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SG Lite |
SG Pro |
| Major Features |
| Save profiles for your gear |
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| Create multi-target sequences |
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| Automatic In-Sequence Centering1 |
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| In-sequence Auto-Focus |
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| Automated target framing1 |
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| Automated meridian flip1,3 |
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| Telescope centering with the click of a mouse1 |
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| Powerful, rules based focus engine |
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| Near instant support! |
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| Sequences |
| Create multi-target sequences |
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| Create sequence events based on other existing events |
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| Save your sequences to disk (including progress) |
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| Start or stop imaging your targets at specific times |
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| Automatically restart your image when there are guiding errors3 |
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| Control of image name and path patterns |
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| Custom message reminders on sequence start |
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| Custom pause message reminders attached to any event |
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| Sequence pause and resume |
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| Save the current sequence as an equipment profile |
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| Park your mount when the sequence completes |
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| Park your mount as a function of any sequence event (before or after it starts) |
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| Stop PHD Guiding when the sequence completes |
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| Pause PHD Guiding when during download or auto focus |
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| Warm the camera when the sequence completes |
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| Hardware Control |
| Use ASCOM, QSI, SBIG, Apogee, FLI, Atik, QHY, SX, Canon and Moravian cameras |
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| Use ASCOM Filter Wheels |
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| Use ASCOM Focusers and Telescopes |
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| Nudge/move your ASCOM compliant telescope |
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| Interface with PHD, AstroArt or MetaGuide for dithering |
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| Control your camera's TEC |
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| High speed image download (for supported cameras) |
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| Control your telescope with your iPhone, iPad or Android device2 |
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| Control your Alnitak flat box |
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| Slow cool down/warm up of camera TEC |
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| Directly access ASCOM hardware without using the ASCOM Chooser |
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| Focus Control |
| Auto focus |
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| Software controlled "between frames" temperature compensation |
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| User defined focus reminders |
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| Whole image HFR measurement |
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| Temperature compensation trainer |
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| Plate Solving |
| Plate solve reference images to set your target's location1 |
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| Center on images from Flickr and AstroBin1 |
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| Blind solve reference images using Astrometry.NET's blind solver4 |
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| Plate solve the current scope position (and sync the telescope)1 |
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| Automatically slew to a target's location1 |
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| "Right Click" image to center on a specific area of a captured image1 |
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| "Right Click" image to center on a specific area of an opened FITS file1 |
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| User Interface |
| "Big" Status Window |
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| Automatic image stretching |
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| Image statistics |
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| Multiple Image Interface (Keep multiple images open at once) |
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| Option to open new images in new windows |
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| Image "Pan and Zoom" control using an image thumbnail |
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| Open all known 16-bit FITS images for inspection |
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| View a graph of your PHD guiding error3 |
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| Highly customizable User Interface |
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| Tools |
| Flats Calibration Wizard: Calculate and save flats exposure lengths with the click of a button |
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| Create a "Flats Sequence" based on your "Lights Sequence" |
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| FITS Image Grader: Analyze your image set for quality |
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| Embed user and location data in your image files (FITS header) |
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| Cost |
Free! |
Only $99 USD!
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