Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:36:15 -0500 From: Melanie Vonfange <melanie@pcbsd.org> To: Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Astronomy Message-ID: <9df43a1e0903241936n2a7176e5l554dad88ab7dc37a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8B3758D3-C067-43B1-A62F-DD7B7537793D@ixsystems.com> References: <8B3758D3-C067-43B1-A62F-DD7B7537793D@ixsystems.com>
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On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.com> 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! > Hey Matt! :) Our Preschooler is getting into astronomy and so we have been using Celestia. It's an Open Source 3D deep space simulator. It doesn't have a FreeBSD version yet, but the source code is available on the site http://www.shatters.net/celestia/download.html I know it isn't exactly what you are looking for, but it might be a nice thing to look into while you search! - Melanie
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