Ikarus Astronomy For Scientific Instruments & Tools, Pouya Shojaei Polar Alignment Polar Alignment Polar Alignment Assitant When setting up a German Equatorial Mount (GEM) for imaging, a critical aspect of capturing long-exposure images is to ensure a proper polar alignment. A GEM m Jul 23, 2026
Ikarus Astronomy For Scientific Instruments & Tools, Pouya Shojaei Analyze Introduction The Analyze Module records and displays what happened in an imaging session. That is, it does not control any if your imaging, but rather reviews what occurred. Sessions are stored in an Jul 23, 2026
Ikarus Astronomy For Scientific Instruments & Tools, Pouya Shojaei Observatory Introduction The observatory module is used to manage the dome and weather-triggered shutdown procedure. It has weather data directly displayed in the module.Along with the configurable thresholds for Jul 23, 2026
Ikarus Astronomy For Scientific Instruments & Tools, Pouya Shojaei Scheduler Introduction Ekos Scheduler is an indispensable arsenal in building your robotic observatory. A Robotic observatory is an observatory composed of several subsystems that are orchestrated together to a Jul 23, 2026
Ikarus Astronomy For Scientific Instruments & Tools, Pouya Shojaei Align {extra_toc} Introduction Ekos Alignment Module enables highly accurate GOTOs to within sub-arcseconds accuracy and can measure and correct polar alignment errors. This is possible thanks to the Stella Jul 23, 2026
Ikarus Astronomy For Scientific Instruments & Tools, Pouya Shojaei Guide Introduction Ekos Guide Module enables autoguiding capability using either the powerful built-in guider, or externally via PHD2. Using the internal guiding, guide camera frames are captured and sent t Jul 23, 2026
Ikarus Astronomy For Scientific Instruments & Tools, Pouya Shojaei Focus {extra_toc} Theory Of Operation In order to focus an image, Ekos needs to establish a numerical method for gauging how good your focus is. It's easy when you look at an image and can see it as unfocus Jul 23, 2026
Ikarus Astronomy For Scientific Instruments & Tools, Pouya Shojaei FITS Viewer The Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) is the standard format for representing images and data in Astronomy. The KStars FITS Viewer tool is integrated with Ekos for seamless display of captured FI Jul 23, 2026
Ikarus Astronomy For Scientific Instruments & Tools, Pouya Shojaei Capture The Camera Module is your primary image and video acquisition module in Ekos. It enables you to capture single (Preview), multiple images (Sequence Queue), or record SER videos along with selection of Jul 23, 2026
Ikarus Astronomy For Scientific Instruments & Tools, Pouya Shojaei Setup Ekos is include with KStars . KStars/Ekos is already included with your StellarMate gadget. It is also available for Linux, MacOS, and Windows if you want to install on your primary machine. After you Jul 23, 2026
