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2.4. Third Party Software
The STX is compatible with many third party Astronomical Software packages. Several
packages offer control of the STX and many others offer Image Processing of FITS Format
Images acquired with the STX. This section describes several of those packages.
MaxIm DL
Diffraction Limited in Ontario Canada has a popular Imaging program named
MaximDl that works with the STX. You'll need to be using Version 6 or later and
make sure you have the latest SBIG Plug-In.
whttp://diffractionlimited.com/product/maxim-dl/
Sky-X Camera Plug-in
Software Bisque in Colorado makes a popular suite of Astronomical Software including
a Planetarium program called The Sky. The optional camera plug-in can be found at
their web site. For STX control please make sure you have the latest version.
www.bisque.com
Support and Developer Resources
The SBIG web site contains a wealth of Software Updates, Manuals, Application Notes,
Drawings and Developer Resources for the STX and other SBIG products.
www.sbig.com
Linux Software
CCDOpsLite for Linux
This link downloads a zipped tar archive containing a Qt 3.3 project that allows to to acquire images
from our Parallel and USB based cameras. It displays the images and allows saving them in SBIG and
FITS formats. In addition you can open images saved in SBIG Format. We offer this as a starting point
for the adventurous.
Justin Pryzby's ST7Ctl
Application for acquiring images from SBIG cameras supported under Linux.
Filip Hroch's NightView
NightView is a software package to control SBIG's CCD cameras under Linux. This software allows
full control of a camera and a filter wheel. It can be used for either interactive or a batch processing. It
fully replaces the commercial SBIG utilities.
Sky-X Linux camera plug-in
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