Features

Main Screen Layout

Menus

Initial Setup

Transit Preparation

Script File Format

Camera Configuration

Notes

Troubleshooting

Shortcuts and Tips

Credits & Acknowledgments

• Application & Installation
  • What is Mercury Venus Transit Maestro?
  • Installation
  • General preferences
  • Check for updates
• Transit & Observer
  • Configuration wizard
  • Choosing a Mercury or Venus transit
  • Setting the observer’s location
  • Using the GPS unit
  • Setting the date and time
  • Adjusting the event times
  • Local circumstances table
  • Transit map
  • Sun-Planet diagram
  • Sky chart
  • Solar, planet and lunar elevations graph
  • Meteorology
  • Weather predictions
  • Mercury or Venus transits visibility
  • Transit elements
  • Major timers
  • Night vision
  • Google Earth kmz file
  • Gridded set of points of local circumstances
  • Integrated Google Maps
  • Integrated Google Earth
• Digital Cameras
  • Automatic digital camera detection
  • Setting up the digital cameras
  • Setting up the CCD cameras
  • Referencing the cameras
  • Taking a single test exposure
  • Using remote live view
  • Available properties
  • Cameras battery levels
  • Properties analysis
  • Property events analysis
  • Exposure calculator
  • Field of view calculator
  • Sensor sampling calculator
• Scripts
  • Create a script
  • Exposure sequence analyzer