alt Hacker NewsFantastic news. As ACP is no longer in development, I am starting to slowly look for a replacement, and a few things that come up in my mind:
- Will it work with MaximDL to acquire images and autoguide, or will it simply not need it at all? - Will it work with PWI3 for autofocusing? - Will offset tracking (at custom dRA, dDec rates) be implemented at some point to track artificial satellites? - Will it at some point implement targeting using TLEs and MPC elements? - I am extensively using #WAITZENDIST and other #WAIT directives to wait for an object to be at certain altitude - would be really good to implement that in observation plans (a single plan can do a number of things sequentially.) - Can plans launch custom Python scripts and read/write stuff from/to files?
I probably want too much at this point, but sincerely wishing you best of luck with this incredible project, will definitely follow all the developments!
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You can always check out NINA, it's also open source, and what I personally use.
No MaximDL needed! All built in, including autoguiding and autofocusing.
Satellite tracking to be implemented in the future, working on it these months with a student of mine.
Object scheduling timing is down to the user - but the wait directives does sound like a useful feature!
Custom python scripts are possible, please check out here: https://docs.withastra.io/user_guide/custom_observatories
I also recommend checking out the introduction video that covers install and setup :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIElFSS1hkA