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Astroguider analyzes the picture taken by a Webcam (or any other
camera), and follows an object (e.g. a star). It sends correction
signals to stepper motors located at the telescope mounting. This
technique, called 'autoguiding', is used in astrophotography.
Any webcam that is supported by linux can be used. In order to
capture a picture, a shell command must be specified in the source
code (I know, this is slow and ugly, but it works well for now and
this is a very flexible approach).
At the moment, the only supported is the PowerFlex MTS-3SLP and
3SDI Telescope Drives by
Boxdörfer Elektronik. However, it should be very easy to get
this thing working with other drives as well, since the commands are
well encapsulated. I like to add support for other drives in future.
Let me know which one you use.
Pleas note that this software is in an early stage. If you
download this software, don't expect to much yet. Suggestions for
improvemets and bug reports are welcome.
This software is designed to do the guiding of a telescope drive.
If you need something to capture images through your telescope, and do
things like stacking them, this software is not what you need.
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