File	Date	Author	Commit
AstroPictureSimulator	2020-06-30	Peter	[a33746] 2.06 added some text in help
UnitTestsAstroPictureSimulator	2020-06-30	Peter	[a7453c] 2.04 SNRs xalculation separated from interface,...
.hgignore	2020-06-18	Peter	[688b3a] First commit, working, not fully tested
AstroPictureSimulator.sln	2020-06-24	Peter	[840748] added unit tests; shifted code to Session
README.txt	2020-06-27	Peter	[ff37cd] 2.0 included optimization of SNR (gain versus e...

Read Me

This is a program written in C#. It is a simulation of taking a picture of a star with an astrocamera. There are some shortcuts, but it should give a reasonable impression of results you can obtain. Default settings are for a cooled mono camera with the number 1600 in it in combination with an 8 inch SCT with 0.7 reducer of a well known brand. Images as presented are a linear stretch between minimum and maximum pixel value. 

If you like your own defaults put defaults.xml and ReadNoise.txt in the same directory as the executable.

For further help, see the help menu in the executable.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and / or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.