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 ====== Settings ====== ====== Settings ======
  
-Across the bottom of the the Home Screen is a menu with some useful and not so useful  buttons. The most useful one is on the far right, it takes you to settings.+Across the bottom of the the Home Screen is a menu of icons with some useful and some not so useful  buttons. The most useful one is on the far right, oddly labeled Me. It takes you to Settings which is oddly labeled Log In.
  
 ===== Bottom Menu ===== ===== Bottom Menu =====
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 __Me (Unidentifiable Icon)__: The quickest way to Sounds, Focus, Anti-dew, and Watermark settings. It’s also the quickest way to reach the ”Slide to shut down” button which is hiding down at the bottom, off the screen. You have to scroll down the page to get to it.  __Me (Unidentifiable Icon)__: The quickest way to Sounds, Focus, Anti-dew, and Watermark settings. It’s also the quickest way to reach the ”Slide to shut down” button which is hiding down at the bottom, off the screen. You have to scroll down the page to get to it. 
  
-===== Settings Page =====+=== Settings Page(s) ===
    
 This settings page is conveniently labeled Log In. To what I don’t know and it doesn’t say. Tried several different combinations of ZWO, ASIair, and Seestar names and password and got nowhere. This settings page is conveniently labeled Log In. To what I don’t know and it doesn’t say. Tried several different combinations of ZWO, ASIair, and Seestar names and password and got nowhere.
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 __Sound__ is where you control the volume of the Seestar’s voice. After the first couple of sessions I put mine on mute, mostly because I was worried the neighbors would be concerned if they heard voices in the middle of the night. __Sound__ is where you control the volume of the Seestar’s voice. After the first couple of sessions I put mine on mute, mostly because I was worried the neighbors would be concerned if they heard voices in the middle of the night.
  
-__Focus__ allows you to turn on the focus panel so you can manually adjust the focus of the Seestar's camera. Note the Current POS ((That's __pos__ition not Piece Of S...)) number after you’ve focused on a bright star. If you’re fooling around with the focus and get lost (I have) you can just go back to that number and know your spot-on or very close. If you're way off, autofocus may not save your bacon. The Sun. the Moon, and DSOs all focus at minutely different places/numbers. And yes, the focus point for any of them changes with temperature. Refocus when you change targets to keep stars sharp. Poor focus is the most common problem with beginners images, so focus on focus when you’re starting out with the Seestar.+{{ :img_4679.png?nolink&200|}}__Focus__ allows you to turn on the focus panel so you can manually adjust the focus of the Seestar's camera. Note the Current POS ((That's __pos__ition not Piece Of S...)) number after you’ve focused on a bright star. If you’re fooling around with the focus and get lost (I have) you can just go back to that number and know your spot-on or very close. If you're way off, autofocus may not save your bacon. The Sun. the Moon, and DSOs all focus at minutely different places/numbers. And yes, the focus point for any of them changes with temperature. Refocus when you change targets to keep stars sharp. Poor focus is the most common problem with beginners images, so focus on focus when you’re starting out with the Seestar.
  
-__Anti-Dew__ is where you turn on the Dew heater which helps prevent dew from forming on the Seestar's camera lens. It also uses up the battery big time.+__Anti-Dew__ is where you turn on the Dew heater which helps prevent dew from forming on the Seestar's camera lens. It also uses up the battery big time((If you do get dew what do you do? DO NOT wipe ioff the dew or you're pictures will soon look like do-do—coating on the lens a delicate. Take your scope indoors and let the dew evaporate, or if you want to keep shooting, try a hair dryer on low temp or no temp and //don't get too close//. Don't blow on the lens because your breath is full of moisture and you might blow saliva.)) 
  
-__Image Watermark__ is where you turn on or off a watermark that is superimposed on the bottom your images. (But not on the RAW or FITS pictures.) I kinda like it, actually. I just wish it provided a bit more information such as how many subframes were stacked and what was the to exposure length, what the clock’s duration was  to get all the subs, etc. +__Image Watermark__ is where you turn on or off a watermark that is superimposed on the bottom your images. (But not on the RAW or FITS pictures.) I kinda like it, actually. I just wish it provided a bit more information such as how many subframes were stacked and what was the to exposure length, what the clock time was  to get all the subs, which filter was used, etc. 
  
-__Advanced features__, oddly, provides access to additional Seestar features such as expo-sure time. I would have thought it was a basic feature. But maybe they’re right, given the rejection rate with anything but 10 second frames. +__Advanced features__, oddly, provides access to additional Seestar features such as exposure time. I would have thought it was a basic feature. But maybe they’re right, given the rejection rate with anything but 10 second frames. 
  
 __Slide to shut down__,  conveniently hiding off the bottom of the screen, is where you turn off the Seestar. __Slide to shut down__,  conveniently hiding off the bottom of the screen, is where you turn off the Seestar.
  
-==== Advanced features ====+===== Advanced features =====
  
 __Enhance EXP__ which should be called Exposure Length, gives you a choice of 10, 20, or 30 seconds. When stacking, there’s a quality algorithm that decides whether to add a new image to the stack or throw it out. Quite a few get thrown out at 20 seconds, a whole bunch at 30 seconds. So I now always use 10 seconds and still lose a few. I recently col-lected 30 minutes of data, 10 seconds at a time, and it took 53 minutes on the clock! The algorithm is persnickety, so clouds, airplanes or satellites, or a slight jiggle are not used. __Enhance EXP__ which should be called Exposure Length, gives you a choice of 10, 20, or 30 seconds. When stacking, there’s a quality algorithm that decides whether to add a new image to the stack or throw it out. Quite a few get thrown out at 20 seconds, a whole bunch at 30 seconds. So I now always use 10 seconds and still lose a few. I recently col-lected 30 minutes of data, 10 seconds at a time, and it took 53 minutes on the clock! The algorithm is persnickety, so clouds, airplanes or satellites, or a slight jiggle are not used.
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 __Skip Horizontal calibration__ allows you to bypass the horizontal calibration process when the Seestar is getting ready to start stacking photos (which they call Image Enhancement).  Essentially, the Seestar checks three stars and determines with plate solving what level really is  regardless of how you’ve adjusted the scope. You can only use it with “Skywatch-ing Mode” (DSO) and it’s worth the short delay before starting hours of photon collecting.  __Skip Horizontal calibration__ allows you to bypass the horizontal calibration process when the Seestar is getting ready to start stacking photos (which they call Image Enhancement).  Essentially, the Seestar checks three stars and determines with plate solving what level really is  regardless of how you’ve adjusted the scope. You can only use it with “Skywatch-ing Mode” (DSO) and it’s worth the short delay before starting hours of photon collecting. 
  
-__Save each frame__ saves every individual frame used during stacking, so you can use them in post-processing and stack them yourself. Rejected frames are not saved.+{{anchor:saveframes:}}__Save each frame__ saves every individual frame used during stacking, so you can use them in post-processing and stack them yourself. Rejected frames are not saved.
  
 __Adjust Level__ opens up the the white/green circles so you can get the scope as level as possible  by adjusting the mount. __Adjust Level__ opens up the the white/green circles so you can get the scope as level as possible  by adjusting the mount.
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 __Reset button__ long push restores Seestar to factory settings. Short push resets the Wi-Fi. __Reset button__ long push restores Seestar to factory settings. Short push resets the Wi-Fi.
  
-__RTSP__ (Real Time Streaming Protocol) and free OBS (Open Broadcast Software) will ena-ble you to broadcast live video from Seestar for world-wide real-time viewing and sharing via Facebook Live, YouTube. When you have everything else under control, then tackle this. It isn’t straight forward. +__RTSP__ (Real Time Streaming Protocol) and free OBS (Open Broadcast Software) will enable you to broadcast live video from Seestar for world-wide real-time viewing and sharing via Facebook Live, YouTube. This an [[streaming|advanced feature]]. When you have everything else under control, then tackle this. It isn’t straight forward. 
  
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