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 most current SBIG USB cameras
- Allows imaging with autoguiding using the dual CCD of SBIG cameras
- Includes SBIG CFW8, CFW10, and STL filter wheel control with filter names
- Allows an external filter wheel and supports the Optec IFW filter wheel
- Supports Apogee ALTA series USB cameras
- Focus, single, and multiple frames with automatic file storage
- FITS file format with exposure, camera, telescope, and filter header information
- Interactive image display and analysis with SAOimage ds9
- Graphical subarea selection through ds9 region selection
- Remote operation and command line control with INDI
.
- Under development ...
- Simplified determination of autoguiding parameters
- SBIG Bayer mask color CCD fits-to-tiff support
- Control from a web-based client
- User manual
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: November 8, 2009
kielkopf@louisville.edu
