Visual Object Tracking software for Astronomy/Astrophotography by connecting the Scope (See Compatible Mounts Below) and an DSLR Camera (See Compatible Cameras Below) to a Computer in order to visually track an object (Full-Discs or Close-Up) without Polar Alignment. It can be used for any type of Astrophotography (Planetary, Solar, Lunar, Deep-Sky, Asteroidal Occultations, ...), see the progress of the different tracking algorithms below. I'm developping it on both Windows and Linux, I am currently focusing on the Linux side (See Compatible OS Below).

I am 15, I speak both French and English, contact me for anything (See my Website below).

My Setup:

• Camera: Canon EOS 100D
• Scope: Celestron NexStar 127SLT (127/1500 GoTo)
• OS: Linux Ubuntu/Debian and Windows 10/11

Features Progress:

• Full-Disc Tracking (Planetary/Sun and Moon low Focal): 🟢

• Close-Up Tracking (Sun and Moon high Focal): 🟡

• Star Tracking (Deep-Sky/Asteroidal Occultations): 🟡

• Other Celestron Mounts Compatibility: 🟡

• Other Cameras Compatibility (Update for New Canon Cameras or Other Brands): 🟡

• Other Brands Mounts Compatibility: 🔴

• Cross-Platform Compatibility (Windows Version): 🔴

  Legend: 🟢Already Tested and Working 🟡Under development/testing 🔴Planned

Update: The Program has been tested, it's working on Linux for all Celestron NexStar Scope with any Canon DSLR Camera released before 2016. I haven't tested it for other configurations, please contact me if you can give me more tests results (See my Website below).

Wiki, Explanations, Contact and Complementary Informations on my Website:

https://paulom-s.github.io/Scope-Visual-Object-Tracking_Website/