Scope Visual Object Tracking Software /Status

Features Progress

• Full-Disc Tracking (Planetary/Sun and Moon low Focal): 🟢
• Other DSLR Cameras Compatibility (Update for New Canon Cameras or Other Brands): 🟢
• Calculation of the Earth's Drift Speed Separately (More Stable and Accurate): 🟢
• Adding the Selection of Parameters (Focal Length, Pixel Size, Refresh Time, Star Diagonal, ...): 🟢
• Automatic Scan (Automatic Search of the Object when Lost) : 🟡
• Other Celestron Mounts Compatibility (Calculation for Equatorial Mounts): 🟡
• Other Brands Mounts Compatibility (Currently working on a SkyWatcher EQ6): 🟡
• Update for Coronagraphs (Project for the SAPO): 🟡
• Astronomical Cameras Compatibility (Update for Astronomical Cameras): 🟡
• Automatic Detection of Optimal Parameters (Automatically Adjust Camera Settings like Iso, Shutter Speed, ...): 🔴
• Close-Up Tracking (Sun and Moon high Focal): 🔴
• Cross-Platform Compatibility (Windows Version): 🔴
• Star Tracking (Deep-Sky/Asteroidal Occultations): 🔴
Legend: 🟢Already Tested and Working 🟡Under development/testing 🔴Planned
*From the most to the least advanced

Status

Update (05/18/26): The program has been presented at the evening of amateur works of the Society of Astronomy of the Western Pyrenees (SAPO). Start of the software adaptation for the SAPO corongraph (EQ6 equatorial mount).

Update (04/05/26): The Program has been tested on Jupiter, it works on Linux for all Alt/Az Celestron NexStar mounts (others may also work) and supports all major DSLR camera brands (Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji, Samsung, Kodak, Panasonic and many others). I haven't tested it for other mounts yet; please contact me if you can provide further test results (See Contact Section).

Update (04/04/26): The program has been tested another time on the sun (Full-Disc). It followed our star for more than one hour without loosing it.

Update (03/21/26): The Program has been tested on the Sun (Full-Disc). After some minor adjustments (Inverting axes with the Star Diagonal), it's working !