MaxIm DL - Features

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System Requirements

General

Image Viewing and Inspection

Image Editing

Image Calibration

Image Processing

Image Processing Filters

Stacking, Aligning and Blinking/Animation

DSLR and Webcam Control

  • Supports Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Lumenera, Meade LPI and DSI, and DirectShow-based Webcams
  • Controls a main camera plus an autoguider
  • Convenient separate controls for exposing and focusing
  • Select camera download mode, including RAW format
  • Fast focus mode
  • Fully adjustable binning and subframes; select subframes by draging the mouse on an image
  • Image calibration options include none, simple auto-dark, and full calibration including bias, dark, and flat-field
  • Expose calibration frames
  • Sophisticated sequencing tool for taking multiple images with different exposure, binning, exposure type (light, bias, dark, flat). Up to 16 slots for all settings with optional separate repeat count and automatic script execution. Group by slot or image each slot in sequence. Save/load sequences. Adjustable delay before and between images.
  • Convenient Sequence Wizard to make setting up standard sequence configurations quick and easy. Includes options for RGB and LRGB image sets, capturing calibration frames, and monochrome imaging.
  • Automatically pause FocusAide
  • Automatically flip or rotate images
  • Focus tools for both main camera and autoguider, including 3-D star plot, maximum pixel value, full-width half maximum, and half flux diameter
  • Large focus information display for manual focusing away from screen
  • Extensive image details added to FITS header
  • Define your own FITS header keys to be added to each image
  • Configurable audible alerts with user-selectable .WAV files

Autoguiding

Focuser Control

Equipment Compatibility



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