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==Stellarium== | ==Stellarium== | ||
[http://www.stellarium.org/ | [http://www.stellarium.org/ Stellarium] is a free planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is the perfect sky map for beginners and for realistic rendering. | ||
Stellarium is written in C++ and is working on most operating systems. | |||
===Telescope control=== | |||
Stellarium has the ability to control telescopes for GoTo operations. It does not check for sun-pointing or mount collision. Two modes of interaction are possible, as explained on the [http://stellarium.org/wiki/index.php/Telescope_Control main wiki page for telescope control]. The first mode is using a [http://stellarium.org/wiki/index.php/Telescope_Control_(client-server) telescope server], a standalone application interacting with the telescope device. It requires command-line interaction and manual configuration. The second mode is using the [http://stellarium.org/wiki/index.php/Telescope_Control_plug-in telescope control plug-in], with its graphical user interface. It connects to the telescope devices either directly, with the serial port, or using the telescope servers from the first method. | |||
The only advantage I see about using a telescope server instead of the direct link is that it can be distributed on the network. The telescope server communicates with Stellarium using a stellarium-specific protocol described [[:File:Stellarium_telescope_protocol.txt|here]] [https://stellarium.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/stellarium/trunk/telescope_server/stellarium_telescope_protocol.txt (source)]. | |||
[http://stellarium.org/wiki/index.php/Telescope_Compatibility Here] is the list of compatible telescopes with either ways. | |||
==Cartes du Ciel (CdC) / SkyChart== | ==Cartes du Ciel (CdC) / SkyChart== | ||
Revision as of 16:12, 3 September 2012
Sky cartography software
Stellarium
Stellarium is a free planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is the perfect sky map for beginners and for realistic rendering.
Stellarium is written in C++ and is working on most operating systems.
Telescope control
Stellarium has the ability to control telescopes for GoTo operations. It does not check for sun-pointing or mount collision. Two modes of interaction are possible, as explained on the main wiki page for telescope control. The first mode is using a telescope server, a standalone application interacting with the telescope device. It requires command-line interaction and manual configuration. The second mode is using the telescope control plug-in, with its graphical user interface. It connects to the telescope devices either directly, with the serial port, or using the telescope servers from the first method.
The only advantage I see about using a telescope server instead of the direct link is that it can be distributed on the network. The telescope server communicates with Stellarium using a stellarium-specific protocol described here (source).
Here is the list of compatible telescopes with either ways.