SkyRaider DS287 User Manual
August 19, 2018
SkyRaider DS287 User Manual
Page 44
When imaging Deep Sky Objects, we will need to use an exposure over
5
seconds (
5000ms
), this is where the
Trigger Mode
comes in, on the SkyRaider
DS287.
➢
Click
on the
Trigger Mode Radial
selection button to activate
Trigger
Mode
.
➢
Set your exposure to a large value, say
30s
as a starting point (we are
using
30 seconds
, but the actual exposure amount depends upon the
f/ratio, size of telescope, filters, seeing conditions, ...). You can adjust the
exposure using one of the two methods below:
o
You can
Click
in the
Time Unit Box
and enter in an amount (
30
seconds
) using your Keyboard.
o
You can
Click
on the
up
or
down
arrow in the
Time Unit Box
of
choice to move the exposure time to your required value (
30
seconds).
➢
Click
on the
Single Button
to a take a single exposure to see if the image
of the object is close to the brightness you need.
➢
If you are satisfied with the single image, then
Click
on the
Loop Button
to
have the SkyRaider DS287 continuously take images (at 30 seconds in our
example.
Since we have chosen
30 seconds
, MallincamSky will continuously display the
exposure time
and the
current amount of time captured
in the exposure info box
located on the Bottom of the MallincamSky Window (MallincamSky does this
automatically for any exposure over 3 seconds).
The example on the left is telling us that we have
exposed
24 seconds
of our
30 second
exposure.
