The 24 means 8 bits per colour channel (Red, Green and Blue 3 x 8 = 24). This is an 8 bit format and should never be used for deep sky imaging. It is important to understand the differences between these formats and what they should be used for.
Note that this format can be changed later, but it is best to start with the format required.
When the format is selected, this is the format that the camera will use for the capture of image data. In this example, the camera is the SVBONY SV305 and the three formats offered are RGB24, RAW 8 and RAW 16. Select the astronomy camera and after a few seconds it will be connected. A dialogue will come up that shows all of the detected cameras such as the built in webcam and also your astronomy camera. Connect a camera to the appropriate USB port and click on the connect button once. For example, on one of our computers the Folder AstroDMx_DATA has been created manually in a fast, high capacity SD card that is permanently in the computer for extra storage, and the storage location has been set to this folder.Īt the top left of the AstroDMx Capture Window is the Capture button. However in Options there is the possibility to set a different location for captured data to be stored. The first time that AstroDMx Capture runs, it sets up a default location where captured data are stored. Take your time to navigate to the appropriate version for you. There are also versions for macOS (released), Windows (Pending release), and (FreeBSD which is still a work in progress). There are versions for the Raspberry Pi ARM 32 and 64bit. As stated above, there are versions for newer and older CPUs. There are versions of AstroDMx Capture for X86-64 Linux rpm and deb as well as manual installers.
On any older CPU the software will possibly not work. The software is not designed to run on CPUs older than 2006. If you download the wrong version, it may crash on startup. This is particularly important for Linux downloads as there are versions for CPUs made in 2013 and younger and also for older CPUs. Particular care is needed at the moment because the site is being prepared for other releases. Be sure to read carefully what is written on the download website, otherwise you could end up downloading the incorrect version of AstroDMx Capture.
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