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AstroFX Imaging Software Manual - Page 2
Celestron AstroFX Nightscape Camera Control and Processing Software
Table of Contents
QUICK TOUR
2
The CCC Tabs
3
SNAP
3
STACK
6
STRETCH
8
SMOOTH
9
SHARPEN
10
SATURATE
11
SHARE
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AstroFX Imaging Software Manual - Page 3
Congratulations on your purchase of Celestron's Nightscape One-Shot-Color CCD camera! Included with Nightscape is AstroFX, our powerful, easy to use camera control software. In addition to managing your data acquisition sessions, "AFX" is also a full preprocessing program! With AstroFX, you will be able to combine individual subexposures into ...
AstroFX Imaging Software Manual - Page 5
... the NightScape 8300 produces color images in full (1x1) resolution only. The NightScape 10100 produces color images in all resolution/binning modes.
Subframe is useful for focusing and for applications where you do not need the entire frame. Select Set with Mouse from the pull down menu and draw a rectangle around a star or section of a downloaded image...
AstroFX Imaging Software Manual - Page 6
... step.
As the current exposure downloads, the image is displayed on the desktop. Another unique feature of AstroFX - images are always displayed in color! Other software requires a "Debayering" step to extract color information from the One-Shot-Color matrix. The NightScape 8300 will only produce color images when operating in Full (1x1) resolution. Be advised that this QUICK...
AstroFX Imaging Software Manual - Page 7
...subexposures
are "stacked"(digitally combined) into
a...that download time may be increased
if AFX is busy performing a processing function.
To load ...instructed otherwise. That's it! AFX will examine files in the specified folder and build appropriate calibration groups. SNAP's Exposure Type settings... Clicking on a file name will display the image on the desktop. You may render it inactive and...
AstroFX Imaging Software Manual - Page 8
... input needed.
Once the master RGB image is produced, save it to disk to protect its pristine state. Be advised that a copy is automatically saved to the Documents/AstroFX/Processed folder should you forget to do so. With the image window active, click on the SHARE tab. With "16-bit FITS Image" checked...
AstroFX Imaging Software Manual - Page 9
...CCD camera...Digital Development Process (DDP by K. Okanu). DDP is a "Gamma curve with edge emphasis in the highlights". Simply put, DDP is a powerful...
Digital ...setting for you. Mouse gives you control. Clicking the button brings up a bubble
with further instructions...window by dragging up/down and left/right or directly in the histogram window of the CCC. AFX will apply these subsequent settings...