EasyAstro is designed to simplify access to astronomy. This application allows you to plan your astronomy sessions by indicating which objects (planets and deep sky) will be visible on a specific date and at a precise location.
Once your session is scheduled, if you have a telescope that can be controlled by INDI or ASCOM, the application will take care of piloting your telescope to go to the objects and then allow you to photograph them. A basic live stacking model will be displayed, enabling you to immediately enjoy a pleasing result from the captured images. If you wish to delve deeper, you will have access to the FITS files.
The front is written in dart with flutter framework, therefore, it is compatible with Windows, Linux, Web, Android and ios. As I don't have any macos device, I have not tested the ios compilation.
The back is written with python, and include drivers for indi and ascom software. You can use it on Linux or Windows.
The EasyAstro application currently offers the following features:
- Knowing which celestial objects are visible based on the time, location, and current conditions.
- Selecting and saving objects for later use.
- Controlling your telescope to point towards these objects (using plate solving for orientation and then navigating towards the target).
- Capturing images of the objects while controlling the gain and exposure settings.
- Adjust image processing settings.
- Display live stacking of photos with the selected treatments.
- Manage Dark libraries.
The application currently supports two languages: French (FR) and English (EN/US).
Planification is fully operationnal. Piloting telescope still have some issues, and still require a lot of developpement. But, if you are patient, it is possible to use it. It supports INDI and ASCAM.
Todo:
- Improve front ui
- Improve stacking
- Image processing with front
- Installation process
Everything is explained in the wiki :
Web interface
The application will show you what are the visible object at a date, and give you information about the visibility (green border, the object height will be more than 20°, orange, it will be below 20°, and red is not visible).
Display information about object (time of rise, set and culmination) with altazimutal chart :
Mobile application
Plan your observation (modify time and location, to see visible objects for your next session, select them and save your list for later)
See the selected object on a interactive skymap
On this realtime skymap, you can show constellation, increase/decrease number of visible stars (change max magnitude), see your object on the map.
Connect to the easyastro backend to pilot your telescope
Once connected, you can go back to your planned session and select objects to point the telescope to
The software will plate solve the pictures and sync the telescope to be sure that the target is right in the center of the frame
Choose exposition, move your scope to one of your target (the backend will platesolve to automatically sync your mount and center the object)
Change image processing
The backend will stack your pictures to get an enhanced result
