Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Polypus 2.00 version ready

 The first useful version of Polypus is ready, version 2.00.

you can find it in resources


Now the camera management is implemented so photos can be taken. A new menu bar is present where you can select exposure and binning, assign name to the object. After that you can run a shot.




A window is dedicated to the photo showing. Adjusting the configuration photo can be showed with the same position and scale as chart in order to make it easy the field reconizing. On the left you can see the scaling information/setting, a zoomed area where the point is, moreover you have info about the image quality and star FWHM



An automatic dark sequence procedure is available. It allows multiple shots. If camera has shutter it is not opened. if it don't have, photos have to be taken in the dark. File are saved with a name cointaing the CCD or dome temperature and exposure time.



An automatic flat sequence procedure is available where dark is taken with the same exposure time. Just after the flat shots are taken flat light is turned on. 



An automatic shot sequence procedure is availabe with the possibility of filter change. You have to select the number of shots for each filter. For each filter you can select it own exposure. In case focus change with filter you can ask to use focus positions stored in filterwheel. When you start the procedure it is able to: change filter, change focus, take shot, change filter, change focus ....



A window can show all the command run the Polypus in the current session. It helps in case of somethig goes wrong, specially when observatory is unmanned.