Camera control is implemented in Astroart as an optional plug-in.
Backward compatibility is always maintained. Custom cameras can be controlled with the SDK.
Research can be automated with the integrated BASIC script engine, very easy to learn. Everything can be controlled: focuser, dome, weather station, etc.
Using scripts, images can also be analyzed or processed as they are downloaded from the camera.
See several examples at: selected content.
Sequences can be easily setup. Autofocus, autoguide and plate solving work in tight integration.
Sequences can be automatically turned into scripts, to add custom tasks or manage target lists.
In Astroart the integration between image analysis and observatory control provides greater reliability for your sessions.
Reliability is key to saving observation time.
Single star focusing on a subframe, and multi star focusing on full frames, using innovative metrics, also for spectrums.
The "V-Curve" uses an iterative algorithm which is extremely precise and tolerant to noise. Try it with the demo version.
Single star autoguide on a subframe, and multi star autoguide on full frames, using PSNR for maximum reliability. Autoguide
on slit for spectrographs.
The guide algorithm is also adaptive to compensate for changing conditions in real time.
Once properly configured, the plate solving engine of Astroart runs in less than one second on a typical laptop or mini PC.
Its speed allows images to be plate-solved immediately after download, for example to center the telescope on the target.
Mosaics can be acquired automatically using built-in scripts, or planned from the star atlas.
When processing, the live preview makes it easy to adjust the brightness of every frame and to fade the overlapped regions.