. By default, they are saved to the StellarMate
Videos directly which can be accessed via Network share on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Live Stacking
StellarMate App includes support for Live Stacking. Live stacking works by combining data
from multiple images to increase the
Signal to Noise ratio. This would reduce the overall
noise in the image and increase the contrast of the objects in the frame. Faint objects like
galaxies and nebulae should pop up only after a few images are combined. As you
continue to live-stack, the graininess of the image would be substantially reduced resulting