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· Manual Dither: Allows manual dithering.
· Guider: Select active guide camera.
· Via: Select which device receives the guiding correction commands.
· Exp: Exposure time in seconds.
· Bin: Guide camera binning. It is recommended to set binning to 2x2 or higher.
· Box: Guide star tracking box size. Box size must be set in accordance to the
selected star size.
· Effects: Apply filter to image after capture to enhance it.
· Directions: Shows the values of RA and DEC.
o RA: Guide Right Ascention Axis
§ +: East Direction Guiding
§ -: West Direction Guiding
o DEC: Guide Declination Axis
§ +: North Direction Guiding
§ -: South Direction Guiding
· Swap: Swap DEC direction pulses. This value is determined automatically from
the calibration procedure, only override if necessary.
· Connect: Connect to external guiding application.
· Disconnect: Disconnect from external guiding application.
· Status Bar: Displays the status of the guiding process
· Scope: Select which telescope to use when performing Field of View
calculations.
· Guiding rate: Mount guiding rate (x15"/sec). Find out the guiding rate used by
your mount and update the value here to get the recommended value of
proportional gain suitable for your mount. Setting this value does not change
your mount guiding rate.
· P: Recommended proportional rate given the selected guiding rate.
· Focal Length: Guide camera focal length. Unit is in millimeters (mm)
· Aperture: Guide camera aperture. Unit is in millimeters (mm)
· F/D: Focal ratio
· FOV: Field of view (arcmin)
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