PlanetaryImager

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Qt capture software for astronomy, mainly planetary shooting.

Useful Links

Supported Cameras

Mainly ZWO ASI Cameras (my camera is an ASI178mm), v4l2 (including DMK and Celestron Skyris) and QHY

Requirements

Qt version >= 5.5
A recent boost library version (tested with 1.55 and above).
c++14 compliant compiler (tested with gcc >= 5 and clang)
OpenCV
boost (libboost-all-dev)
fxload (to load firmware on QHY cameras)
ccfits

Source download

You need to use the following commands to clone both planetary imager and its submodules. A simple git clone won't work!

Master (development) version:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/GuLinux/PlanetaryImager.git

Stable release (replace 'v0.6.2' with the current stable release, if needed):

git clone --recursive -b v0.6.2 https://github.com/GuLinux/PlanetaryImager.git

Compile Howto

These are generic instructions, and assume you're already familiar with building a package from sources. If not, please try binary releases first.

mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
make all && sudo make install

Uninstall

If you installed PlanetaryImager from a precompiled package, just use your package manager to remove it.

If you installed PlanetaryImager from sources, just go to the source directory where you compiled it, and run the folowing: cat install_manifest.txt | while read file; do [[ -r $file ]] && ! [[ -d $file ]] && sudo rm -f $file; done

When compiling from sources, it is often advised to uninstall the previous version before installing the new one.

Windows version

Currently, windows snapshots are compiled using MXE. It has not been really tested a lot, but to help investigating problems, please try another Windows application first, to see if your camera driver is properly working.

OSX Version

I have been unable to create a binary package for OSX, since I don't really have a development environment on OSX, but I could do a few tests, and I managed to compile it by using homebrew

To get a working version, please follow these instructions:

Install homebrew, following instructions on their website
Run the following command to install dependencies:

brew install git cmake qt5 cfitsio ccfits opencv3 boost
clone the repository (follow the instruction in the "Source download" section)
compile (follow instructions in "Compile Howto")
- When running cmake, be sure to add the following directive (change Qt version if needed)
  
  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/qt5/5.8.0_1
run planetary_imager from your command line

Credits

Application Icon: Hat Saturn by Denis Sazhin Toolbar/action icons: TWG Retina Display Icons, darkened and with a few customizations to add more actions.

GreatAttractor/PlanetaryImager