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wxAstroCapture - Windows and linuX Astronomy Capture

Copyright (C) 2007,2008,2009 - Martin Burri and Carsten Arnholm.


wxAstroCapture is a free capture program primarily intended for astronomical use, it is developed as a joint effort between Martin Burri (Switzerland) and Carsten Arnholm (Norway). Installation instructions and program download is found here, there is also an online Yahoo group where users are welcome to share experiences.

wxAstroCapture is supported on

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Kubuntu8.04-32bit
Kubuntu8.04-64bit
OpenSUSE10.3-32bit
OpenSUSE11.1-32bit
OpenSUSE11.1-64bit
Ubuntu8.10-32bit
WindowsXP-32bit


New version 1.8-1, 23. Oct 2010 - BETA RELEASE

wxAstroCapture supports Philips webcams for planetary/lunar/solar and deep sky imaging. Long exposures are supported for SC modified webcams with serial and parallel port long exposure control. Also supported are Artemis/ATK cameras for 16bit deep sky imaging and webcam autoguiding using normal or long exposures. By running two instances of wxAstroCapture you can autoguide and image using Artemis at the same time. See what is New in this version.


News for Windows users 20. September 2009 - ASCOM autoguiding

Thanks to the efforts of Tom and Joost Zalmstra of the Netherlands, Windows users can now autoguide with ASCOM devices using the astrocaptureserver. In this open source implementation, ASCOM autoguiding is made available via wxAstroCapture's "Bridge interface", just like the wxAstroCapture demo server.

More info and download of ASCOM autoguider server: astrocaptureserver

If you have any questions, please ask in the wxAstroCapture Yahoo group


Microsoft Windows XP, ToUcam 740
Linux Kubuntu 7.04, ToUcam 740

Microsoft Windows XP, Artemis 285
Linux Kubuntu 7.04, Artemis 285

Microsoft Windows XP, Artemis 11002 simulation
Linux Kubuntu 7.04, Artemis 11002 simulation

Quickstart user instructions

Read install instructions first!! Windows, Debian Linux and RPM Linux.

The use of the program is the same on both platforms (great, isn't it!).


Program Download

Free Software: You may download and use the software at no cost. However, this software is Copyright (C) 2007,2008,2009 Martin Burri and Carsten Arnholm. You may not sell or bundle the software with another product without advance permission from the copyright owners.

Disclaimer: The authors regularly use the software on several of their computers and firmly believe that the software is without any damaging effect. Nevertheless, the authors accept no responsibility for damages resulting from use of the software and make no warranty or representation, either express or implied, including but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The software is provided "AS IS" and the authors do not assume or accept any risk by its use.

Download setup programs: By downloading any software, you agree that any use of the program is at your own risk.

Essential downloads - latest version

Download wxAstroCapture User Manual (requires Yahoo Login).

Installation package - BETA RELEASE
Please give feedback in Yahoo group
How to install... Architecture For OS distro
32bit i386 built under Kubuntu 10.04 and Win XP SP3--
wxastrocapture-1.8-1-linux-2.6-i386.deb Debian Linux .deb 32bit i386 Kubuntu, Ubuntu, ...
wxastrocapture-1.8-1-linux-2.6-i386.rpm.tar.gz RPM Linux .rpm 32bit i386 SuSE, Mandriva, ...
wxastrocapture-1.8-1-linux-2.6-i386.tar.gz ./wxastrocapture.install Linux 32bit i386 Portable Linux
wxAstroCapture_setup_1.8-1.exe Windows .exe 32bit i386 Win2000,XP,Vista,W7
64 bit and 32 bit compatibility editions below

Optional downloads

Package Description Architecture For OS distro
astrocaptureserver ASCOM autoguiding
(c) Tom & Joost Zalmstra
WindowsXP,Vista
Artemis Simulation files Store in:
%APPDATA%\wxAstroCapture (Win)
$HOME\wxAstroCapture (Linux)
Any Any
wxScopeServer_Demo_source.zip Source code Any Any
wxScopeServer_linux.tar.gz Linux binary 32bit Linux (K)ubuntu, ...
wxScopeServer_win.zip Windows binary 32bit Windows Win2000,XP,Vista

Older version 1.7

Installation package How to install... Architecture For OS distro
32bit i386--
wxastrocapture-1.7-2-linux-2.6-i386.deb Debian Linux .deb 32bit i386 Kubuntu, Ubuntu, ...
wxastrocapture-1.7-2-linux-2.6-i386.rpm.tar.gz RPM Linux .rpm 32bit i386 SuSE, Mandriva, ...
wxastrocapture-1.7-2-linux-2.6-i386.tar.gz ./wxastrocapture.install Linux 32bit i386 Portable Linux
wxAstroCapture_setup_1.7-2.exe Windows .exe 32bit i386 Win2000,XP,Vista,W7
64bit AMD (for both Intel and AMD processors)--
wxastrocapture-1.7-2-linux-2.6-amd64.deb Debian Linux .deb 64bit ...
wxastrocapture-1.7-2-linux-2.6-amd64.rpm.tar.gz RPM Linux .rpm 64bit ...
wxastrocapture-1.7-2-linux-2.6-amd64.tar.gz ./wxastrocapture.install Linux 64bit Portable Linux

Older version 1.6

Installation package How to install... Architecture For OS distro
32bit i386
wxastrocapture-1.6-3-linux-2.6-i386.deb Debian Linux .deb 32bit i386 Kubuntu, Ubuntu, ...
wxastrocapture-1.6-3-linux-2.6-i386.rpm.tar.gz RPM Linux .rpm 32bit i386 SuSE, Mandriva, ...
wxastrocapture-1.6-3-linux-2.6-i386.tar.gz ./wxastrocapture.install Linux 32bit i386 Portable Linux
wxAstroCapture_setup_1.6-3.exe Windows .exe 32bit i386 Win2000,XP,Vista
64bit AMD (for both Intel and AMD processors)
wxastrocapture-1.6-3-linux-2.6-amd64.deb Debian Linux .deb 64bit ...
wxastrocapture-1.6-3-linux-2.6-amd64.rpm.tar.gz RPM Linux .rpm 64bit ...
wxastrocapture-1.6-3-linux-2.6-amd64.tar.gz ./wxastrocapture.install Linux 64bit Portable Linux

Older version 1.5

Installation package How to install... Architecture For OS distro
wxastrocapture_1.5-1_i386.deb Debian Linux .deb 32bit i386 Built with Kubuntu 8.04
wxastrocapture-1.5-2.i386.rpm.tar.gz RPM Linux .rpm 32bit i386 SuSE, Mandriva, ...
wxastrocapture_1.5-1_amd64.tar.gz Debian Linux .deb 64bit AMD (K)ubuntu, ...
wxastrocapture-1.5-2.x86_64.rpm.tar.gz RPM Linux .rpm 64bit x86 SuSE, Mandriva, ...
wxAstroCapture_setup_1.5-1.exe Windows .exe 32bit i386 Win2000,XP,Vista

Older version 1.4

Installation package How to install... Architecture For OS distro
wxastrocapture_1.4-1_i386.deb Debian Linux .deb 32bit i386 Built with Kubuntu 7.10
wxastrocapture-1.4-2.i386.rpm.tar.gz RPM Linux .rpm 32bit i386 SuSE, Mandriva, ...
wxastrocapture_1.4-1_amd64.deb.tar.gz Debian Linux .deb 64bit AMD (K)ubuntu, ...
wxastrocapture-1.4-2.x86_64.rpm.tar.gz RPM Linux .rpm 64bit x86 SuSE, Mandriva, ...
wxAstroCapture_setup_1.4-1.exe Windows .exe 32bit i386 Win2000,XP,Vista