Well apparently, it’s been over a year since I posted about astrophotography, so I’m well over due to put something up. My last post I talked about setting up an old laptop with Linux to use to control my camera. Like most of what I’ve posted about here, what was a good idea in theory … Read More “Astrophotography Update” »
Category: Astronomy
In my last post I got my old MacBook Pro up and running with Linux and cobbled together a network connection so that I could install my camera control software of choice, Entangle. I chose Entangle because it would apparently work with my camera, and was included in the Debian repositories, so installation should be … Read More “AstroBook Day 2 – Software Install” »
In my last post I planned what I needed to transform my old laptop into a something useful for astrophotography. Now comes the fun bit, putting everything together. The first part of this is installing an operating system on the laptop. We’ll need a few things to make this happen: Laptop (he says, stating the … Read More “AstroBook Day 1 – Preparation” »
Wanting to do some astrophotography, but not wanting to mess around with trying to line up and focus a camera pointed straight up in the air, I’ve decided to build up an old laptop to control my camera over USB. Before I get into the gory details of how I am going to build this … Read More “AstroBook – Day 0” »