This is the Windows app named Sky simulator for ASCOM whose latest release can be downloaded as SkySimulatorv0.9.03.exe. It can be run online in the free hosting provider OnWorks for workstations.
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Sky simulator for ASCOM
DESCRIPTION
Sky simulator for ASCOM & Alpaca is a program for simulating an astronomical camera on a computer controlled telescope. The camera will show images of the night sky based on the telescope pointing direction. The images are created artificially or are from the online deep sky survey. The images can be defocused/ blurred by the focuser position.
In your image aquisition program like CCDCiel/NINA/APT/SGP you should select the ASCOM camera "Sky Simulator" and the mount "Telescope Simulator for .NET". The sky simulator program will download the images and feed the camera simulator with these.
The image location in the "Sky Simulator" program and camera simulator should be the same documents\image.png.
With this simulator you can test focuser routine, centering using plate solving, do demonstrations and test sequences.
Magn 14 star database & 30000 object deepsky database are included.
For questions, problems, suggestions go to forum.
ASCOM installation is required.
Features
- Simulation of an astro camera with "deep sky survey" images or build in planetarium program.
- Testing of centering of telescope mount using astrometric solving
- Testing of sequences for astro imaging
- Demonstration of astro image capture suite programs.
Programming Language
Delphi/Kylix, Object Pascal
This is an application that can also be fetched from https://sourceforge.net/projects/sky-simulator/. It has been hosted in OnWorks in order to be run online in an easiest way from one of our free Operative Systems.
