To manage my astronomy devices I’m using the INDI Library that is an open source, cross platform protocol designed to support control, automation, data acquisition, and exchange among hardware devices and software frontends. INDI stands for the Instrument-Neutral-Distributed-Interface. It supports a wide range of devices and can be used with many different clients. INDIlib is not…
I really appreciate taking images of the sun in Halpha using my Coronado PST. I have prepared a document (in french) explaining how to acquire and process with Iris images with a webcam or a DSLR camera: Halpha solar imaging & processing [PDF, 3.4MB] Card for documenting images acquisition [ZIP, 559B] Iris script to automatize…
I process my astroimages with the freeware Iris. This is a powerful software but requires some time to handle it correctly. I have prepared some documentation (in french) explaining how to process images acquired with a webcam and with a DSLR camera: Processing an AVI with Iris [PDF, 1.2MB] Processing RAW images with Iris [PDF, 2.7MB]