Astrophotography

edge · April 28, 2023, 8:46pm

Hi Ed,
We’ve been doing some coding work on this, but not nearly enough to get this ready for release. Much of the effort has been interviewing customers and determining what features are most wanted. I wish I had a definite timeframe for you, but I don’t. (sorry)

Edward

pecos · January 2, 2024, 9:42pm

Hi there,
Not sure if this is of interest but I found this not so little project that might interest some of you looking into this. I’m trying one out myself while only using the vizy camera and pi4 (I swap the sd cards) as the 2 need the same gpios:

github.com

Short-bus/pilomar/blob/main/src/pilomar.py

#!/usr/bin/python

# This software is published under the GNU General Public License v3.0.
# Also respect any pre-existing terms of any components that this incorporates.
# Examples
# - SKYFIELD is issued and used under the "MIT License" terms.
# - HIPPARCOS data is used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
# - JPL data for planet positions will have its own licence.
# - NGC (New General Catalog) data is based upon the Saguaro Astronomy Club Database version 8.1
# - The MESSIER catalog is gathered from multiple sources.
# - The MeteorShower list is based upon the Wikipedia list (2021).
# - Space station data comes from the celestrak.org website (using NORAD public data)

# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
# OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
# WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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edro · January 3, 2024, 8:11pm

Pilomar looks like an interesting project. I’ll keep it in mind.

Might have to dig into it if Vizy doesn’t release their Astronomy app.