AstroTelescope is a simple planetarium application for astrophotography. Even if it can be used separately, it is meant to work together with AstroImager.
Star maps in AstroTelescope can be displayed at any scale and rotated by any angle, with selectable star-density, and with or without star names. Hipparcos Catalogue and selected NGC and IC DSO objects are available from the application locally, but any object can be searched online by calling up the public SIMBAD service on Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center.
The application can control a connected mount both by selecting an object on the star map or manually; mount position can be synced automatically from a solved image in AstroImager.
Its built-in driver supports Meade LX and Celestron NexStar protocols both over serial line and TCP/IP (direct support for Synta/Celestron coming soon). The application can be used as a client to any remote or local INDI server with any supported telescope mount, and it can also control EQMac application over TCP/IP connection and LX protocol.
You can download trial version of both AstroTelescope, AstroImager and AstroGuider.
Version 1.7:
- Added "simple LX protocol mode" to support mounts not fully compatible with Meade controllers or EQMac.
- Map can be controlled with notebook trackpad gestures (zoom and rotation) and can be flipped in both axes.
- RA/Dec axes, North/South and East/West directions can be switched for manual and joystick control.
- Tracking speed is selected automatically for slewing target (lunar for moon, solar for sun, sidereal for everything else).
- Added polar alignment helper panel with polar scope reticle, local mean sidereal time and polar angle values.
- OS X 10.9 or later
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