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Ekos is part of the [[Cartography:Main#KStars|KStars]] project, and uses KStars' [[INDI]] capabilities.
Ekos is part of the [[Cartography:Main#KStars|KStars]] project, and uses KStars' [[INDI]] capabilities. It is available in recent KDE environments (2014 and later).


[http://edu.kde.org/kstars/indi/ekos/ Ekos] is a tool that aims to provide astronomers using Linux with a single, consistent, and extensible framework to perform astrophotography tasks. This includes polar alignment using drift method, auto-focus & auto-guide capabilities, and capture of single or stack of images with filter wheel support. Ekos is still under heavy development and is not ready for production use. Any testing and feedback is highly welcome.
[http://indilib.org/about/ekos.html Ekos] is a tool that aims to provide astronomers using Linux with a single, consistent, and extensible framework to perform astrophotography tasks. This includes polar alignment using drift method, auto-focus & auto-guide capabilities, GOTO, and capture of single or stack of images with filter wheel support.
 
Ekos is now released with KStars for KDE 4.10. [http://indilib.org/97-external/111-ekos.html INDI's website] seems to be more up-to-date than Ekos's on this point.

Latest revision as of 01:13, 29 December 2014

Ekos

Ekos is part of the KStars project, and uses KStars' INDI capabilities. It is available in recent KDE environments (2014 and later).

Ekos is a tool that aims to provide astronomers using Linux with a single, consistent, and extensible framework to perform astrophotography tasks. This includes polar alignment using drift method, auto-focus & auto-guide capabilities, GOTO, and capture of single or stack of images with filter wheel support.