Re: [ATM] Telescope Emulation Software

[C Broward <cbroward@ufl.edu>]

There are even PDA programs to do this...one atmer offers boards and 
such to build your own encoder interface.

Have fun!

Chuck in hot north Fl.

Scott Ewart wrote:

> I have a friend who uses SkyMap Pro with his Dob this way.  I'm sure other
> programs can do the same.
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken Hunter" <atm_ken_hunter@yahoo.com>
> To: "Gil Gagne" <gilgagne@bellsouth.net>; <atm@atmlist.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [ATM] Telescope Emulation Software
> 
> 
> Most planetarium programs can do this...
> Check out ECU (Earth Centered Universe)
> and others...
> 
> Ken Hunter
> 
> 
> --- Gil Gagne <gilgagne@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
>>Does anyone know of any software to run on a PC that
>>accepts Alt-AZ
>>coordinates or encoder pulses from my dob telescope
>>and scrolls thru a
>>map or representation of the sky. Once calibrated,
>>this system would act
>>like a finder scope to help locate stars and deep
>>sky objects on the
>>monitor that are hard to find thru the limited field
>>of view of an
>>optical finder. I've searched through several Sky &
>>Tel and Astronomy
>>issues for such software without much success.
>>Gil
>>Port Orange, FL
>>
>>
> 
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