Re: FreeBSD and Astronomy

2009-03-25 Thread Kenneth P. Stox
On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 21:36 -0500, Melanie Vonfange wrote: On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Matt Olander m...@ixsystems.com wrote: Hi! Is anybody into astronomy on FreeBSD? I'd love to hook up a telescope to my FreeBSD laptop and use some software to control it while we look at stars

Re: FreeBSD and Astronomy

2009-03-25 Thread Josh Paetzel
On Mar 24, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Matt Olander wrote: Hi! Is anybody into astronomy on FreeBSD? I'd love to hook up a telescope to my FreeBSD laptop and use some software to control it while we look at stars on the monitor, zoom in, and the scope moves. This would be fun taking to local

Re: FreeBSD and Astronomy

2009-03-25 Thread Oliver Fromme
Hi Since nobody has mentioned nova so far ... http://www.secnetix.de/tools/porgle/?w=dq=telescope+control astro/nova An Integrated Observational Environment for amateur astronomers The Nova project is a free Integrated Observational Environment for amateur astronomers. It combines

FreeBSD and Astronomy

2009-03-24 Thread Matt Olander
Hi! Is anybody into astronomy on FreeBSD? I'd love to hook up a telescope to my FreeBSD laptop and use some software to control it while we look at stars on the monitor, zoom in, and the scope moves. This would be fun taking to local astronomy groups as well as conferences :-) Any advice

Re: FreeBSD and Astronomy

2009-03-24 Thread james michael
I've always wanted to get more into astronomy but never had the time or the equipment. If anyone knows of more ways to get into the subject I would appreciate it. Matt Olander wrote: Hi! Is anybody into astronomy on FreeBSD? I'd love to hook up a telescope to my FreeBSD laptop and use some

Re: FreeBSD and Astronomy

2009-03-24 Thread james michael
Are there any public use astronomy servers? you know sign up and use a telescope via the server? Kenneth P. Stox wrote: On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 16:44 -0700, james michael wrote: I've always wanted to get more into astronomy but never had the time or the equipment. If anyone knows of more

Re: FreeBSD and Astronomy

2009-03-24 Thread Kenneth P. Stox
On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 18:06 -0700, james michael wrote: Are there any public use astronomy servers? you know sign up and use a telescope via the server? Some astronomical societies have setups for members that I have heard of. Try contacting one in your area. I am not aware of any open to the

Re: FreeBSD and Astronomy

2009-03-24 Thread Alex Moura
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Melanie Vonfange mela...@pcbsd.orgwrote: On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Matt Olander m...@ixsystems.com wrote: Hi! Is anybody into astronomy on FreeBSD? I'd love to hook up a telescope to my FreeBSD laptop and use some software to control it while we