Description:
A useful utility for astrophotographers wanting to calculate the optimal pixel size of a CCD sensor to achieve the max. sensitivity for a given telescope focal length and astronomical seeing.
Security:
Every released version of “SeeingCalc" has been checked with the latest antivirus software.
Licence
“SeeingCalc" is freeware and it is distributed as a single executable (.exe) file. If you find it useful, you are encouraged to link AstroDigital.Net from your astronomy homepage. Thank you.
Requirements:
Operating Systems:
- Mac OS X 10.6.4 with Mono 2.x framework (tested)
- MS-Windows 7
- MS-Windows Vista (tested)
- MS-Windows XP, Service Pack 2 with .NET-2.0 framework, MS-Windows-3.1 Installer (tested)
- Linux with Mono 2.x framework
Download:
Download a stable version right now. Just click on the link below:
SeeingCalc.exe - v1.0 (english)Installation:
- Windows: Download and install the .NET-2.0 framework on your Windows-XP computer. If you have Windows-7 or Windows-Vista omit this step.
- Mac / Linux: Download and install the Mono 2.x framework on your computer.
- Download the “SeeingCalc” and save it anywhere you want.
Invocation in Windows:
- Double click on the binary SeeingCalc.exe
- Adjust the astronomical seeing
- Adjust the focal length of your telescope.
- The optimal pixel size is calculated.
Invocation on a Mac:
- Open a Terminal
- Enter “mono SeeingCalc.exe”
- Adjust the astronomical seeing
- Adjust the focal length of your telescope.
- The optimal pixel size is calculated.
Copyright:
The software “SeeingCalc” is Copyright (c) 2010 by Panagiotis Xipteras.
Warranty:
NO WARRANTY. You use “SeeingCalc” at your own risk.
Complaints & Bug Reports:
If you want to report a bug, to complain about a function, do it here, please.
Screenshots:
Examples for astronomical seeing:
Crete, Greece: 1.4 “
Maubach, Germany: AstroDigital.Net roof observatory: 3.5 ”