We're gone at the music and our bodies collide,
Get ready to blast off, 'cause we're gonna crash
To the moon and the stars in the sky
We're gonna crash into it tonight
Into the music and outta of your mind,
(Crash - New Kids on The Block)
I've been a long time user of Sequence Generator Pro. It and I go back to 2013. But recently I've gotten the feeling that there just might be something better out there at this point. SGPro still works for me, but is it best? Maybe I just have the 7 year itch.
I've been hearing about a program called Voyager by StarKeeper. However, I was under the impression that it required a ASCOM camera driver. And my camera, a SBIG STF-8300m does not have one. But recently I heard that Voyager could control my camera through TheSkyX with the Camera add-on. I have that because I got it with my Paramount MyT. Hmm, maybe this was worth a try. Sunday, the 12th I downloaded it, and I was able to take it for a brief spin before the clouds rolled in. Still, that brief spin looked very promising.
Last night, I got to take it on a more extended outing. I'm very impressed. Among other things I really like the tight integration with TheSkyX. It can use it to control the camera, my mount, focusing, guiding, platesolving, and finding objects with the planetarium. You don't have to use it for all that (and I don't), but you can.
Among the things I really like about Voyager are its focusing routines which are top notch. It also figures out your focuser without you entering a ton of parameters like step sizes. It also has a really nice web interface called the Web Dashboard.
Get ready to blast off, 'cause we're gonna crash
To the moon and the stars in the sky
We're gonna crash into it tonight
Into the music and outta of your mind,
(Crash - New Kids on The Block)
I've been a long time user of Sequence Generator Pro. It and I go back to 2013. But recently I've gotten the feeling that there just might be something better out there at this point. SGPro still works for me, but is it best? Maybe I just have the 7 year itch.
I've been hearing about a program called Voyager by StarKeeper. However, I was under the impression that it required a ASCOM camera driver. And my camera, a SBIG STF-8300m does not have one. But recently I heard that Voyager could control my camera through TheSkyX with the Camera add-on. I have that because I got it with my Paramount MyT. Hmm, maybe this was worth a try. Sunday, the 12th I downloaded it, and I was able to take it for a brief spin before the clouds rolled in. Still, that brief spin looked very promising.
Last night, I got to take it on a more extended outing. I'm very impressed. Among other things I really like the tight integration with TheSkyX. It can use it to control the camera, my mount, focusing, guiding, platesolving, and finding objects with the planetarium. You don't have to use it for all that (and I don't), but you can.
Among the things I really like about Voyager are its focusing routines which are top notch. It also figures out your focuser without you entering a ton of parameters like step sizes. It also has a really nice web interface called the Web Dashboard.
The image above shows just one small part of the Web Dashboard.
Another thing I like is Roboclip, which is an observing list, integrated with nice capabilities for doing framing. It is very well done. I have a Roboclip data base for my target list elsewhere on this site.
I highly recommend checking Voyager out. It is quite likely I'll be purchasing it. This is one of the objects I was shooting last night.
Another thing I like is Roboclip, which is an observing list, integrated with nice capabilities for doing framing. It is very well done. I have a Roboclip data base for my target list elsewhere on this site.
I highly recommend checking Voyager out. It is quite likely I'll be purchasing it. This is one of the objects I was shooting last night.