polar align on simulators - by: rkonrad
In preparation for clear nights and warmer weather (up here in Canada), I'm practicing on the ccd/telescope simulators to improve my skills operating Ekos. After getting a successful goto alignment, I...
View ArticleNo notification settings in KStars - by: Magnus_e
Hi. Earlier today I saw the new movie with video capture in Ekos and Notification setup in KStars. I tried updating with apt update / upgrade, but did not get it, so I pulled the git repo and compiled,...
View Article[bug]Load seq file, start capturing,goes Completed right away - by: sywong2000
Updated to the latest KStar Ekos, When I load the sequence file from disk, start capturing, the progress will go into "Complete" right away. This does not happens if I add the sequence from the...
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Tiny gmailclient suitable for Ekos/KStars notifications on Git - by: Magnus_e
Hi. After seeing that KStars has gotten new notifications settings I put together a small node gmail client (MailMeMessage) that can be used with the 'Script' option for notifications. Syntax is real...
View ArticleiEQ45 GTN 8407 and 8406 - by: bergerking
Hi All, I've got a question. Since I'm experimenting with Ekos on my RPI3 (still in my house), I was wondering if the mount option iEQ45 Pro is also suitable for the older mounts 2013 and later of the...
View ArticleFitsViewer memory usage on zoom - by: fehlfarbe
Hi, I'm running KStars, Ekos and Indi on an Odroid XU4 with 2GB RAM and 64GB eMMC with Ubuntu 16.04. KStars and Ekos handling is very smooth but when I (accidently) zoom more than 100% into an image...
View ArticleEqmod telescope pier side - by: pch
I have a problem with the actual implementation of TELESCOPE_PIER_SIDE in the emod driver, as it is based on HourAngle-6h it is wrong when you point below the pole. For example you start guiding on...
View ArticleWhere are the default astrometry options for solve-field - by: maudy
Had a great two days with Ekos on RPI3. Things work well, and the solver will do some images. Thank you for the great project and fun. Where are the default options, such as -- download 2, set? I have...
View Articleindi py - by: mikelt
Can you please tell me where to find the indi py development manual. I didn't find any link in the tutorials. A pdf would be really usefull. I am playing around to move the telescope by 90° using the...
View ArticleEkos, INDI, SkySafari, and NexStar - by: maudy
Hi, So far things with Ekos are going well. One thing that is a problem is when Ekos/KStars exists.. If SkySafari is used to slew the mount while previewing images with Ekos, then Ekos/KStar exits...
View ArticleThe position of comets is not correct with Kstars - by: cometas
I'm using Kstars for my comet astrometric observations and I've seen that the position of the comets is not correct Position KStars comet 315P 11 47 07 HR +31 30 49 Dec 2017-01-31 21:00 UTC Correct...
View ArticleTrouble with focusing and live view on Canon. - by: bj0
After a month of clouds I now have some clear skys and am continuing my efforts to try and get my setup working smoothly with INDI. So far I have it controlling the mount and guiding, but I am having...
View ArticleKStars GSoC 2017 projects - by: knro
Folks, Google Summer of Code 2017 is coming up soon. In GSoC 2017, students can participate in many open source projects during the summer period. If they successfully implement the project, they get...
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indi_lx200basic NSEW controls disabled? - by: Blueshawk
I'm having a bit of trouble getting indi_lx200basic controls to work with my DIY mount. My diy mount program uses the url=http://www.meade.com/support/LX200CommandSet.pdf]LX200 Command set[/url and...
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Any tips on how to automate? - by: universalmaster
Dear all, I am planning to automate my observatory. The first step was to be able to detect clear skies and I have found that using my all-sky camera and a bit of blob-detection is a good way to do...
View ArticleInstallation problem - by: VTVL
After a re-installation of Ubuntu MATE 16.04.1 which went well I used the sudo apt-get install indi-full kstars-bleeding command. The installation appeared to go well. But when starting kstars from the...
View Articleusing indi py or dbus scripting - by: mikelt
I have the following problem. In order to open/close my roof I need to slew the telescope out of the way by 90° (too high). I have tried to achieve this by using either indi py or dbus scripting with...
View Articledslr - image info - by: rkonrad
Hi, When I connect my canon dslr, I get a message that I should update my camera pixel information in the "image info" section. That section seems to be read only so I'm not sure if there is something...
View ArticleFlat/Dark/Bias Calibration in Ekos - by: Jean-Phi
Hi, I think about how to automatize my installation and I found in Ekos an option to close a cap to perform the Dark/Bias and Flat field. I attached a screenshot of the windows for more clarity. My...
View ArticleCustom Night Vision Colors bug. - by: Ihoujin
There appears to be a problem with setting up custom colors. Mind you, I've only tried this with the Night Vision profile. Although I am properly saving the changes, whenever I switch from one color...
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