XmCCD
Linux Software for Astronomical CCD Camera Control
- In the current version ...
- Runs natively on recent Linux distributions with a 2.6 series kernel
- Supports current SBIG USB cameras
- Primary and tracking CCD imaging
- CFW8, CFW10, and STL filter wheel control
- Modes for focus, single, and multiple frames with automatic file storage
- Telescope guiding through the camera interface
- FITS file format with camera and filter header information
- Interactive image display and analysis with SAOimage ds9
- Under development and testing ...
- Improved implementations of the SBIG libraries and USB devices
- Use of sockets for communication between processes
- Time-delay (drift-scan) imaging
- Control for the SBIG Adaptive Optics (AO) accessory
- Subarea selection through ds9
- Autoguiding with the track CCD and feedback to AO or telescope
- Support for Apogee cameras
- A command line interface
- Access point for control from web-based clients
XmCCD creates FITS image files with
comprehensive header information and displays the images using ds9. Images
may be processed for dark subtraction and
flat fielding with the FITS file utilities that are included.
CinePaint, an open source 32-bit image processing program, is recommended
for image editing and multi-color image visualization.
Last update: December 1, 2007
kielkopf@louisville.edu
