Stellarium

Feature Request: Include Skywatcher Open API

Asked by Chen Hsun Chen

Hi Developer:

Skywatcher has released an Open API for its mount.
It will make mount control via PC more easier.
Would you like to include this function in Stellarium?

http://code.google.com/p/skywatcher/

Thanks
Best Regards

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Bogdan Marinov Edit question
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Bogdan Marinov (daggerstab) said : 		#1

Using this is unlikely for several reasons:

First and foremost: the current direction of the Telescope Control plug-in is towards using intermediate layers to connect to the teelescope (ASCOM on Windows, INDI on everything that has INDI drivers - mostly Linux at the moment). The plug-in's developer (me) is busy at the moment and hasn't had much progress for months.

The API itself in in C#, while Stellarium is written in C++, so I'm not sure if it's possible to use it.

At least the license is not a concern - their "MIT License" is recognised at compatible with the GNU GPL by the Free Software Foundation (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html calls it "Expat License".

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