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wxAstroCapture - Windows and linuX Astronomy Capture

Copyright (C) 2007 - 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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New version 1.1, February 2008

The current version 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.

Also supported is webcam autoguiding using normal or long exposures. By running two instances of wxAstroCapture you can autoguide and image using Artemis at the same time. With a webcam you can capture to AVI or FITS

For more details relating to program use, see NOTES for wxAstroCapture.


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 and Linux

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


How to install wxAstroCapture

In this section you find links for how to install the software on the various systems
NOTICE when upgrading from version 1.0 to 1.1 on linux:

Version 1.0 used configuration file ~/.wxAstroCapture
Version 1.1 uses configuration file ~/.wxAstroCapture/wxAstroCapture.conf

To migrate the old configuration, run wxAC_fixConfig.sh before you start the new version for the first time.


Program Download

Free Software: You may download and use the software at no cost. However, this software is Copyright (C) 2007 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 accepts no responsibility for damages resulting from use of the software and makes 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.

Linux (K)ubuntu (2 files): --- How to install on Debian Linux
File 1: wxAC_install.sh.tar.gz
File 2: wxastrocapture_1.2-1_i386.deb

RPM Linux (1 file): --- How to install on RPM Linux
File 1: wxastrocapture-1.2-2.i386.rpm.tar.gz

Windows 2000,XP and Vista(1 file): --- How to install on Windows
File 1: wxAstroCapture_setup_1.2-1.exe

Download Artemis simulation files from Yahoo
Artemis Sim files: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/files/ArtSim/

Download wxScopeServer source and binaries:
Source code: wxScopeServer_Demo_source.zip
Linux binary: wxScopeServer_linux.tar.gz
Windows binary: wxScopeServer_win.zip