The telescope starts to move to the desired sky object. Select an object in the sky and press CTRL 1 (if this is your first telescope in the list). It's easy to find and can be used in a one star alignment.Īfter that I started Stellarium and presto, the telescope view was visible. I usually point the telescope to the Polaris. The option to connect the telescope when Stellarium is started should be selected. Give it a convenient name and choose the appropriate kind of telescope you're using. Here you should select the telescope plugin. In Stellarium go to the settings and select plugins. Probably not in other versions too, but I haven't tested these.Ĭonnect the serial cable to your RS232 port (or USB to RS232 cable) and your handset of your telescope (not to the AUX of guided input). There is absolutely no need to install any driver when you're using the 12.04 LTS and in 20.04 LTS version of Ubuntu. In Ubuntu getting the telescope to work is easier than in Windows. Use your linux login name and not your fancy name.Ĭrw-rw- 1 root dialout 188, 0 dec 22 23:01 /dev/ttyUSB0 VERY IMPORTANT and almost NEVER read in any tutorial:įirst add yourself to the DIALOUT group and reboot to have these rights to take effect. In Ubuntu everything works out of the box, after some tweaking of settings. You need to install lots of drivers and software before thing work. In this section I will explain how to get the connection between Ubuntu and Stellarium to work in Ubuntu.įor windows though you can find many tutorials on Youtube. add your own deep sky objects, landscapes, constellation images, scripts….ability to add new solar system objects from online resources.plugin system adding artifical satellites, ocular simulation, telescope configuration and more.skinnable landscapes, now with spheric panorama projection.
all new graphical interface and extensive keyboard control.spheric mirror projection for your own low-cost dome.fisheye projection for planetarium domes.very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset.images of nebulae (full Messier catalogue).constellations for 15 different cultures.asterisms and illustrations of the constellations.extra catalogues with more than 210 million stars.default catalogue of over 600,000 stars.Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stellarium/stellarium-releases sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install stellarium
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