Hugonweb | ACP Planner File Syntax

There are 3 types of lines:

Comments: Start with ;
Directives: Start with #
Targets: Named objects or coordiantes

Directives are in effect for all following targets. This is nice when you want to image all targets with the same filters, binning, etc. For multiple Filters, you just need to seperate them by commas. All other directives must have their parameters repeated similarly.

#SUBFRAME A fraction of the frame to capture from 0.1 to 1.0
#FILTER Named filter to use (must match one available on the imaging system)
#BINNING Binning to use
#COUNT Number of images to repeatedly take
#INTERVAL Length of a single exposure in seconds

Targets can either be a named object known to the system like M31 or a tab seperated list of <name> <RA> <DE> in J2000 format.

The example below has settings for LRGB with various binnings and counts commented out, followed by a 3x600s luminance filter configuration that is in effect. The example will image M31 and then whatever is at RA: 16:33:55.5 DE: 50:59:11.0.

; For LRGB:
;#SUBRAME 1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0
;#FILTER Luminance,Red,Green,Blue
;#BINNING 1,2,2,2
;#COUNT 6,3,3,3
;#INTERVAL 120,120,120,120
;
; For Luminance:
#SUBRAME 1.0
#FILTER Luminance
#BINNING 1
#COUNT 3
#INTERVAL 600
;
M31
sillyStar 16:33:55.5 50:59:11.0