SkyRaider DS432 TEC User Manual
September 18, 2019
SkyRaider DS432 TEC User Manual
Page 102
Gain
This control allows you to adjust the gain.
Gain
will brighten up the image (but it
can also brighten up the artifacts). The higher the
Gain
value; the shorter the
exposure that you will require. All you need to do is find the highest
Gain
value
that provides you with the image you are satisfied with.
The
Gain Control Bar
has an indicator to provide you with the current Gain
setting on the camera. Gain ranges from a low of 1 to a high of 250.
You can modify the
Gain
in two different ways:
➢
By
Left-Click-Hold and Drag
the marker bar to the required value.
➢
If you
Left-Click
on the
Slider Bar
(which selects it), you can use the
Left
and
Right Arrow Keys
of your keyboard to move the slider (this gives you
more control).
Gain
can be modified at any time while in
Video Mode
, and thus the result will
immediately be apparent after each image refresh. But you must STOP the
Looping
in
Trigger Mode
to change the
Gain
, then restart
Looping
to see its
affect.
For
Deep Sky Objects
, start the Gain at about
50
. For
Planetary Objects
, start the
Gain at about
5
.
Exposures
The Mallincam
SkyRaider DS432 TEC
camera provides two different types of
exposures.
Video Mode
, where exposures up to 5 seconds are taken, and
Trigger
Mode
were exposures from 100
u
s to 1 hour can be taken.
Video Mode
This control allows the
SkyRaider DS432 TEC
to have an exposure up to 5 seconds
(5000ms), this mode is ideal for focusing the telescope and imaging the Sun,
Moon, and planetary objects. You can have MallincamSky automatically
choose the exposure by checking the
Auto Exposure
check box, or
(recommended) you can set an exposure time yourself.
Video Mode
is activated by
Left-Clicking
the
Video Mode Radial Button
.
Hint
