![]() ![]() Plate solving is a technique by which a catalogue of known stars is compared with a CCD image of the sky and by matching the pattern of stars a solution is found by which the celestial co-ordinates of each pixel is known.įor some time I have been running a desktop PC with a local install of the software this software will perform a ‘blind’ plate solve on an image, a process that takes a little time. ![]() We can expect to see some interesting astronomy applications in due course and already there is talk of using it for autoguiding. My Raspberry Pi cost under £30 including VAT.Īlready these amazing little computers are finding their way into the hands of hobbyists and, of course, astronomers. My wife has been keen to remind me that what separates the men from the boys is the price of their toys, but on this occasion the toys are very affordable. I only had to get as far as the ‘for kids’ to be hooked on the idea. The idea behind the Raspberry Pi is that it is a cheap computer for kids which will create a modern day platform that, like the BBC and Acorn old home computers, will inspire the next generation of computer programmers. It runs a flavour of the Linux operating system (and soon, it will support Android) and be used for many of the applications that you expect to see on desktop PC, such as a web browser, spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It comes with a network connection, an HDMI video connector and two USB ports which can be used for a keyboard and mouse. ![]() The Raspberry Pi a capable little computer the size of a credit card. Print This Post Astrometry on the Raspberry Pi Computer Featured Articles - By Peter Campbell-Burns on Septemat 9:12 am ![]()
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