Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:30:23 -0300 From: Alex Moura <alexsm@gmail.com> To: Melanie Vonfange <melanie@pcbsd.org> Cc: Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.com>, FreeBSD Chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Astronomy Message-ID: <de2590e90903242030v7bbc3e7eod812562caf409ebd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9df43a1e0903241936n2a7176e5l554dad88ab7dc37a@mail.gmail.com> References: <8B3758D3-C067-43B1-A62F-DD7B7537793D@ixsystems.com> <9df43a1e0903241936n2a7176e5l554dad88ab7dc37a@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Melanie Vonfange <melanie@pcbsd.org>wrote: > 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 > Hi, There's also Stellarium - already in ports - wich happens to have some telescope integration: http://stellarium.sf.net http://www.stellarium.org/wiki/index.php/Telescope_Control http://www.stellarium.org/wiki/index.php/Telescope_Compatibility http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Board/nexstargps/Number/2023993/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/o/fpart/all Maybe this will work. - Alexhome | help
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