https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/ 2026-07-01T03:28:27+00:00 https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/ https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/_media/logo.png text/html 2026-06-29T16:45:29+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/en/documentation/focuser_calibration?rev=1782751529 Focuser calibration This function help you to set the auto-focus parameters specific to your focuser, telescope and camera because it is not immediately evident what to set for all this numbers. The principle is you start by centering and manually focusing a star field that is used by the procedure to find how the stars diameter change with the position of the focuser. text/html 2026-06-29T16:34:28+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/?image=en%3Adocumentation%3Afoccal4.png&ns=en%3Adocumentation&rev=1782750868&do=media <img src="https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/_media/en/documentation/foccal4.png?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=4fbb43" alt="foccal4.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2026-06-29T16:34:28+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/?image=en%3Adocumentation%3Afoccal1.png&ns=en%3Adocumentation&rev=1782750868&do=media <img src="https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/_media/en/documentation/foccal1.png?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=162add" alt="foccal1.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2026-06-29T16:34:28+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/?image=en%3Adocumentation%3Afoccal2.png&ns=en%3Adocumentation&rev=1782750868&do=media <img src="https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/_media/en/documentation/foccal2.png?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=e292e3" alt="foccal2.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2026-06-29T16:34:28+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/?image=en%3Adocumentation%3Afoccal5.png&ns=en%3Adocumentation&rev=1782750868&do=media <img src="https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/_media/en/documentation/foccal5.png?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=879598" alt="foccal5.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2026-06-29T16:34:28+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/?image=en%3Adocumentation%3Afoccal3.png&ns=en%3Adocumentation&rev=1782750868&do=media <img src="https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/_media/en/documentation/foccal3.png?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=69357b" alt="foccal3.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2026-06-27T16:21:05+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/en/documentation/preferences?rev=1782577265 Preferences From the menu Edit -> Preferences. Set the global preferences and options for the program. Preferences Language You can change the program language from the list. The highlight color allow to quickly recognize different instances of the program running a different profile. text/html 2026-06-09T09:44:57+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/en/documentation/preview?rev=1780998297 Preview Tool This tool is to take a preview exposure for focusing or centering purpose. Set the Exposure time and the Binning to use for the preview. The camera lens F-Stop when using a supported INDI DSLR. This setting is totally independent of the text/html 2026-06-09T09:35:52+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/en/documentation/windows_subsystem_for_linux?rev=1780997752 Astrometry.net on Windows subsystem for Linux With Windows 10 or 11 64bit you can also install the Windows subsystem for Linux. This let you use a more recent version of astrometry.net, the same as with Ubuntu or another available distribution. But this require a 64 bits build of CCDciel because the Linux environment cannot be initialized from a 32 bits program. text/html 2026-06-09T09:35:16+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/en/documentation/astrometry.net?rev=1780997716 Astrometry.net Astrometry.net can be used to solve the image you just take with your camera. Astrometric solving will give the exact astronomical position of the image center, its orientation and size. CCDciel requires a local copy of the Astrometry.net software including the indexes on your computer. It can also run Astrometry.net on a remote host using the provided script. text/html 2026-06-09T09:34:11+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/en/documentation/install_python?rev=1780997651 Install Python CCDciel include a Python scripting interface. For simple script it is sufficient to use the default Python included with Linux or installed by CCDciel on Windows. In this case you can ignore the end of this page.. But if you use a Mac or want a more advanced usage that need to install specific astronomy modules, you can follow the instructions below text/html 2026-06-09T09:33:18+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/?image=en%3Adocumentation%3Apython_install_1.png&ns=en%3Adocumentation&rev=1780997598&do=media <img src="https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/_media/en/documentation/python_install_1.png?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=83a4a3" alt="python_install_1.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2026-06-08T19:32:23+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/en/documentation/installation_on_ubuntu?rev=1780947143 Installation on Ubuntu, Debian Bellow installation procedure uses only command line approach, because this is the simpler way to follow instructions just by copy-pasting the commands in terminal. This instructions are tested with the currently supported versions of Debian and Ubuntu. text/html 2026-06-08T19:29:03+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/en/documentation/installation_on_linux?rev=1780946943 Installation on Linux If your Linux system use deb packages,see Installation on Ubuntu, Debian. On Fedora you can install ccdciel packaged with the system. On Gentoo Linux use the overlay available here: <https://github.com/jamesbates/gentoo-overlay> For other Linux system you can download rpm or tar packages from the Sourceforge text/html 2026-06-05T15:19:29+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/en/documentation/sequence?rev=1780672769 Sequence Tool This tool is to control a sequence of exposure on one or more objects. The current implementation support only sequential processing of the targets, with options for repeating or skipping some target. The top grid show the current list of targets. You can enlarge the right pane with the mouse to see all the column. text/html 2026-06-05T15:07:01+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/?image=en%3Adocumentation%3Ainternal_guider2_2.png&ns=en%3Adocumentation&rev=1780672021&do=media <img src="https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/_media/en/documentation/internal_guider2_2.png?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=23e952" alt="internal_guider2_2.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2026-06-05T14:57:34+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/?image=en%3Adocumentation%3Ajupiter_focus1.png&ns=en%3Adocumentation&rev=1780671454&do=media <img src="https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/_media/en/documentation/jupiter_focus1.png?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=0ccecc" alt="jupiter_focus1.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2026-06-04T13:58:34+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/?image=en%3Adocumentation%3Afitsheader.png&ns=en%3Adocumentation&rev=1780581514&do=media <img src="https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/_media/en/documentation/fitsheader.png?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=dc3a10" alt="fitsheader.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2026-06-04T13:38:18+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/?image=en%3Adocumentation%3Aplan_stepscript.png&ns=en%3Adocumentation&rev=1780580298&do=media <img src="https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/_media/en/documentation/plan_stepscript.png?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=ef7c38" alt="plan_stepscript.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2026-06-04T13:20:10+00:00 dokuadmin (dokuadmin@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/?image=en%3Adocumentation%3Atool_visu.png&ns=en%3Adocumentation&rev=1780579210&do=media <img src="https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/_media/en/documentation/tool_visu.png?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=913c71" alt="tool_visu.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" />