[Kstars-devel] CCD focusing

[Jasem Mutlaq]

On Saturday 28 May 2005 1:44 am, Gaetano Vocca wrote:
> Dear all,
> I am looking for a way to make ccd focusing easier with kstars.
> One easy first solution could be to take an image sequence and have the
> images automatically opened all in the same instance of fitsviewer.
> I was thinking of adding one more radio button to the Expose->Frame Type
> button set to expose continously but I don't know how to have all the
> images shown in sequence in the same viewer window.
>
> Is there any other better way?

Hello Gaetano,

For focusing, you probably want to perform FWHM on CCD frames. Maybe even 
combining that method with focusers to achieve automated focusing. At any 
rate, we need a separate tool for this in KStars, something similar to 
"Capture Image Sequence".

Cheers,
Jasem