Tom Gwilym wrote:
> Very cool!
> One small step in the right direction. The day my observatory can run on Linux
will be a very happy day.
> Now if I could get the following running in Linux - Cartes Du Ciel (yeah,
there is a linux version already), DSLRFocus, K3CCDTools, MaxDSLR. Then I would
a very happy astronomer. Heh!
>
> Tom


Holy man I've missed a lot in the months I was gone! That is simply
awesome! If you're looking for a polar alignment tool I believe EQAlign
plays nice with Linux. I only use software to trigger the shutter of my
camera so anything that can hold the serial line open will work for
that. I use my DSI mostly for guiding recently but one of these days
I'll literally knock the dust off my imaging DSI and put it back into
rotation. I can point the mount with the handset but if I can use some
sort of application to select a target, slew the scope via ASCOM, I'm
golden.

Have I mentioned that you guys in general just plain rock? Ya all do.

--
Tim Schuh
http://www.urbanastronomy.com/

32.89N, 97.15W
LXD75 6" Schmidt-Newtonian
DSI Pro
ATIK Manual Filter Wheel
ATIK 0.50 Focal Reducer
Piggyback:
Orion StarBlast 4.5" f/4.0
CCD Labs Q-Guide