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Enhanced Vision, the technology we have developed to make deep-sky observations possible, may halt while you use your Unistellar telescope.
Enhanced Vision can drop due to :
- High clouds/smoke/haze/thermals not easily visible to the naked eyes
- Temporary firmware hiccup (power on/off to fix)
- dew/frost on sensor/mirror
- imperceptible (to you) vibration
- tripod leveling/stability
- breezes/wind
Sometimes, you will get one of these messages:
- “Important shock detected – Please check the level and re-align.” Enhanced Vision will stop if a significant shock is detected (for example, a strong kick on the tripod). You will then need to re-adjust your level bubble and go through the Focus & Track procedure as explained in our Guides.
- “Too close to zenith – Please re-align at a lower altitude.” Enhanced Vision will stop if your eVscope gets near the zenith (which creates various issues, for example, for tracking). We don't recommend going below 20° or above 80°. You will then need to go through the Focus & Track procedure as explained in our Guides.
- “Your eVscope is stopping the Enhanced Vision. Do you want to save the image?” Enhanced Vision will stop if it is not possible to observe anymore (for example, if the sky is fully cloudy).
Note: While you observe, you will sometimes see an “Enhanced Vision disrupted” message. This means that one of the images stacked by your eVscope has issues, and we have skipped it to maintain the quality of your observation.
Three specific messages can appear:
- “Enhanced Vision disrupted. Vibration detected”. This means a minor shock (for example, someone bumped against the eyepiece) has been detected.
- “Enhanced Vision disrupted. Too bright”. This means light has polluted an image (for example, someone turned on his/her smartphone’s flash).
- "Tracking issue detected"—this could be an issue with your focus and/or collimation. Please adjust those.