#Stellarium install install

This provides the necessary interface between Stellarium and the EQMOD. However, if you want to use the EQMOD interface and Stellarium, which looks like the below: Celestron NextStar or compatible telescope.Note: Stellarium comes with some built-in Telescope control software The absolute must before installing Stellarium is to have the very latest video card drivers installed on your computer and even then there may be some issues. Installation and set-up Stellarium, EQMOD, (ACSOM ) and Stellarium Scope

#Stellarium install install

How to install and set-up Stellarium, EQMOD (ACSOM) and StellariumScope. If you have a HEQ5 or EQ6 mount, a Shoestring (or similar) adaptor, a RS232 to USB cable and it is plugged in to your computer and you know your latitude, longitude, elevation and hemisphere, then, read on. To get a visual indication of where the telescope is pointing by looking at “cross Hairs” on a planetarium, preferably with a circular “field of view”, to watch the movement of the telescope relative to the background stars to see where it is going, to be able to “roughly” automatically track a given object and then correct the small errors automatically to get “perfect” guidance.