Robotic Observatory with Ekos Scheduler
A Robotic observatory is an observatory composed of several subsystems that are orchestrated together to achieve a set of scientific objectives without human intervention. With Ekos, the user can...
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Alignment Module
Introduction Ekos Alignment Module enables highly accurate GOTOs to within sub-arcseconds accuracy and can measure and correct polar alignment errors. This is possible thanks to the astrometry.net...
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{autotoc enabled=yes} Introduction Ekos Guide Module enables autoguiding capability using either the powerful built-in guider, or at your option, external guiding via PHD2 or ln_guider. Using the...
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{autotoc enabled=yes} Theory Of Operation In order to focus an image, Ekos needs to establish a numerical method for gauging how good your focus is. It's easy when you look at an image and can see it...
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Capture Module
{autotoc enabled=yes} The CCD Module is your primary image and video acquisition module in Ekos. It enables you to capture single (Preview), multiple images (Sequence Queue), or record SER videos...
View ArticleEkos Setup & Options
{autotoc enabled=yes} Ekos is shipped with KStars. After you run KStars, Ekos can be accessed from the Tools menu or via the Ekos icon on the main tool bar, or by a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + K). In...
View ArticleEkos Requirements
Ekos can run on PCs, laptops, and embedded computers. It is a complete astrophotography package with very few external dependencies. Before talking about the requirements, it is important to...
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