Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:09:58 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Astronomy Message-ID: <A73CE221-71B2-4203-A0FE-89A6D8220D8D@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <8B3758D3-C067-43B1-A62F-DD7B7537793D@ixsystems.com> References: <8B3758D3-C067-43B1-A62F-DD7B7537793D@ixsystems.com>
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On Mar 24, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Matt Olander wrote: > Hi! > > Is anybody into astronomy on FreeBSD? I'd love to hook up a > telescope to my FreeBSD laptop and use some software to control it > while we look at stars on the monitor, zoom in, and the scope moves. > This would be fun taking to local astronomy groups as well as > conferences :-) > > Any advice welcome! If anybody has a working setup, I'd love to hear > details such as the brand/model of scope and the software that > you're using on FreeBSD. > > Thanks! > -matt > cd /usr/ports/astro/xephem && make maintainer *cough* The makers of xephem also created a protocol called INDI that allows xephem to control hardware. They have drivers for Meade, Celestron, and Takahasi telescopes. Thanks, Josh Paetzel
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