ANN: New SBIG Camera-Control Software for Intel Macs

Equinox Image. The developer, Darryl Robertson, says:

"Equinox Image 1.0.0 is now available. EI is a universal application to
control Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG) CCD cameras (grey scale
and color) and Optec or RoboFocus focusers. This program also controls
SBIG filter wheels, AO-7/L and remote guide heads. Auto focus, FWHM,
RMS error and color enhancement calculations are available. Tools exist
to dark subtract, align and stack images, composite color and automate
image taking. Equinox Image and Equinox 6 exchange data automatically."

Previously, planetarium, telescope control, and SBIG control were done
by one package, Equinox 5. Equinox 5 is a bit shaky on Intel Macs, so
Darryl first introduced Equinox 6 (planetarium and 'scope control) and
now Equinox Image, both of which are universal binaries. His decision
to separate the two products was a wise one, I think. I don't like
Swiss Army knives.

I've been beta-testing Equinox Image for a while. I received /no/
/compensation/ whatsoever for my time. I believe, however, that my time
was well spent. This is excellent software, and as v. 1 bug reports
come in (I don't know of any bugs in the final beta) it will improve
rapidly. Darryl is very responsive, sometimes turning out two revisions
per day in response to my findings.

<http://www.microprojects.ca>

(If you have no interest in this software, you might be amused by a
visit to this part of the site
<http://www.microprojects.ca/Observatory/Observatory.html>, which
chronicles the building of a home observatory under less-than-ideal
weather conditions.)

Davoud
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