Meade Image Processing Service Manual Page 1

Meade AutostarImage ProcessingFor WindowsVersion 3.129 January 2004

Autostar IP-10-3. FileThe file menu contains a number of commands for opening and closing image files, and printingimages.Open The Open command from t

Autostar IP-11-Regardless of the file type, the image data will be converted to 16 bit integer data. This assures that highprecession is maintained th

Autostar IP-12-Although the display shows only 256 levels, all of the image data are retained and processed by theprogram. Whenever you perform a pro

Autostar IP-13-Save As Fits ImageDisplays the Save As dialog box and allows saving the current image data in a floating point FITSformatted file. Thi

Autostar IP-14-To alter the print setting on a printer, highlight the printer in the Installed Printers window and select theSetup button. The printer

Autostar IP-15-4.ViewThe View formatting section allows you to modify how the image data is presented on the display in anumber of ways. You can ligh

Autostar IP-16-Setting the Brightness control to values greater than zero brightens the image, while values less thanzero will darken it. Generally,

Autostar IP-17-useful for delineating areas of similar brightness to enhance the overall shape of an object such as acomet or nebula.Before committing

Autostar IP-18-The Pseudo button constructs a pallet that contains red, green, and blue values for a generic 8 bit colorimage.There are two scroll bar

Autostar IP-19-5.ToolsThe Tools section allows you to examine the image data a number of ways. You can examine the imageheader information, magnify c

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Autostar IP-20-InformationDisplays general data about the current image, such as, size, scale factors, date of image, location, etc..Most of this data

Autostar IP-21- 6.ProcessThe Processing section allows you to modify the actual image a number of ways using advanced imageprocessing commands. Since

Autostar IP-22-function properly. To preclude these problems, the contents of the buffers are destroyed before therotation takes place. You should

Autostar IP-23-The Normal button constructs a filter that does not alter the original image when the convolution processis started. This allows you t

Autostar IP-24-remove them. When you select this command, a dialog box will appear. This dialog allows you to set howaggressively the program hunts f

Autostar IP-25-Linear scaling performs the following transformation:Final Pixel = (Pixel – Min.Value) * Scale FactorIf the Final Pixel is greater than

Autostar IP-26-When the command is complete, the number of colors that were found and the number of colors used inthe resulting image are displayed.

Autostar IP-27-7. Image UtilitiesThe Image Utilities dialog box can be displayed by moving the cursor over the desired area of the currentimage and ei

Autostar IP-28-Set Reference MagnitudeTo calculate the magnitude of any object in the current image, you must first select an object whosemagnitude is

Autostar IP-29-Photometry CursorProfile LineMag/Centroid AreaPixel ListAreaThe Utilities Box is displayed when the left button is released.Now choose

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Autostar IP-30-This dialog show the result of your magnitude determination. Not only is the magnitude displayed, but theerror of the measurement and

Autostar IP-31-If the Line Profile button is selects, the diagonal line drawn through the Photometry Cursor indicateswhich pixels will be graphed by t

Autostar IP-32-Edit Log FileThe Edit Log File command opens the current log file for editing with either wordpad or notepad. Thisallows you to add an

Autostar IP-33-8. Group OperationsThe Group Operations menu contains commands that will allow you to process groups of filessimulaneously. There are

Autostar IP-34-CopyThe Copy command will duplicate all of the files in the list. The new file have named that begin with thephrase "Copy_Of_”. O

Autostar IP-35-The program will go through all of the images an shift them so that they will be aligned on the select star.After the the images have b

Autostar IP-36-The center coordinates of the locator boxes are shown in the window at the top of the dialog. Additionally,you can change the aperture

Autostar IP-37-9. OptionsThe Options menu contains a variety of commands that are useful in setting up or optimizing your displayfor the current task

Autostar IP-38-Grayscale Paletteand Standard PaletteThe Grayscale Palette and Standard Palette commands are used together to optimize your systems&ap

Autostar IP Appendix 39-39-Appendix AImage Processing BasicsImage processing allows you to modify the appearance of an image by applying vario

Autostar IP Contents-4-Introduction ...

Autostar IP Appendix 40-40-center pixel value is replaced with the new result. This process is then repeated for every pixel in theimage.Ther

Autostar IP Appendix 41-41-BibliographyWilliam K. Pratt, Digital Image Processing, second edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1991

Index 42-42-Glossaryabsolute magnitude - the apparent magnitude an object would have if it were moved to a distance of 10parsecs.angular diameter - th

Autostar IP Contents-5-Flip Image ...

Autostar IP Contents-6-Image Processing Basics...

Autostar IP-7-IntroductionWelcome to Meade Autostar IP astronomical image processing software. Now you can perform many ofthe same image processing t

Autostar IP-8-1. InstallationAutostar IP is installed as part of Meade’s Autostar Suite. If you have not yet installed the Suite, consultthe quicksta

Autostar IP-9-2. FeaturesTool BarAutostar IP's Tool Bar gives you immediate access to image files to perform complex image processingwith the cli