From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 25 08:54:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBBC51065674 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:54:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E9DA8FC2C for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:54:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2P8sLL7014098; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:54:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n2P8sLnX014097; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:54:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:54:21 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200903250854.n2P8sLnX014097@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, matt@ixsystems.com In-Reply-To: <8B3758D3-C067-43B1-A62F-DD7B7537793D@ixsystems.com> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-chat User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:54:45 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Astronomy X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, matt@ixsystems.com List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:54:47 -0000 Hi Since nobody has mentioned "nova" so far ... http://www.secnetix.de/tools/porgle/?w=d&q=telescope+control astro/nova An Integrated Observational Environment for amateur astronomers The Nova project is a free Integrated Observational Environment for amateur astronomers. It combines Ephemeris, Sky view, Observatory control and basic Image manipulation functionality into a single application. Features * Virtual view of night sky * Ephemeris calculation and plotting. * Telescope control * CCD control * Image manipulation * Supports most ASCII astronomical object catalogs * Automatic scheduling of observational activity. WWW: http://nova.sourceforge.net/ Note that I haven't used this port myswlf, so I can't tell for sure how good it is. But according to the description it might be useful for you. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Clear perl code is better than unclear awk code; but NOTHING comes close to unclear perl code" (taken from comp.lang.awk FAQ)