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Old 24-04-2015, 09:15 PM
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More info, here (October 2014): http://www.bisque.com/sc/blogs/seeke...-for-this.aspx

" ... You can now connect to a copy of TheSkyX Pro from the iPad application. TheSkyX Pro can be on a desktop in a remote observatory, connected to a laptop in your backyard or dark sky site.... and sometime next year, to our Linux based "SkyBox" hosted copy. You can control the telescope from the iPad naturally, and for this next release you can take images by remote control. Select the filter, exposure time, and binning, and start an exposure. The resulting fits file is downloaded in the background and available for viewing via the FITS viewer. This isn't observatory automation (yet), but rather a powerful outreach or planning tool. Imagine a crowd of school children while you slew around taking images of celestial objects with your iPad...

... the iPad version was going to become more and more focused on the needs of the imager. How to "practically" image from a tablet device has been something we have been thinking about for quite a while, and these are just the first fruits of that. There's going to be a lot of growth in capabilities over the next year, so stay tuned!"

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