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advance beyond this range, you will see Pluto behave very strangely! We
are aware of this issue, and will try to improve Pluto's orbit model soon.
18.4.8 Ekos
Ekos is an advanced cross-platform (Windows®, Mac® OS, Linux®) observatory
control and automation tool with a particular focus on Astrophotography. It is
based on a modular extensible framework to perform common astrophotography
tasks. This includes highly accurate GOTOs using astrometry solver, ability to
measure and correct polar alignment errors, auto-focus & auto-guide capabilities,
and capture of single or stack of images with filter wheel support. Ekos is
shipped with KStars.
Ekos introductory video
Features:
· Control your telescope, CCD (& DSLRs), filter wheel, focuser, guider, adaptive
optics unit, and any INDI-compatible auxiliary device from Ekos.
· Built-in native autoguiding with support for automatic dithering between
exposures and support for Adaptive Optics devices in addition to traditional
guiders.
· Extremely accurate GOTOs using astrometry.net solver (both Online and
Offline solvers supported).
· Load & Slew: Load a FITS image, slew to solved coordinates, and center the
mount on the exact image coordinates in order to get the same desired frame.
· Measure & Correct Polar Alignment errors using astromety.net solver.
· Easy to use Polar Alignment Assistant tool. A very quick and reliable tool to
polar align your German Equatorial Mount!
· Capture and record video streams in SER format.
· Completely automated scheduler to control all your observatory equipment,
select the best targets for imaging given current conditions and constraints,
monitor weather conditions, and capture your data while you are away!
· Smart Dark Library: All your dark frames with different
binning/temperature/frame settings are saved for future use. Ekos re-uses
dark frames intelligently without taking unnecessary captures. You can
configure how long you want to reuse all the dark frames.
· Define multiple driver profiles for local and remote setups. Switch among them
easily.
· Auto and manual focus modes using Half-Flux-Radius (HFR) method.
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