Real Time
The purpose of this screen is allow you to observe the behaviour of the variable stars in the star field while you are still observing : if activatied a new lightcurve is made as soon as a new photo arrives in a designated folder.
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How to Proceed in M.A.P. - MultiAsterPhotometry ???
First of all, a Star Group has to be chosen via the Step 2 "Choose Star Group to be analysed" on the Dashboard.
Then the button "Select Folder where Photo's arrive" is used to indicate in what folder the new photo's will arrive.
![](/images/0_help_figures/RealTime_select.png)
Next, push the "START to Treat Detected Photos" button. This will... start the process that will wait for the arrival of a photo in the designated folder. The button turns yellow.
The field "Slow Down [seconds]" is to avoid that the photo is detected before it is completely downloaded. It happened during the test phase, change the value to a lower value at your own will.
![](/images/0_help_figures/RealTime_start.png)
Then, it's yust a case of waiting...
In this test, five photo's arrived all at once (well, I forced it too..) and soon I got th new lightcurve :
![](/images/0_help_figures/RealTime_lightcurve.png)
To stop the process, push the button "STOP" (indeed).
![](/images/0_help_figures/RealTime_stop.png)