Astrel Instruments AST8300-X
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The cooling process needs some time to reach a stable temperature set point, so we will
use this time to find and focus the object to photograph.
STEP 5: select a filterwheel position
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Start the Filterwheel app clicking the icon on the desktop, then push the desired filter
button and push
go
:
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Push
done
to leave the Filterwheel application.
STEP 6: find and focus
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Start the Find & Focus application to focus the camera and frame the object. Push
live
to
start acquiring images. You can change the exposure time on the fly depending on your
target brightness: remember that the value refers to tenth of seconds, so for 5 seconds
exposure you have to write the value 50.
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