Solar imaging with Astroberry - Best software?

[M31Fan]

Hi! 

Newby here...

What's the best software to do solar tracking and imaging on a Raspberry Pi (Astroberry)?

 

I have been learning how to use Kstars/Ekos/INDI and it's working pretty well at night, but since now the nights are super short and the sun is more "exposed" I'm also trying to do solar imaging. 

Astroberry oacapture, but how can I control the mount to perform solar tracking? Normaly I use EKOS for this, but then I can't use it with solar film capture. 

 

Please let me know which software you use to connect the mount, focuser and camera (QHY-II-5L-C). It's ok to control the mount and focuser in a separate software, but using two separate INDI sessions seems to crash it. Advice and recommendations are welcome! 

 

Thanks & Clear skies! 

Tiago

 

[fireshipjohn]

Hi,

I've had some success using Firecapture on Astroberry, you can just 'apt install' it.

Use Ekos to enable the solar tracking, just launch Firecature over the top, where it will pick up the camera.

 

Good luck! 

 

John  

[JamesF]

29 minutes ago, fireshipjohn said:

Use Ekos to enable the solar tracking, just launch Firecature over the top, where it will pick up the camera.

I've done a similar thing when using oacapture for lunar imaging.

James