Meade Image Processing manuals

Meade Image Processing Service Manual (60 pages)

Brand: Meade | Category: Telescopes | Size: 1.18 MB |

English

Table of contents

Meade Instruments

1

Autostar

1

Table of Contents

5

Introduction

9

1. Installation

10

Printer Setup

14

Page Setup

14

Set Custom Catalogs

14

Build Tables

16

Time Display

17

Set Timezone

18

Set Location

18

Set Time & Date

18

Save Parameters

19

4. Ephemeris

21

Chapter 4 Ephemeris 18

22

5. Starmap

23

Viewpoint

24

Object Selection

25

Lock Az/El

26

Zenith Up

26

Magnitudes

26

Hubble Stars

27

Invert Screen Colors

27

Projections

28

Precision

28

Reset Parameters

29

6. Starmap Utilities

31

Sync Telescope

32

View Log

32

Show Image

32

Create Tour

32

Add To Tour

33

7. Telescope

35

Set Field Sizes

36

Remote Handbox

37

Control Panel

38

Scope Settings

39

Auto Track

39

Communications

39

Start Network Server

39

Comm Port Setup

40

Test Comm Port

41

Dome Control

41

8. Image

43

Pictor Guiding

44

Chapter 7 Imaging 41

45

9. Options

47

Appendix A

49

Appendix B

51

Bibliography

53

Glossary

55

Meade Image Processing User Manual (29 pages)

Brand: Meade | Category: Telescopes | Size: 7.24 MB |

English

Table of contents

Dr. Tibor Torma

1

1. Introduction

2

2. Generalities: why CCD?

3

3. A tour of the sky

5

4. Observations and weather

7

OPS to manipulate

9

Fig. 4: Compare an original

9

SHARP, which uses the shape

12

Review questions

13

● The imaging math

14

● The imaging hardware

18

● The imaging software

19

● The aiming software

20

● The imaging procedure

21

HOTOSHOP format, and also

26

The report

27

Caution

27

NGC 6946: a spiral galaxy

28

Meade Image Processing Service Manual (42 pages)

Brand: Meade | Category: Telescopes | Size: 0.55 MB |

English

Table of contents

Meade Autostar

1

Image Processing

1

Autostar IP Contents

5

Introduction

7

1. Installation

8

2. Features

9

Autostar IP

10

Save As Fits Image

13

Export Display As

13

Printer Setup

13

Page Setup

14

Zoom Image Size

15

Palettes

17

Coordinates

19

Histogram

19

Magnifier

19

Information

20

6.Process

21

Resample

22

Convolution Filters

22

Unsharp masking

23

Median Filter

23

Fix Hot Pixels

23

Fix Cold Pixels

23

Add Noise

24

Stretch Image

24

RGB Merge

25

7. Image Utilities

27

Set Reference Magnitude

28

+∗())100

29

Draw Profile

30

Image Statistics

30

List Pixel Values

31

Edit Log File

32

8. Group Operations

33

Calibrate

34

Normalize

35

Fix Column Defect

35

Photometry

35

9. Options

37

Grayscale Palette

38

Appendix A

39

Bibliography

41

Glossary

42

Meade Image Processing Specifications (128 pages)

Brand: Meade | Category: Telescopes | Size: 3.36 MB |

English

Table of contents

AutoStar

1

CCD Photometry

1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

5

LIST OF FIGURES

8

LIST OF FIGURES (Contd.)

9

LIST OF TABLES

10

1. Introduction

11

2. Data Acquisition

13

2.3 Setting Directories

15

2.4 Taking Dark Frames

16

2.5 Taking Star Images

18

2.5.1 Imaging Procedure

18

Figure 2-13

22

DSI1 Folder Tab

22

Figure 2-14

22

Tracking Star Selection Box

22

2.5.2 Flat Frames

25

3. Raw Data Reduction

27

3.2 Calibrating the Images

28

3.3 Differential Magnitudes

31

Centering Box Size Settings

34

3.4 ImageInfo File

36

4. Additional Data Reduction

37

4.2 DATA LIST

38

5. Advanced Data Reduction

39

APPENDIXES

41

APPENDIX A

43

Modifying the DSI Pro Camera

43

Filter Wheel

46

CCD Photometric Filters

47

Cooling the DSI Pro

49

TEC Cooler Mods

50

Parts List

51

Wiring and Schematics

53

Conclusion

54

Optional Accessories

54

APPENDIX B

55

Calculating the Air Mass

55

Getting Started

56

Star's Declination (δ)

57

LST Example

62

Determining the Air Mass

63

Appendix C

65

APPENDIX D

69

Terms and Definitions

70

Equations

70

– V). In

71

APPENDIX E

77

Observational Data

78

Coefficient Calculation

80

Standard Star Magnitudes

82

Coefficient Determination

85

Determining β and ζ

87

Determining γ and ζ

89

Determining ε and ζ

90

Determining μ and ζ

92

APPENDIX F

95

Least Squares Method

95

APPENDIX G

99

FITS Header

99

Header Details

100

APPENDIX H

101

Light Box Construction Notes

102

Plans and Further Details

105

HPO Light Box

105

APPENDIX I

109

Suggested Projects

109

Solar Photometry

110

Planetary Photometry

110

Comet Photometry

111

Stellar Photometry

111

Nova and Supernova Photometry

112

Asteroid Photometry

112

APPENDIX J

113

References

113

Web Resources

114

INDEX (Contd.)

118

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