12/14/2023 0 Comments Free astrometry softwareTake N exposures at X gain (or ISO) and Y shutter speed. Select the luminance filter in the filter wheel. It operates a to-do list done in sequential order: Point the telescope to this part of the sky. In the basic sense, NINA is a program where one sets up a session that contains sequences of hardware control actions and exposures. My personal interest on this project is implementing and touching-up direct (“native”) camera control integration and UI tweaks where needed. Learning Visual Studio, C#, WPF, and the particulars of Windows programming environments was fun and easier than I had expected. On a personal note, this was my very first introduction to programming on Windows and GUI apps in general. NINA stands out in this regard in that it is fully-featured, opensource (GNU GPLv3) and, hence, freely available. The idea of well-featured apps being opensource or freeware is a relatively recent development in this niche world, as the list of such apps is abysmally small relative to the large variety of payware apps that are available. As such, astrophotography apps tend to follow a closed-source, shareware or freemium/commercial-only model. An artifact of several historical reasons, the world of computer-controlled astrophotography is dominated by Windows applications. NINA is ground-breaking both in the hobby of amateur astrophotography and personally. I have been involved in a new opensource project over the past several months called Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy (“NINA”).
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