McConahay A. Using Sequence Generator Pro and Friends. Imaging with...2019

Textbook in PDF format

This guide is specifically aimed at those who are using—or want to use—Sequence Generator Pro. SGP is a “session management” software package that controls the telescope, mount, camera, and ancillary equipment to target and secure images during a night of imaging astronomical objects.
This guide is specifically aimed at those who are using—or want to use—Sequence Generator Pro. SGP is a “session management” software package that controls the telescope, mount, camera, and ancillary equipment to target and secure images during a night of imaging astronomical objects.
This book is for imagers who would like to simplify their lives. As with anything we want to simplify, the key may be good planning. And face it, sometimes planning can sound omplicated. Yes, here is a book with twenty-two chapters, four hundred pages, and a hundred illustrations about simplifying your astroimaging life.
Why Do I Need Sequence Generator Pro?
Can SGP Run My Equipment?
How Do I Set Up My Equipment?
How Do I Get Started with SGP?
How Do I Communicate with SGP?
How Do I Use Profiles?
How Do I Squeeze the Most Out of Sequences?
What Handy Tools Does SGP Have for Me?
Wizards and Such
SGP Administration and Help
Target Data: What Do I Want to Shoot Tonight?
Framing and Mosaic Wizard
Bringing Things into Focus
The Meridian Flip
How Do I Get SGP to Take Over While I Sleep?
Autoguiding Basics
A Ph.D in PHD2 Guiding
Plate Solving: Where Am I?
How Does a Planetarium Program Help Me Image?
Using AstroPlanner
Using Deep-Sky Planner 7
Deep Sky Objects Browser/Telescopius