Which ASCOM software with PMC-EIGHT #ASCOM
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Hildo <hildo79@...>
There is quite a list of ASCOM software on the ES website so I spent a few hours reading a lot of posts in here and 2 subgroups. It seems Stellarium, CDC, and N.I.N.A. are the common choices other than Explore Stars.
Is there one that seems to work best with the PMC-EIGHT? Specifically EXOS2-GT if that matters. I will attempt guiding in the future. Thanks for the help!
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You can install all of them together. Stellarium and CdC will show you where the objects are. I only used them for visual observation . NINA is used for controlling all of your equipment and taking picture with a dedicated astrocamera . You can use NiNA alone for planning or import coordinates from Stellarium (find a YouTube video)or CdC (works from the start) eg. For guiding you will need PHD2, which also integrates in NiNA. When using a DSRL or DSLM you should consider different software than NiNA.
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Hildo <hildo79@...>
Thank you Sebastian, None works better than the others with pmc-eight? Just comes down to preference and needed usage?
-------- Original message -------- From: Sebastian <jakob.sebastian@...> Date: 2021-04-18 3:36 a.m. (GMT-07:00) To: MAIN@ESPMC-Eight.groups.io Subject: Re: [ESPMC-Eight] Which ASCOM software with PMC-EIGHT #ASCOM You can install all of them together. Stellarium and CdC will show you where the objects are. I only used them for visual observation . NINA is used for controlling all of your equipment and taking picture with a dedicated astrocamera . You can use NiNA alone for planning or import coordinates from Stellarium (find a YouTube video)or CdC (works from the start) eg. For guiding you will need PHD2, which also integrates in NiNA. When using a DSRL or DSLM you should consider different software than NiNA.
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Hilldo
Yes. Ascom is an universal platform for communication with different astro hardware and software. Nomen est omen: Cartes du Ciel a star map Stellarium a star map an planetarium software NINA nighttime imaging and astronomy All apps will tell your mount where to slew.
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