Save the curve by clicking the 'Create Paramount PEC curve' button (Note: throughout the procedure, save and open only text files). This window, along with the analyze data tab in the main window displaying the raw data collected (with the correction turned off) on are shown in figure 2. The RMS error in the upper right may be of interest. Check to see if any frequencies need to be added you can reference the Frequency Spectrum from the upper left pull down menu. A separate Create PE Curve window will open, and a curve will be fitted automatically. Save the data, and you will be prompted to create a PE curve, which you should do (if for some reason you do not, at a later point you can load the data into the Analyze tab and click Create PEC Curve there.) Do not worry about any syncing messages. When you have enough periods, click Stop. Acquire data for a large number of periods, until you have a good looking periodic curve.ģ. Once the image is exposed, check Maxim DL to make sure it found the star, and not just a hot pixel. Switch to the Acquire Data tab, and set the exposure such that the bright star you are pointed at is bright but not saturated. In the Setup tab (one of the lower tabs), connect to the scope and the camera. In More Settings window accessible from the Telescope->Options menu.Ģ. Turn off PEC in The Sky->Telescope->Options->More Settings by unchecking the 'Apply PEC correction' box.įigure 1: PEC window in The Sky.

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