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disabled function will again be available for use.
Exposure Interval Slider
This slider sets both the interval between exposure start times, and
the maximum exposure time for each exposure.
When the slider is all the way to the left side, the software will take
exposures as fast as possible - limited by the image download time
from the camera. When set to continuous, the maximum exposure
time is 2 minutes.
If the exposure time determined by the imaging process is longer
than the download time, the software automatically interleaves the
download of the previous image with the exposure of the next
image. This allows the camera to be imaging the sky continuously
(except for the CCD readout time of about one second). Thus when
it is dark and the exposure time is equal to the maximum exposure
time, there will only be a very short period where the camera is not
actively imaging the sky.
Image Brightness (DDP) Level
Prior to displaying an image, the software will do a DDP-like non-
linear stretch to the image to better display the full dynamic range
of the images. This slider adjusts how strong of a DDP stretch is
performed on the image. A value of 0% is the weakest stretch and
produces an image that is closest to the raw image from the camera,
while a value of 100% is the strongest stretch.
This stretch is applied to both the image shown in the Current
Image window and the JPG that is saved to disk. The FITS file
does not contain any stretching.
Animation Rate
This slider sets the animation rate for the time-lapse movies.
It is applied both to the movie shown in the Previous Images
window and the AVI files saved to disk.
Max Number of Frames
This sets the maximum number of frames shown in the Previous
Images window, and the maximum number of frames in each AVI
file saved to disk. For the Previous Images window, when the
number of images taken exceeds the maximum number of frames,
the oldest frames are discarded and only the most recent frames are
