Table of Contents
Audela Features
Operating Systems
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Windows,
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GNU/Linux
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OSX: very basic support for Mac OS-X (please help us!).
Aiming and controlling equipment
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Align assistant with the polar scope (Takahashi or EQ6)
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Align assistant with the King method
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Focusing assistant
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Pipeline for the aiming model
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GOTO function using integrated catalogs (planets, asteroids, Messier objects, reference stars, NGC, IC, Moon)
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GOTO function using another charting planetarium tool (Guide, Carte du ciel , Skychart)
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Remote control from a computer
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Check position and time via GPS (through a serial or Ethernaude link)
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Control of filter wheels
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Virtual control pad
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Autoguiding
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Supported telescopes : LX200 protocol (with special features of Audecom, Skysensor, losmandy, It-lente, Mbartels), Ouranos, Temma, Ascom, Celestron
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Link: serial port, USB/Serial adapter
Capturing Images
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Capture modes: serial, continuous, windowed, binning, scan, video.
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Capturing videos with a Webcam (included Linux since 2.0.20110925).
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Characteristics of the optics (CCD field, binning, focal lengths, etc.).
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Capturing scans (drift-scan and normal scan)
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Display of a reticle for centering purposes
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Pipeline for supernovae survey
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Pipeline for asteroid photometry
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Supported cameras: Audine, Hi-Sis, SBIG, CB245, Starlight, Kitty, Webcam, TH78521, SRC1300XTC, Canon EOS, Coolpix, Andor
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Supported links: parallel port, USB port, Ethernaude, Quickremote (USB/parallel converter), Grabbers
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Long exposure option for webcams and DSLRs (via serial port, USB/serial adapter, parallel port or QuickRemote interface)
Displaying Images
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Zoom, mirror, windowing, full screen
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Transfer functions (linear, log, exponential, arc-tangent).
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Automatic adjustment of viewing thresholds.
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Changing colour palettes
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Multi-window display
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Viewer with animation or blinking
Processing Images
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Processing one image (add , subtract, divide, etc.)
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Processing series of images (register, add, subtract, etc.)
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Geometric operations (mirrors, windowing, resampling)
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Optimizing dark frame, subtracting sky background
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Filters (high pass, low pass, gaussian, median)
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Wavelets, logarithms
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Statistics on the image, Fwhm, Flow, Photocentre
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Histogram, section
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Image selection
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Processing colour images (RAW→CFA, CFA→RGB, R+G+B→RGB, etc.)
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Direct and inverse Fourier Transformation
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Convolution
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Deconvolution
Advanced Processing of Images
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Automatic pre-processing (make a dark frame, a flat field, registering)
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Astrometric calibration
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Photometric calibration with one picture or a serie (CDR/CDL)
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Spectrometry: SpcAudace (automatic spectrum processing, spectral astrophysics analysis…)
General Settings
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Languages (10 availables)
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Observer location
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Time (local, UT, ST), time zone, summer/winter
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External editors/browsers (PDF, HTML, text, image browser)
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Selection of UI colours (with night vision)
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Saving user preferences
Scripts
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Writing customized scripts in TCL
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Models and examples of scripts: photometrie (calaphot.tcl) , asteroid occultation (titania.tcl), etc.
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Function library:
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LIB TT: pre-processing of astronomical images
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LIB MC: celestial mechanics calculations
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LIB GSL: matrix calculation
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LIB BLT: trace of curves
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LIB Audela: camera and telescope management, and image buffer
Formats of Supported Files
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FITS files (16 bits or floating), colour FITS (48-bit RGB)
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JPEG files
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DAT files (spcaudace)
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RAW files(crw, cr2, nef, etc.)
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AVI files
