Really tried to use KStars and EKOS

[Akarsh Simha]

Also private email me if you want a copy of the PGC 2003 with 1 million
galaxies for KStars. I wasn’t able to go through the steps to make a clean
release of it and I haven’t had the time to fix the handful issues it has.

On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 02:39 Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha at gmail.com> wrote:

> In terms of the obscure objects you mention like globular clusters in
> external galaxies, KStars is capable of automatically resolving objects
> known to SIMBAD astronomical database and bringing them into KStars.
> Unfortunately there isn’t a clean way to import an entire catalog (say from
> VizieR), but you could use a workaround: in the Observation Planner, there
> is a “Batch Add” feature. Paste a list of objects, maybe by generating a
> text file using command line tools and copy pasting it, one object on one
> line. KStars will pull the data from SIMBAD and add it to the observing
> list. You can later delete from the observing list and the objects will
> stay in the database.
>
> Also take a look at the Manual DSO add system in Data -> Manage DSO
> catalogs.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 21:50 Hy Murveit <murveit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Mark,
>>
>> Let me second that. Would love to get your feedback.
>>
>> Hy
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja at ikarustech.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Mark,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your email and we'd love to hear more from you. Please
>>> share your experience and what it is that you miss in KStars/Ekos.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Jasem Mutlaq
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM Mark Casazza <markcasazza at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> As a fellow software developer I want to offer feedback for KStars and
>>>> EKOS as replacements for my Windows tools (SkyTools & NINA). I really want
>>>> to get off Windows and I've managed to convert every device except the two
>>>> that control telescopes. That is six of eight computers now running Kubuntu
>>>> with no regrets.
>>>>
>>>> The EKOS / NINA feature gap is too wide to even consider making the
>>>> jump for imaging. KStars with Observation Manager seems closer to the
>>>> feature set I need for visual observing with a 20" truss tube scope, but it
>>>> would be a major investment in catalog population for objects like quasars
>>>> and globulars in other galaxies.
>>>>
>>>> I would be happy to share the details of my A/B comparisons and suggest
>>>> a few "easy" wins that could really help along with bigger items that might
>>>> be worth including in your roadmap. I fully appreciate that dev teams have
>>>> their plans and priorities so I will wait to hear back from you.
>>>>
>>>> I fully respect the great work you have done and I have several friends
>>>> very happy with their Linux telescope control and image acquisition
>>>> solution. I even recommend it whenever I find someone open to a Linux
>>>> approach. I admit that I am spoiled and a power user. There are features I
>>>> would be lost without that seem to be missing.
>>>>
>>>> Clear skies,
>>>>
>>>> Mark Casazza
>>>> http://casazza.net
>>>> Home of the Clear Sky Alarm Clock and Tonight's Sky
>>>>
>>>
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